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Bump for WWDC this afternoon. Apple is expected to announce a streaming music/radio service and details of iOS 7. I'm eager to see what's in store for iOS 7 in particular, with the rumors that it's undergoing a bit of a visual makeover.
 
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iTunes Radio: meh.

iOS 7:
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I'll have to look at some more details, a lot of the things I jailbreak for are there and I'm strongly considering making the jump on release day.

Also announced: OS X Mavericks, iWork in the Cloud, new Mac Book Airs, a new Mac Pro (the world's most powerful wastebasket) and iCloud Keychain.
 
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I've only scanned the list quickly, but I'm seeing a lot of "features" where Apple is finally borrowing old concepts from other ecosystems (unified control center, multitasking, desktop maps, useful cloud functionality, instagram, etc).

Everyone steals, especially when Jobs isn't there to push innovation.
 
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jwinslow;2344966; said:
I've only scanned the list quickly, but I'm seeing a lot of "features" where Apple is finally borrowing old concepts from other ecosystems (unified control center, multitasking, desktop maps, useful cloud functionality, instagram, etc).

Everyone steals, especially when Jobs isn't there to push innovation.
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I wasn't really expecting much in the way of iOS innovation. I won't deny though that with iOS 6 the experience had become stale and delivered less than what I wanted for the first time. That's why I ended up turning to jailbreaking. While I still prefer the way Apple does things and haven't considered switching to something else, I wanted a little more, and something a little more finely tuned.

So far it looks like Apple is mostly delivering on what I wanted them to catch up on. There are many things I saw that I had sought out as jailbreak tweaks that will be native to iOS 7.

I like what I've seen of the stylistic overhaul. There's no doubting the influence of Android and Windows Phone, but it also appears to have the small details that Apple is known for and is still. It's a major refresh in terms of looks, but it looks familiar to people who have been using iOS for a long time. Also, no more skeuomorphs! It will be nice to bring a few app icons out of hiding and have them back on my home screen where they belong.

I might still end up jailbreaking again once it becomes available on iOS 7. There are a few small tweaks that I'll have to go without if I upgrade that I wouldn't mind having back. All of the major stuff is going to be native though, so that'll be nice.

I am skeptical about one thing... In the keynote they said that Apple is opening up multitasking to all apps. They said that apps will be able to pull info in the background, but that it is being done in a way that conserves battery life. I'm not sure I believe the claim and I don't want a bunch of 3rd party apps draining my battey over unnecessary bull[Mark May]. I quite like "multitasking" in it's current iteration. With the exception of navigation apps, I don't have to worry about killing processes. Plus there isn't much in the way of true multitasking features that Apple doesn't already make exceptions for. This is one feature I'll be keeping an eye on as feedback from the beta releases leaks out.
 
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Also, that Mac Pro preview was impressive. It's a high-end, niche product, but it was pretty impressive that they made it 2 - 2.5x better across nearly every spec while putting it in a form factor 1/8 the size of the previous gen. It does look like an IKEA trash can, but I think the form factor and relative portability will make it a nice upgrade for power users in the arts.
 
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jlb1705;2344998; said:
I wasn't really expecting much in the way of iOS innovation. I won't deny though that with iOS 6 the experience had become stale and delivered less than what I wanted for the first time. That's why I ended up turning to jailbreaking. While I still prefer the way Apple does things and haven't considered switching to something else, I wanted a little more, and something a little more finely tuned.

So far it looks like Apple is mostly delivering on what I wanted them to catch up on. There are many things I saw that I had sought out as jailbreak tweaks that will be native to iOS 7.

I like what I've seen of the stylistic overhaul. There's no doubting the influence of Android and Windows Phone, but it also appears to have the small details that Apple is known for and is still. It's a major refresh in terms of looks, but it looks familiar to people who have been using iOS for a long time. Also, no more skeuomorphs! It will be nice to bring a few app icons out of hiding and have them back on my home screen where they belong.

I might still end up jailbreaking again once it becomes available on iOS 7. There are a few small tweaks that I'll have to go without if I upgrade that I wouldn't mind having back. All of the major stuff is going to be native though, so that'll be nice.

I am skeptical about one thing... In the keynote they said that Apple is opening up multitasking to all apps. They said that apps will be able to pull info in the background, but that it is being done in a way that conserves battery life. I'm not sure I believe the claim and I don't want a bunch of 3rd party apps draining my batter over unnecessary bull[Mark May]. I quite like "multitasking" in it's current iteration. With the exception of navigation apps, I don't have to worry about killing processes. Plus there isn't much in the way of true multitasking features that Apple doesn't already make exceptions for. This is one feature I'll be keeping an eye on as feedback from the beta releases leaks out.
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I agree about the multitasking stuff. All they really needed to do was to show a preview shot of the apps running in the background. IMO.
 
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Skipping the macbook pro update altogether was pretty disappointing. I had a family member hold out until the conference as prices generally plummet afterwards, even if the product isn't immediately available.
jlb1705;2345003; said:
Also, that Mac Pro preview was impressive. It's a high-end, niche product, but it was pretty impressive that they made it 2 - 2.5x better across nearly every spec while putting it in a form factor 1/8 the size of the previous gen. It does look like an IKEA trash can, but I think the form factor and relative portability will make it a nice upgrade for power users in the arts.
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Except they are once again diluting their power user products to market to the general public. Like they did with final cut pro.

Professionals loved the mac pro because of its room for expansion. Like the rMBP, they have made expansion of upgrades hard to impossible.

Neat product but not really what a high end user would prefer
 
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jlb1705;2345247; said:
A live icon seems like it would drain the battery, and it would use data, which would be bad for those no longer on unlimited plans.
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It does both. On my jailbroken (iOS 6.1.2) device, I uninstalled that one in about 2 hours. Doesn't add much, and eats up battery. You can set it to update manually or every 15min/1 hr/etc. but still doesn't out weigh the negatives - especially when you can put a "live" weather app on your lock screen.
 
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jlb1705;2345247; said:
I'd rather have radar in the default app than a live icon.

A live icon seems like it would drain the battery, and it would use data, which would be bad for those no longer on unlimited plans.
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Bleed S & G;2345257; said:
It does both. On my jailbroken (iOS 6.1.2) device, I uninstalled that one in about 2 hours. Doesn't add much, and eats up battery. You can set it to update manually or every 15min/1 hr/etc. but still doesn't out weigh the negatives - especially when you can put a "live" weather app on your lock screen.
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Yeah radar would be nice too. I really liked the live weather app. Never had an issue, but I understand what you guys are saying
 
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jwinslow;2345308; said:
There's no apple based radar on a seven year old phone ? :huh:
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The stock weather app has always been powered by Yahoo. Yahoo's weather maps suck - they are low-res images borrowed from the Weather Channel. I wonder if there's a contract that prevents them from switching to a data provider that would allow them to add a radar layer over the native maps view like many third party apps do.

The sad thing is, even most of the third party weather apps. It seems the leading ones are competing with each other to see who can provide the least information.
 
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