Sunday, January 31, 2016

iOS 10 Rumors

iOS 10 already has rumors spreading about what will be in it.  This is good, but the real question is what do people WANT to be added in? One major thing that people want to see Apple add into iOS 10 is a new and improved Siri. Now, Apple has improved Siri a lot since the days of Voice Control, but it still has many unanswered questions.  Apple would need to add a lot of answers to Siri to make it much better.  The more updates Apple has, the more people want them to upgrade Siri.  Another big thing people want is to add features to 3D Touch.  Ever since Apple released 3D Touch, developers have made very cool things that you can do with it, but only for jailbreak users.  Some of these things are very cool, such as clearing your notifications, to 3D touching control center toggles, to doing a lot more stuff.

People also want Apple to add a customizable control center.  This has been something recommended for quite a while.  What this would allow is people to change the toggles in their control center to their preferences and would allow a quicker way to get to toggles.  I cant believe this has not happened yet, a new volume HUD.  The current volume HUD is a very annoying one, popping up very big in front of your screen and blocking a very large part.  It would be nice for Apple to change it so when you click the volume buttons that it would show up somewhere else like the status bar except in the middle of the screen.

There are many more cool things people want to see, but who knows, some of your personal favorites might just be added!

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

iPhone 7 coming soon, what has Apple changed?

As many of you Apple fans know, Apple releases at least one phone every year, usually in the fall time around September.  This years big release is the iPhone 7, and its a big release too!  The iPhone 7 adopts many new types of technology that we have never seen before, sources say.  But there are also major physical changes in the device itself.  One major change that people are very sad and upset about is that Apple is removing the headphone jack, that was the only way (besides Bluetooth) to listen to music on iPhones. Because of this, Apple users will have to switch over and buy Bluetooth headphones, or the Apple wireless earpods when those come out.  The reason to get rid of the headphone jack is because Apple tries to make their devices thinner and thinner by the phone.  This headphone jack gives Apple an opportunity to make the iPhone 7 a little bit smaller.  There is also rumored to be an iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 7 Mini released, but there is not much information about those at this moment.

Apple is also trying to use a new kind of material on their phones instead of Aluminium.  The reasoning behind this is that this new material will be water resistant, but still not completely water proof.  The iPhone 7 is also rumored to have a big upgrade with an option to get it in 256GB, doubling the previous storage of 128GB! This could be very useful for people who take lots of pictures or videos and  need more space.  Apple is also trying to adopt wireless charging technology, which can be very useful when you are on vacation or just out shopping

All in all, the iPhone 7 is rumored to be an amazing phone, and I hope i can pick it up!

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Apple releases iOS 9.3

Apple has just recently released iOS 9.3 public beta for people to test it out. iOS 9.3 is the largest software update for a while, as they have mostly been all minor changes and bug fixes. But, this new update features lot of new things that some people have not seen before, though I have seen most. One major thing that Apple released is a new feature called night shift. This feature is very similar to popular jailbreak tweak f.lux. What this features is a a new way to prevent your eyes from hurting at 3 in the morning. What night shift does to put into smaller terms, is that it uses your location to know when it's day or night, and when it gets closer to night, it makes your phone look warmer and easier on your eyes. And when it's day, it makes it a little bluer and cooler. Of course, these settings will be changeable in the settings. Another big thing is that you can now protect your notes if you have Touch ID. This is very useful for people who have private information on there. Apple had also add a school feature for kids and students. Not much is know about this, but it seems like a great rip off of google classroom. All in all, this seems like a great update.