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Nice to see iOS get a feature to allow a text reply to a call without answering, like Android has. Now I want to see Android get a Do Not Disturb feature. :)
OK, so when iOS 6 arrives in an hour or so, you'll rush to download it no matter what. You may as well, it's free, especially if you're not using any old apps that might warrant compatibility fears. Apple has promised the new operating system delivers more than 200 new features, but the vast majority of those aren't user- …
I can't believe these kinds of features are only just being implemented on modern smartphones.
I'm pretty sure the auto reply with text feature was available on my Ericsson T28 if not it was definitely on the T39.
The Do not disturb feature used to be part of Windows mobile you could set the phone to switch to your meeting profile when your calendar showed you as busy. Of course this feature (along with almost everything else) went missing in WP7.
>> I can't believe these kinds of features are only just being implemented on modern smartphones.
Samsung TouchWiz has had this for a while now.
>> I'm pretty sure the auto reply with text feature was available on my Ericsson T28 if not it was definitely on the T39.
I don't remember it on the T28 - never had a T39 so I couldn't say.
Not on the T28 http://www.lokety.com/ericsson_t28s_manual.pdf
that was my favourite phone though. could stand up to being thrown around, dropped, super slim, long battery...
couldn't browse the internet, read email, check the weather, play any decent games, but I loved mine.
Don't think it was in the T39 either
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Unless you buy your nexus from one of the many operators that install their own firmware on the things, or Samsung's superspecial Yakjuxw, rather than Google's own Yakju, in which you might still be waiting.
Of course, you could root the thing yourself, unlock the bootloader and change it to Yakju, but that rather defeats the point for 'normal', i.e., the majority of phone purchasers, no?
And idiot? That special condescension app that comes with Android phones seems to be getting a real workout today, eh?
Did you have to upgrade your operating system just to get the latest version of the maps or email app, etc? I'm still on gingerbread but have all the latest stuff that I want and when ICS is announced for this phone it will be a lot less than 9 months to wait.
Ios 6 was announced months ago. They've spent a lot time getting it ready for specific devices, just like android OEMs do.
"Ios 6 was announced months ago. They've spent a lot time getting it ready for specific devices, just like android OEMs do."
Nope. iOS 6 was in beta and announced so that 3rd party developers could support it. Once it's out of beta, it will be available to everybody.
In contrast, when Google is done testing an OS and releases it, THEN you can start waiting for OEMs to do their testing.
It's a whole extra step.
Just like the other guys suggest, nexus will get you the latest on the day providing your hardware supports it. Unfortunally its closer to iPhone prices too when sim free.
Besides, iOS 5 to 6 was more like a service pack, where as gingerbread to ICS was a real os update.
Having said that, my ICS xperia S is feeling very clunky now when compared to much smoother jelly bean on my nexus 7, so I'll probably pay the extra next time and get a sim free nexus instead of a free phone with contract renewal.
You might be in luck. The AOSP (android open source project) are adding (experimental) support for the xperia S:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sony-xperia-s-added-to-aosp-as-experimental-device/
And Sony appears to be playing ball:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sony-releases-xperia-s-binaries-for-aosp-support/
So it's possible that the next android release will run directly on your current phone...
"...it took Apple a week or so from announcing iOS 6 to being able to update."
Big difference between announcing to the public and working on it behind closed doors.
Do you really thing they are releasing something that's been knocked together in a week (including testing?)
Don't tell me Android cannot do proper profiles either? I knew the fruit could not but the 'droid too? Oh my.
My Nokias (both Symbian and MeegGo) know what time it is, how much power they have, where they are (by oodels of sources including cell-id, WLAN, NFC, BT…) and have apps that make them act accordingly in all sorts of ways. I never really change settings manually anymore. Very useful.
+1 for Tasker. It's not expensive and it can do all sorts of clever things, e.g. direct phone calls from certain people direct to voicemail when you are in a given location; prevent the screen locking when headphones are plugged in but lock asap when they are removed, only poll for wifi when you are specific locations etc.
Really? Downvotes?
Unless they're in answer to his question (in which case fair enough, kinda), then that is utterly pathetic fanboi crap. Seriously, iOS has bugs, like any other OS - yes including OSX.
Maybe I should make a post saying I prefer pears as they're generally jucier and taste better.
JDX,
I'd wait to update if I were you. Not long, but just to see if there is anything major out there.
It took Apple ages to fix the WiFi problem on the original iPad, it kept disconnecting itself from the network and I had to give it a fixed IP address to make it work even vaguely properly. Then when iOS 4 finally came to the iPad 1, about 6 months after the iPhone got it, they resurrected a similar bug. Which they fixed pretty speedily this time, to be fair.
I'm tempted never to upgrade again. Because they only gave the iPad 1 half the RAM of the iPhone 4, I don't think it ever worked as well once it was 'upgraded' from iOS 3. It always seemed just that little bit slower. Mostly it would work perfectly, but every so often you'd get an annoying stuttery lag, and I had to start rebooting it weekly (not a major pain admittedly). It makes me wonder if I should leave the iPad 3 well alone.
One thing to watch for; if you have your music compressed on your phone but not your PC, previous updates would fail as they tried to restore the uncompressed music and then failed when they ran out of space.
Also, my 3GS doesnt currently have turn-by-turn navigation in Maps; isnt that one of the main features added by this upgrade (and therefore worth doing?)
I actually typed 'memory', then erased it and stuck in 'RAM' to avoid confusion. Or so I hoped... But then the use of a Joke Alert icon has me confused as to whether the poster is in fact aware of the difference between memory and storage, or not.
I'm all confused. Insufficient memory error: Reboot head.
My very expensive ipad 1g 64gb with 3G won't get this update. Technically possible (as the iphone 3gs with the same hardware gets it) but Apple want me to spend £700 all over again.
Screw them, they think of their cash mountain and shareholders before their long term customers!
The iPad (1) has the same A4 CPU as the iPhone 4, but suffers from having only 256MB of RAM. Running iOS 6 on it would probably render it slower than a drunk slug with a limp. iPhone 3GS on the other hand, has the same 256MB of RAM with a much slower CPU, but drives a much smaller screen.
My very expensive ipad 1g 64gb with 3G won't get this update. Technically possible (as the iphone 3gs with the same hardware gets it) but Apple want me to spend £700 all over again.
Screw them, they think of their cash mountain and shareholders before their long term customers!
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That's it you tell Apple where to stick it. Your next purchase should be an Android tablet. It'll probably come with honeycomb or ice cream sandwich, but don't worry Jellybean _IS_ coming!!!!!
And don't give me crap about jailbreaking the tablet to install a custom ROM
I have been waiting for this for about 9 years, ever since my Nokia 6310i gave up the ghost.
It' useful for teachers and other people who just can't have their phone disturb them during the day; with the switch on the side, sometimes you can forget you put the phone on mute ages ago.
I'd like to see a "battery saving mode" which switches off Location Services, 3G, Bluetooth etc. - rather than having to manually adjust all the settings when you're away from home and realise you are about to run out of battery with no way to charge the phone.