Re: petty reason...
Just start all your apps on page 2?
Lol never thought of that, thanks! I still prefer my one empty page on my Android phone but that's definitely helped my OCD calm down a bit
Re: petty reason...
Just start all your apps on page 2?
They need a new killer piece of hardware that hits an untapped market. There is nothing that can be done with the iPhone that can make it feel new and unique anymore. Android can do everything iOS does and in some cases better. Apple still wins with hardware, but that isn't going to prob the profit margin up for much longer.
Myself, I believe that Apple needs to get back into the iMac market and bring a machine that can compete at the $500-$700 level. For the past 10 years Apple has priced themselves out of the mainstream, and getting rid of the regular Macbook only made it worse. I think a new OS and a back to basics attitude with the mac they can remind people why Apple is here in the first place.
Apple can't complain about all the Windows users when they pretty much force everyone who can't speed 1K on a computer to use Windows. Apple made a mint on the iPod and iPhone, but it's time to diversify again. If they keep focusing on just the mobility market they will stay viable, but as their own products get lost in the sea of similarity they are just going to become just another brand.
They make the lion share of their money of the mobile market (even within Mac sales). I don't see how they would be better off moving towards a declining market that they are seeking to shrink (and self-canablize) with iOS.
I agree that they make most of their money in mobile, but that's only because much of their business for the past decade has been in that field. Nothing stays the same, and it would be stupid for Apple to just keep going forward as if their marketshare will never change.
Anyway, the question isn't about whether Apple will make money because they are very competent and will stay relevant. The question is whether there is another spark of innovation left in them. My point was that Apple can't repeat the iPhone because the cat is out of the bag so to speak, so all they can do to stay ahead is refine an aging design.
They need another breakthrough design to stay way ahead of the curve. If not an iMac, what about a touch senstive television that not only can use conventional TV and streaming, but can also second as a two-way video communication device and home meda center. I'm just throwing ideas out there lol.
I think people are simply expecting too much from Apple.
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Most of these widgets came about because of the shortcomings of Android phones. Turn off things like WIFI and Blue Tooth? I don't have to worry about that because I don't need to find "features" to shut off to extend battery life.
Maybe I am in the minority that doesn't see all these extra features as useful.
Well everyone's needs (wants) are different. For me Android makes better sense for a tablet, while for a phone iOS is fine. I do hope Apple starts to lift its arbitrary restrictions on usability, as these mobile devices are becoming real computing devices.
Being able to change default app (I like Safari but Mail, Maps and Clock are awful)
Not having to wait for an OS wide update or "email it to myself" to share between apps (which also gets annoying when same PDF has to be copied over to multiple apps).
- Calendar and mail on your lock screen
- Install a file browser app and a media player app, and play files right from a file server. Pretty rudimentary right? Can't do that with stock iOS
- Being able to see and browse your library right on the desktop
- Switching between apps and closing apps is far easier
- More accessible shortcut for changing things like screen brightness, orientation lock etc.
And for a "petty" personal reason, I hate having icons on top of my pretty wallpaper, I rather press an app drawer button to get icons (on blank black background!). I may only see it a minority of the time but it bugs me (I had similar thing with Windows as I used the show desktop button in 7 like crazy but now on OS X I like never see my desktop so I haven't even changed the picture).