Apple iOS6 Announcement
In June 2012, Apple released news of the iOS6 upgrade for iPhone and iPad. We can expect this later in 2012. Here's a transcript of our thoughts on Apple's announcement.
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What's Behind iOS6:
FrequencyCast discussed the plans for iOS6 in show 77 of our UK tech podcast. Here's a transcript:
Continued from Echobox Transcript
Pete:
Now, just before we move onto our next story, I just wanted to go back to our listener survey, where we were talking about the mobile phones that our listeners use. Now, Kelly here's using a BlackBerry; only 7% of our listeners are BlackBerry users. None of our listeners reported using a Windows Smartphone, and oddly a quarter of our listeners use a basic, non-smartphone, much as our own Carl does.
Now of course, the big question is, iPhone versus Android - always a hot one for us, and according to the feedback from our audience, Android smartphones: 29%; iPhone - just 18%. So there you go - most of our listeners are toting an Android smartphone - well done to you. Android listeners, you might want to close your ears for the next couple of minutes, because we're going to talk about an important announcement from Apple that happened last month. Now Kelly, what was that?
Kelly:
They announced the iOS 6.
Pete:
They did indeed, and of course that's the update to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch operating system, and it had some rather mixed reactions from the Apple fanboys out there. First off, Apple's making some changes to maps - out goes Google Maps, and in comes turn-by-turn navigation, courtesy of TomTom. Now Kelly, you're an iPad user, aren't you? Do you use Google Maps on your iPad?
Kelly:
I use maps all the time on the iPad.
Pete:
How do you feel about losing Google?
Kelly:
Quite devastated, actually - very very upset that ... well, will we have Street View any more?
Pete:
Yeah, good question - I don't know the answer to that one. We do get a free sat nav, but the mapping is going to be quite different, and I'm not entirely sure I'm looking forward to that.
Kelly:
No, I don't even think it's necessary. Most cars have TomToms built in now, so if you were using your iPad, there's no reason for it. I just want Google Maps!
Pete:
I'm sure it'll be available as an app from the App Store - you never know. The next change affects our friend Siri -
Siri:
I'm Siri, and I listen to FrequencyCast.
Pete:
Now, he is going to be getting some interesting additions - sports and restaurants, so you can find your local restaurant, and also get sports scores by talking to your iPhone or iPad.
Kelly:
Well, now this I quite like actually, because I'm often kind of looking for restaurants and different bits and pieces when I find myself out and about, so this is perfect.
Pete:
And of course, what we're hoping is this will actually be rolled out to the UK. The location stuff in Siri in the UK is pretty poor, and if you try and ask it where your nearest chemist or cash machine is, it says, sorry - you're not in the US, so we can't help you. So not entirely sure how this is going to work in the UK, but you never know. And Siri is coming to the iPad - now, of course you don't have that on your iPad 2, do you?
Kelly:
No, I don't.
Pete:
And you won't get it either, because it's only for the iPad 3.
Kelly:
Oh, marvellous - great!
Pete:
Sorry about that. But the other big change is Facebook integration - Apple has finally cottoned onto the fact that Facebook's quite a big thing.
Kelly:
Well, it's about time.
Pete:
So we can expect Facebook to be integrated into the address book, the diary and into Siri, which might be quite handy; so in theory, hands-free updates to Facebook statuses - could be good.
Kelly:
Well, that would be great. Does this also mean that Siri will tell me where I need to get to, to a party or an event that's in my Facebook calendar?
Pete:
That's a thought - that would help, wouldn't it?
Kelly:
It would really, really help, quite a lot actually, so that I don't have to go through Google Maps and everything else each time I go out.
Pete:
Fair enough. The other thing is FaceTime, which is of course the video conferencing that comes with the Apple products. Do you use that, by any chance?
Kelly:
I actually don't use FaceTime that much. Any conference calls we do is usually via Skype.
Pete:
OK, well the video service, FaceTime, is going to be available over the mobile phone network. Personally I don't know anyone that's ever used it, or anyone that seems to want to use it, because there are other alternatives out there, as you say.
The other one here is incoming calls - the ability to divert incoming calls straight to voicemail, or press a button so it sends a text message saying, "Go away - I'm busy".
Kelly:
I'm quite certain I could have done that on my 3210.
Pete:
Yeah, and this is Apple finally playing catch up, and letting you divert an incoming voice call to voicemail - yeah, my old phone could do that ten years ago, so well done, Apple, for finally catching up.
Kelly:
Woo hoo!
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