iOS 7 Beta 3 Now Available For iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch 205
An anonymous reader writes "Apple on Monday released iOS 7 beta 3 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to developers. Apple unveiled iOS 7 during its WWDC 2013 keynote in early June, and the new software was met with mixed responses. While some believe iOS 7 is a big leap forward in terms of innovation, BGR said that iOS 7 focused mainly on renovation rather than the introduction of innovative new features. Of course, Apple still may have some surprises in store for the release version of iOS 7 this fall, especially considering the next-generation iPhone 5S is expected to launch around the same time with an integrated fingerprint scanner."
Re:Unless you have a 1st gen iPad ... (Score:2, Informative)
Three years.
Re:Unless you have a 1st gen iPad ... (Score:5, Informative)
Whatever person marked this as flamebait is an overzealous fanboi -- this pretty much exactly describes what happened with my first gen iPad.
Everything crashes all the time, and the device has become rather useless and slow from what it started out as.
I'm going to try to reset it to factory and see what I end up with -- if it goes all the way back to the way I got it, I might not even take the OS upgrade, and just put a skeleton set of software on it and leave it that way.
Like the poster, I'm looking into Android alternatives to the iPad.
Re:OMG, it still looks the same (Score:4, Informative)
1: A "#" prompt. Yes, with great authority comes great responsibility ... Which is why anyone responsible enough to want a command line in the system can simply jailbreak and get one.
2: Better encryption
Despite what you seem to think, iOS has better default encryption for non-technical users, and many advanced built in encryption options for applications to make use of if they wish.
3: Easy backups
Ha! This is one thing iCloud got right, REALLY easy backups that actually work.
5: I can block incoming robocalls.
iOS7.
6: I can do some interesting workflow items.
You can also do many interesting workflow items on iOS, depending on applications. There's usually a chain.
7: I don't have to worry about getting patches pushed out that I can't opt out of.
You can turn off auto-update you know, and it only came along in iOS7...
Re:Or numerous other Android devices ... (Score:5, Informative)
It would seem appropriate to pick the Kindle Fire, the best selling Android tablet. Tablet v tablet, 1st gen v 1st gen, best seller v best seller, etc.
$200 vs $600, etc.
Actually it was $500. For the record this $500 device received six major OS upgrades (3.2 to 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.0 and 5.1), the $200 device received zero.
Re:Unless you have a 1st gen iPad ... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Unless you have a 1st gen iPad ... (Score:5, Informative)
If OS support is important to you, then go with Google's Nexus Android devices. They always get quick updates.
Still *very* hit and miss. For example, the Nexus S was released in December 2010 and Google announced there would be no more software updates for it in November 2012. So thats under 2 years of software updates.
The successor to the Nexus S - the Galaxy Nexus - went on sale in November 2011. So realistically, if you wanted a Nexus device in October 2011 you would've got a whole 1 year's worth of software updates for your money. I'd accept that for a £20 phone, but these things are a similar price to a laptop, and a Windows laptop would have around 10 years of security updates from Microsoft after you bought it...
Re:OMG, it still looks the same (Score:5, Informative)
You know what happened? People *DID* look it up. The version of CarrierIQ on iPhones did not send anything to Apple unless you enabled diagnostics. So the user selected to send info.
Additionally, tcpdumps showed that only the minimal information was sent, certainly not texts, emails or attachments.
And Android/Nexus did not have CarrierIQ.
However, carriers put them in (aka, crapware), and some of these carriers enabled the "send texts, emails and attachments as well" features.
So, in the future, please keep your stories straight. TYVM.