iOS 7 Features Walkthrough [VIDEO]

[evilsatan]

As I’m sure you’re aware, iOS 7 was officially announced by Apple yesterday at their annual WWDC event in San Francisco. There’s an enormous amount riding on this operating system release, as it’s their one big chance to prove themselves as the leader of the pack when it comes to mobile innovation. There’s a great deal riding on iOS 7, and it’s clear that this is Apple’s biggest overhaul of their iOS platform for quite some time.

A very large collection of new features were added to iOS, and you’ll be hard pressed in finding an app or panel that looks identical to iOS 6. The user interface has been totally overhauled, linen and leather replaces with soft gradients and background bokeh.



I have the iOS 7 beta 1 installed on my iPod touch 5G, and I’m actually enjoying it more than I thought I would. For a beta, it’s incredibly smooth and reliable – I have yet to run into a bug. As I’m sure many of you are very curious about the ins and outs of the new mobile operating system, a full video walkthrough can be found below:




More than new additions, of which there are plenty, my favorite thing about new versions of operating systems is finding tiny nuances that have been added without being talked about. Things like the transitions between screens, or the folder interface feeling like a totally separate interface altogether.

Currently, I’m extremely happy with iOS 7. Considering this only the first beta preview, I’m extremely impressed with how it’s holding up. I would normally expect app crashes and incompatibility issues, hence why I’ve got this installed on my backup device, but I’ve ran into nothing of the sort.



Considering I’ve had less than a day to get to grips with Apple’s new operating system, I’m enjoying it immensely. I feel like Apple has done what was needed, and not taken it too much further. The addition of Control Center, was a much required feature, but most of the new additions go along the line of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. Yes, the design may not be the most sophisticated thing in the world, but a bit of color has made my home screen a bit more of a friendly experience.

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[evilsatan]

So mostly copied from the jailbreak scene then... Standard

[supraman54]

I'm currently running this and as per normal for an early beta, the battery life sucks..

Major negative response among developers is that the contrast is poor especially with a light font on a light background.
Jony has always favoured a sterile look but this may be too much.

lets see if thay take heed and maybe offer a classic theme as well as the new one..

[evilsatan]

I must say even on iOS6 I am lucky for my iPhone 5 battery to last a day, it's terrible!

[supraman54]

Agreed I have to keep a charger at work for that very reason

[BertRoot]

Mine does a day but so has every other iPhone I have had. Am used to it now and have plenty of cables for charging in my bag, office, etc.

[Goldberg]

Same here, I charge mine at work every day and always have a charge cable with me. It is just something I live with now.

As for the features of iOS 7, if Job's was about there is no way at all he would allow this to happen. For me it is a good thing and I am looking forward to it!
I will leave the Beta however.. I rely on it too much so no way I am going to have the possibility of it funking up on me and having to restore etc..

[evilsatan]

I only just started using push again this week as I hadn't realised Gmail disabled it in the native Mail app so you had to download the Gmail app. There is a Cydia tweak to fix this but still requires Gmail to be installed.

Why don't you post an introduction and take a look around, this is a great place to be

[supraman54]

You chaps probably already know this but when I switched all my mail accounts to fetch (every 30 min) instead of push I now get nearly an extra half a day from the battery life. If I need to check for email it refreshes on opening anyway . Great site by the way. Not been here long but found some interesting stuff . Cheers , shimmy .

You certainly highlight an important point though.. if it's trying to fetch and like me, you spend a fair
amount of your day in parts of the building where you don't really get a signal (mines a datacentre)
the phone is trying to get out and check and wasting precious battery life in failing to do that.
As you point out, a fetch when you open the app is perfectly adequate

cheers

supe