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I wonder if it's going to work on 1st gen iPads or if they are going to be obsolete along with my 2nd gen iPod Touch?

CLS9, on 12 June 2012 - 04:54 AM, said:

Sorry, 2nd and third gen iPads. The first isn't powerful enough, and doesn't have enough RAM for many of the new features. As for FaceTime, as it has no cameras, that wouldn't work anyway.

But still no spam filter.

Will any of these new features prevent an incoming call from stopping my video recording?

Love the Passbook idea. I wonder if Airport WIFI will hijack the screen thus rendering it useless or if this will bypass that.

Philmco, on 12 June 2012 - 05:43 AM, said:

don't have it ask to join unknown networks

JasonWhittingtondksu, on 12 June 2012 - 05:23 AM, said:

Airplane mode before you start will.

JasonWhittingtondksu, on 12 June 2012 - 05:23 AM, said:

You can easily switch to Airplane mode whilst recording your videos to avoid incoming call or email distractions. (available today)

One thing that I've been waiting for, is different signatures for each email account.

Unfortunately, the changes don't include making it easier to move documents from a Mac to one of Apple's mobile devices. If I want to send a document to my iPhone or iPad, the easiest way to do it is through Amazon's Send to Kindle printer driver. There needs to be a way to register all my mobile devices and let me send documents directly to them. That needs isn't handled by iCloud, since I don't want most of what's on my iMac cluttering up distant servers or my iPhone.

File formats are another area where Apple comes up lacking. It's two operating systems may now share more apps, but they still communicate poorly, particularly with text. PDF, for instance, has a fixed page size which displays poorly on an iPhone. Epub export would be vastly better, but isn't supported like PDF. And to properly support ePub, Apple needs to build-in support for tagging text with meaning based styles. Microsoft Word has done that since the late 1980s and HTML since the beginning. It's time Apple 'thought different' and quit pretending that WordStar circa 1982 was the last word in text handling.

JasonWhittingtondksu, on 12 June 2012 - 05:23 AM, said:

Perhaps the new "Do not disturb" would do the trick?

The new Maps app will finally offer something Android users have enjoyed for a while: turn-by-turn navigation. That means your iPhone can steer you from point A to point B without the need for a pricey third-party app."

I've been using the free "Waze" app for quite some time, and it's good enough that I don't even bother with my dedicated GPS any more. Real-time traffic updates and speed trap reports, too. Maybe the new maps app will replace it, but it's gonna have to be awfully good. Waze is excellent.

behindthecamerah3c5, on 12 June 2012 - 10:05 AM, said:

As long as you remember to turn it off when you arrive at your destination, Waze is indeed excellent. Otherwise it sucks your battery quietly and quickly while your phone sits in your pocket.

This post has been edited by BoctorBill: 12 June 2012 - 10:51 AM