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92 of the iOS6 features

(taken from the slides of the WWDC presentation)
Marquee Features
Call Enhancements: Reply with message
Call Enhancements: Remind Me Later
Do Not Disturb
Facebook Integration
FaceTime over Cellular
Features for China: Baidu
Features for China: Sina Weibo
Features for China: Tudou
Features for China: Youku
Features for China: Improved Text Input
Full-screen landscape Safari experiences
Guided Access
Mail: Inline Photos/Videos
Mail: Pull to Refresh
Maps
Maps: Flyover
Maps: Local Search
Maps: Traffic View
Maps: Turn-By Turn Navigation
Open Protected Office Docs
Passbook
Safari: iCloud Tabs
Safari: Offline Reading List
Safari: Smart app banners
Shared photo streams
Single-App Mode
VIP Mailboxes

iOS 6 Siri Major Improvements
Ask about movies
Eyes Free
Get sports scores
Launch an app
Make dinner reservations
Tweet
New languages: Canadian English/French, Spain/Mexico Spanish, Italian, Swiss French/German/Italian, Korean, Chinese for Taiwan/HK/PRC

iOS 6 User Features
Features listed in the biggest font size
Game Center challenges
Improved privacy controls
Lost Mode
Made for iPhone hearing aids
Per account signatures in Mail
Redesigned Stores

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Alarm with song
App in Safari search results
Custom vibrations for alerta
Faster Safari **********
Features for China
French, German and Spanish dictionaries
Game Center friends from Facebook
Global network proxy for HTTP
HDR improvements
Kernel ASLP
New iPad Clock app
Personal dictionary in iCloud Search all fields in Contacts
VoiceOver improvements

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Autocorrection for every keyboard
Bluetooth MAP support
Improved keyboard
IPv6 support for Wi-Fi and LTE
Location based reminders for iPad
Manual location entry for reminders
Manual reorder of reminders
Manual reorder of reminders
Word highlights for speak selection

iOS 6 Developer APIs
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Action Sheet
In-app content purchases
Map Kit
Pass Kit
Reminders
Transit Apps

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Audio and video sampling during playback
Auto layout
Collection views
Control camera focus and exposure
CSS filters
Face detection API
Frame drop data
Game groups
In-app purchase hosted content
Multi-route audio
State preservation
Video stabilization

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Bluetooth MAP support
Crossfade with CSS animation
Game Center in-app experience
In-app Bluetooth pairing
Inter-app audio
Pull to refresh on Table views
Read and write image metadata
Remote Web inspector
Rich text on labels, fields and text views
VoiceOver gestures
Web Audio API
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I wish Apple would add a safeguard for stupidity by recording all videos horizontally unless the user specifies otherwise. I'm so tired of seeing youtube clips that are 2 inches wide.

When people hold up their smartphones to record something, 90% of them are vertical :shake:
 
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jwinslow;2166049; said:
I wish Apple would add a safeguard for stupidity by recording all videos horizontally unless the user specifies otherwise. I'm so tired of seeing youtube clips that are 2 inches wide.

When people hold up their smartphones to record something, 90% of them are vertical :shake:
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And people claim Apple products are easy to use.... I'm surprised they don't have the camera limited to one setting or mode :)
 
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Google Maps vs. Apple Maps

The biggest change—among many—in iOS 6 will undoubtedly be Apple's new Maps app. And though its turn-by-turn directions, Flyover and oh so sweet Siri look promising, the real question is how Apple's maps will compare to Google's.

Here's a side by side comparison of the two, so you can see for yourself. It may have you wishing Apple hadn't gone it alone quite yet.

It's admittedly a little unfair to judge Apple Maps since it hasn't even passed beta yet, but it doesn't change the fact that Apple's offering has to be great to not be a failure. And it's also worth noting that Siri proved Apple's not afraid to put an incomplete feature on an iPhone.

No iPhone user wanted to kill Google Maps. It makes me uneasy to even think about a phone without it. If you're replacing something as ubiquitous and functional as Google Maps, you had better be just as good. Or as a wise man from the streets once said, "If you come at the king, you best not miss."
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Preview of Apple Maps...Looks pretty sweet
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKGmGXYr5-4"]iOS 6 Maps Demo - Flyover / 3D Maps And Turn-By-Turn - YouTube[/ame]

A quick demo of turn by turn. (I'm looking for a better video that shows more)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O_ckC3_qiY"]iOS 6 : Turn By Turn Sat Navigation In Car Demo - YouTube[/ame]

I hope we can get rid of that hanious blue arrow or at least get rid of the circle around the arrow
 
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CentralMOBuck;2167588; said:
I'm contemplating buying a macbook pro, with purchasing one for school I get a free $100 itunes gift card. Would anybody here be interested in buying said gift card? I really don't have a use for it.
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You wouldn't want to use it for the Mac App Store? Software for your new machine?
 
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Apple Maps, getting better and better

Beta 1 Maps Release
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Beta 2 Maps Release
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For now, I am absolutely loving my jail-broken 3Gs. I wish I would have done it a long time ago. Now its the wait to see what the new iPhone will be like and then make my upgrade decision.

Here's my home-screen for my iPhone

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Hardware Advice

My job is willing to pony up for a new machine and I've got it narrowed down and would love your input.

Option #1 - MBP - Retina w/ 2.3 GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, turbo boost up to 3.3 GHz, 16 GB RAM 256 GB Flash Storage

Option #2 - 13" Macbook Air Maxed w/ 2.0 GHz Intel Dual-Core Core i7, turbo boost up to 3.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB Flash Storage)

I'm a scientist, so some stats programs, graphing programs, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop. I'm planning to add the 27" Thunderbolt display (I currently have a 19" external monitor) to enhance desktop work, but will also be traveling with this computer into classrooms for teaching purposes.
 
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BuckeyeFlorida;2176451; said:
My job is willing to pony up for a new machine and I've got it narrowed down and would love your input.

Option #1 - MBP - Retina w/ 2.3 GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, turbo boost up to 3.3 GHz, 16 GB RAM 256 GB Flash Storage

Option #2 - 13" Macbook Air Maxed w/ 2.0 GHz Intel Dual-Core Core i7, turbo boost up to 3.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB Flash Storage)

I'm a scientist, so some stats programs, graphing programs, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop. I'm planning to add the 27" Thunderbolt display (I currently have a 19" external monitor) to enhance desktop work, but will also be traveling with this computer into classrooms for teaching purposes.
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My recommendation - go with the MBP. The MBPs have slimmed down a lot in recent months and you get more computing muscle. In terms of specs, the only place the Air as the MBP beat is storage, and that can be remedied with external flash/HDD storage or cloud services.

If you can get to an Apple Store, it might be worth it for you to get and idea of the form factor of each. If portability is important - they're both very portable but you may find one more to your liking than the other.

I own neither - I have an HP laptop. In the next couple years when I'm in the market again though I'm probably going with MBP.
 
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