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re: Report: iPhone 6 will come with NFC, wireless charging, and even better 4G
Posted on 6/9/14 at 2:02 pm to Korkstand
Posted on 6/9/14 at 2:02 pm to Korkstand
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On iOS, you basically have to hide little-used apps inside folders, right? It fits my brain better to have all my apps in the app drawer, and instead move my commonly-used apps onto a home screen.
Since Apple doesn't allow App Launchers, that is certainly an issue where Android wins hands down, but you can move apps where ever you want now. In the past I remember having to hide "official" apps in a folder on the home page, but they fixed that in iOS 6 or 7. You can bury apps you don't want in a folder on the last app page if you like
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"Intents"...Maybe iOS can do this now, but it couldn't last I checked, and I think it would be big news if it could.
That was one of the features mentioned for the upcoming iOS8 at WWDC last week.
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Apple's annual developer conference is well underway, and it just revealed what could be a seismic shift in the iOS world: Third-party apps will soon be able talk to each other. Historically, applications on iOS have lived in their own silos, without being able to share data and features, but that's set to change in iOS 8. Apple has given developers "Extensibility" tools -- a suite of APIs, if you want to get technical -- that they can wield to let their apps share everything from documents to translation services. A demo onstage showed a Bing extension for Safari doing inline translation of a Japanese website, and using Pinterest to share a photo from a website in just a few taps.
Of course, info sharing is bound to be a boon for third-party Twitter apps and other social networking services. This kind of interaction between apps has existed on other platforms like Android and, of course, the best examples are support for third-party keyboards and widgets in notifications. Both features will be in the new iOS, but the implementation goes deeper. Apps can also select a default storage location that's accessible by other apps -- it's not exactly a traditional file browser, but it sounds close. As a security measure, iOS 8 will act as a middleman when it comes to sending data between apps, rather than letting applications chat directly with each other.
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Posted on 6/9/14 at 2:07 pm to TigerinATL
I think it's very telling that a thread specifically about rumored iPhone 6 features turned into a "hey look what android can do" thread.
In less than a page.
In less than a page.
Posted on 6/9/14 at 2:09 pm to TigerinATL
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That was one of the features mentioned for the upcoming iOS8 at WWDC last week.quote:
Apple's annual developer conference is well underway, and it just revealed what could be a seismic shift in the iOS world: Third-party apps will soon be able talk to each other.
Ahh, it's appropriate to refer to it as a "seismic shift", because it really does change the way you use your phone. I'm interested to see how they implement it and how well it works.
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