WWDC 2013
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They are known to do that from time to time.
Ken Masters
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iOS 7 better be a complete overhaul, so utterly boring stale
So much this.
badcrumble
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WWDC is typically around that time and has been for a while. I think it should be very clear that, for better or for worse, Apple mostly ignores the gaming market.
badcrumble
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The press release, by the way, pretty much outright says that we'll see the announcement of iOS 7 and Mac OS X 10.9.
iOS 7 is said to be getting a drastic overhaul to the UI chrome.
iOS 7 is said to be getting a drastic overhaul to the UI chrome.
I'm fine with the actual UI wireframe being mostly the same if they give it new APIs for programs to talk to each other more effectively, improve all of their web services (Siri/iCloud/Maps), and give it a good chrome refresh (i.e. different appearance/textures on everything but same actual interactions).
show me your skeleton
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are the logos of these events ever indicative of the direction apple area heading? that is quite different to anything i've seen from apple in a while.
badcrumble
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Could be a tease of the new visual direction Jony Ive is heading in.
Yeah sometimes it's a tease of what they'll introduce at the event, i think the use of roman numbers (MMXIII=2013 fyi) pretty much indicates news on OSX.
These invites are usually a tease. The Retina iPad one showed a super high res screen. The iPhone 5 event had the shadow of a 5.
June 10th is going to stretch every tech site pretty fucking thin.
change for the sake of change is usually a good way to fuck up a design.
I'm hoping for thoughtful change to the way apps interact (basically, I think they need to offer something more than just URLs) and how useful the lockscreen can be. Particularly for the ipad where it's totally useless and gets bypassed with smartcovers right now.
I still like the way the iOS homescreen is organized but I can see some benefit if they were to look into having the option for some larger icons as per live tiles on windows phone.
I am, personally, not interested in changes that would place more of an emphasis of people over apps on the homescreen but that's just me.
Shrike_Priest
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Quite often, yes.
http://www.t3.com/features/apple-invite-for-iphone-5-a-look-back-at-iconic-apple-invites
I have a feeling this is gonna be Ives-gate 2013.
badcrumble
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Yeah, there are some changes that could be made to iOS to improve it for sure, but anyone screaming "make it like Android" or "make it like WP8" is an idiot, even though those OSes also have their design merits.
I think they've announced updates to Mac Pros before. But I really can't remember for sure. Its been so long since they've updated them
Dear Apple, please release updated Mac pros.
they have in the past but don't expect it this year. maybe a mac pro refresh but not something "hot" like a brand new iphone or ipad. Cook told investors yesterday that major new product updates will be in the fall this year
yeah it looks like an iWatch
Too soon. I'm hoping it'll come in iOS 8.
Garrett 2U
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I've been holding off from upgrading for three years now, I hope this year is something worth upgrading for!
SuperEpicMan
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They need to do something awesome to get me to go back to them, I am on the cusp of deciding to get an HTC One, but I might wait and see what they have to show.
It's been, what, six months since the last release? Don't hold your breath.
Am I the only one who thinks that the iWatch won't come anytime soon because it will be incredibly useless? What the hell can you do with a wireless device that has half an hour of battery life and a microscreen?
badcrumble
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BroDudeGuy
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I went in 2010 for the iPhone 4 reveal (which sadly was spoiled due to the Apple employee leaving a prototype phone at a bar). After the initial keynote in the morning which is really just for the press and hype building it's 100% developer centric.
It's been said too many times already, but yeah, the OS is in dire need of an overhaul. I've had an iPhone since day 1 and I'm seriously considering getting and Android device when my iPhone 5 contract is up.
It's been said too many times already, but yeah, the OS is in dire need of an overhaul. I've had an iPhone since day 1 and I'm seriously considering getting and Android device when my iPhone 5 contract is up.
Logo = different colours of the new, cheaper iPhone.
I really just want them to hurry up and release the new iPad. I've got a giftcard full of money waiting to buy it!
THIS! I love iTunes match, but even this long after release there's still so many bugs!
I really just want them to hurry up and release the new iPad. I've got a giftcard full of money waiting to buy it!
THIS! I love iTunes match, but even this long after release there's still so many bugs!
smokeandmirrors
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Phone notifications,texts, emails, phone call screening, music control, pedometer or something to replace a Nike plus, thing plus whatever developers come up with...
The pebble smart watch has a week battery life or thereabouts btw.
I don't actually care that much about upcoming hardware (new iPhone, iPad and iPad Mini shouldnt have any surprises) but I'm really interested to see what iOS 7 looks like. I've been messing around with Android and it does a lot of cool things, if iOS 7 is just a reskin or increment it would be pretty boring
If they stick with OSX then that shouldn't be that interesting. I'm hoping for a new iWork
If they stick with OSX then that shouldn't be that interesting. I'm hoping for a new iWork
RiggenBlaque
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I was really annoyed they announced the date in advance of the ticket sales, it's going to be a real pain in the balls to get a ticket now.
SuicidalSteve
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Managed to make it 1920x1200 size for anyone that want's it with the apple logo
EDIT: Added another one
EDIT: Added another one
The Wanderer
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You really think they'd ship a watch with a battery life in the hours?
The Nano's last forever and they probably require more batter to run.
Reading text on a watch's screen would more a chore than anything and responding a phone call or listen music would still require an ipod/iphone or at least earphones... dunno it seems the most useless thing ever...
What changes do you propose?
It would seem unwise to me to change the look and function of the entire OS just because people are bored with it. If Apple can come up with a better way of doing things along with perhaps copying the better parts of other OS's then it makes sense. But at the same time most people get annoyed with big changes in any OS because you have to relearn how to do things. GAF users are way more tech savvy than the majority of consumers so I don't imagine it would be as difficult for most of us. Considering one of the biggest selling points of iOS is its simplicity I would imagine Apple is going to be very careful in how and what they change things.
It seems like they are really rushing to get it out regardless. I might wait until the first update because I predict it will be buggy as fuck.
I've got all my music stored on my Mac, and they only problem there is that I can't update any cover art. After several minutes - or sometimes even seconds, iTunes replaces it with the old one.
On my iPhone though (running iOS 5), it's just awful. Cover art is missing all the time. Interestingly, only the art of the few artists I'm currently listening to, the rest is there. Some songs won't download. Some won't play. Some are duplicated.
And if it's downloading something, the phone becomes incredibly slow. Always great when I'm sitting in the bus riding home from my university city, having a bad connection, tap some song, see the cover art for a second before it disappears, and can barely use the phone for minutes while the music app tries to redownload the cover art.
A better way to move data between apps would be a good start.
Just last year they introduced the Retina MBP at WWDC.
badcrumble
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Yeah, newness for the sake of newness might be exciting to nerds (and therefore to tech journalists), but any changes should only happen because they're actually sensible. There are definitely some sensible changes iOS could and should make, however.
- better home screen
- better access to settings
- let apps share more information with each other
- let apps use Siri
- let people set default apps (for browser, maps, messaging, etc)
- some way to hide/delete default apps
- flash! (I know it sucks but its just needed for some things on the internet)
Why not request an SD card slot and removable battery while you're at it.
badcrumble
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lmao
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