- I used Android for years before I finally got fed up with the lag, restarts, instability and fragmentation and switched to iOS. I never missed the widgets, in fact, I hate widgets, I so much prefer widgets in the notification center because I only see it when I want to see it, not all the time in my face as it is the case with Android.08-20-2012 06:32 PMLike 0
- Seriously, why does the weather app icon always show sunny and 73 degrees? You'd think by now Apple would figure out a way to show live weather info from the home screen icon without having to launch the app itself. A more interactive and visually exciting springboard would be an "awesome" change, but instead we still get "blah."BLiNK likes this.08-21-2012 12:58 AMLike 1
- I'd rather have a phone that works with a battery that actually lasts all day than some ridiculous and utterly pointless "excitement" added to the springboard. Don't understand people's obsessive need for change there's nothing wrong with the "boring" grid of icons it works, and works well.
Sent from somewhereredbeard likes this.08-21-2012 07:41 AMLike 1 - No, we do not buy the same color and make and model of cars because all cars take you from point A to point B. I needed a phone that does what it does well, Android is so fragmented and laggy and unstable, for me, it does not take me from point A to point B as smooth as iOS does.08-21-2012 04:17 PMLike 0
- If one chooses to use it with Android they do so knowing that it will always be there. I disagree with the fact that it is "always in your face" as you say here, only because with a lot of the newer Android devices you can make the icons any size you want. I always kept the 2 that I used very small. Just enough that I could see them, but they didn't jump off my screen so to speak. To me, having the weather in the notification center is useless as I don't even bother with the notification center anyway, YMMV.redbeard likes this.08-21-2012 04:36 PMLike 1
- Just for the record, I'm not one of these people, as I don't need to see the weather more than once a day. Do we really need to see the temp. going up or down every hour? LOL.08-21-2012 04:54 PMLike 0
- redbeard likes this.08-21-2012 05:00 PMLike 1
- C'mon, Blink. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having or wanting to have weather information on the lock/home screen. To some (me included), it's convenient to simply tap the wake button and see that tidbit of information or to see the temperature badge via the weather app icon on your home screen. There is nothing wrong with that.08-21-2012 05:10 PMLike 0
- The whole point of my original post on this thread was not to compare Android to iOS. The point I was trying to make is that Apple is about ready to release the sixth version of iOS and it STILL looks awfully similar to the first version. It's all based on a grid of mostly static icons. I, for one, cannot comprehend why Apple continues to release basically the same thing over and over again. I thought Apple prided itself on innovation? Why are we still getting stale, stagnant, rehashed and visually uninspiring versions of iOS?
Sent from somewhereredbeard likes this.08-21-2012 05:17 PMLike 1 - The whole point of my original post on this thread was not to compare Android to iOS. The point I was trying to make is that Apple is about ready to release the sixth version of iOS and it STILL looks awfully similar to the first version. It's all based on a grid of mostly static icons. I, for one, cannot comprehend why Apple continues to release basically the same thing over and over again. I thought Apple prided itself on innovation? Why are we still getting stale, stagnant, rehashed and visually uninspiring versions of iOS?
Sent from somewhereJust_Me_D likes this.08-21-2012 05:24 PMLike 1 - The whole point of my original post on this thread was not to compare Android to iOS. The point I was trying to make is that Apple is about ready to release the sixth version of iOS and it STILL looks awfully similar to the first version. It's all based on a grid of mostly static icons. I, for one, cannot comprehend why Apple continues to release basically the same thing over and over again. I thought Apple prided itself on innovation? Why are we still getting stale, stagnant, rehashed and visually uninspiring versions of iOS?
Sent from somewhere08-21-2012 05:26 PMLike 0 - It can be argued that Apple innovates in regard to hardware as well as making that hardware easy to use. At the same time, they are currently the world's most successful company selling the world's most successful smartphone and it doesn't make business sense to alter the operating system drastically and risk losing the customers who praise the "ease of use" of Apple's devices. Techy types, I *think*, are not Apple's target market and techy types are arguably the primary people pushing for changes in both design and in the operating system, in my opinion.08-21-2012 05:30 PMLike 2
- It can be argued that Apple innovates in regard to hardware as well as making that hardware easy to use. At the same time, they are currently the world's most successful company selling the world's most successful smartphone and it doesn't make business sense to alter the operating system drastically and risk losing the customers who praise the "ease of use" of Apple's devices. Techy types, I *think*, are not Apple's target market and techy types are arguably the primary people pushing for changes in both design and in the operating system, in my opinion.
opinions can be very biased, one way or anotherJust_Me_D likes this.08-21-2012 05:34 PMLike 1 - 08-21-2012 05:37 PMLike 0
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Sent from my iPhone 4S using Tapatalk.Paradocks likes this.08-21-2012 05:50 PMLike 1 - Yes, I consider myself to be a "techie type", mainly cause I like to be able to customize my user experience. I have an Android phone and an iPad 3. The phone satisfies my techie side, but the iPad is, and this is my opinion, BORING to use. People have said that I should jailbreak my iPad, but why do I have to do something "illegal" to enjoy the benefits of being able to customize my iPad? iOS 6 is nowhere near as "awesome" as it could be.
Sent from somewhere08-21-2012 06:17 PMLike 0 - Yes, I consider myself to be a "techie type", mainly cause I like to be able to customize my user experience. I have an Android phone and an iPad 3. The phone satisfies my techie side, but the iPad is, and this is my opinion, BORING to use. People have said that I should jailbreak my iPad, but why do I have to do something "illegal" to enjoy the benefits of being able to customize my iPad? iOS 6 is nowhere near as "awesome" as it could be.
Sent from somewhereand as for calling the iPad boring, if that is how you feel about it, so be it. I love my iPad and I use it quite a bit, but I don't use it nearly enough as I do my iPhone. Anyway, thanks for the reply and enjoy the rest of your evening.
Paradocks likes this.08-21-2012 06:24 PMLike 1 - The whole point of my original post on this thread was not to compare Android to iOS. The point I was trying to make is that Apple is about ready to release the sixth version of iOS and it STILL looks awfully similar to the first version. It's all based on a grid of mostly static icons. I, for one, cannot comprehend why Apple continues to release basically the same thing over and over again. I thought Apple prided itself on innovation? Why are we still getting stale, stagnant, rehashed and visually uninspiring versions of iOS?
Sent from somewhere08-21-2012 06:54 PMLike 0 - Yes, I consider myself to be a "techie type", mainly cause I like to be able to customize my user experience. I have an Android phone and an iPad 3. The phone satisfies my techie side, but the iPad is, and this is my opinion, BORING to use. People have said that I should jailbreak my iPad, but why do I have to do something "illegal" to enjoy the benefits of being able to customize my iPad? iOS 6 is nowhere near as "awesome" as it could be.
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