Apple’s free [iOS 8] operating system “seems to have an answer for your biggest gripes, checking them off the list, one by one. It also throws in some new features that you won’t know you needed until you try them. And it gives you faster ways to navigate your phone,” Katherine Boehret writes for Re/code.
“This free software update to the iPhone operating system seems to have an answer for your biggest gripes, checking them off the list, one by one. It also throws in some new features that you won’t know you needed until you try them. And it gives you faster ways to navigate your phone,” Boehret writes. “It does all of this — yet it isn’t obviously different-looking from the mobile OS that you already know, so you’ll find it familiar.”
“I’ve been testing iOS 8 for the past week on both of the new iPhones, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which have the largest iPhone screens yet Boehret writes. “Though it had a couple hiccups, like the Mail app crashing a few times, it’s a fast, solid and fresh version of iOS that users will like.”
Much more in the full review here.
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iOS 8’s four most surprisingly useful features – July 18, 2014
Apple unveils iOS 8, the biggest release since the launch of the App Store – June 2, 2014
How do all these people have the iPhone 6 and 6+ early?
Every year, certain people in the tech media are given review units following the media event. That way, they have a week or so to test them out and write reviews before the phones are actually available to purchase.
I’m curious how iOS 8 will run on iPhone 5. I guess I’ll get my answer later today. Just in case there are problems, I’ve downloaded the full installer for iOS 7 to restore back onto my iPhone.
Just don’t upgrade to iCloud drive then right away. You can always upgrade to it later, but you can never downgrade back to the normal iCloud sync. iCloud drive will also break iCloud document sync with your PC/Mac (if you use that) until Yosemite and the iCloud upgrade for PC is ready.
I suspect this one thing is going to be the next fiasco today, unless they’ve disabled the option until Yosemite/iOS8.1.
Thanks for the advice. I will definitely not do that.
It’s fine. Been on it since build 3. This is actually the first build that was usable. Also on my iPad 3. Nice update, and it works pretty well mostly for a dot-oh update.
I’ve never had any issues with iOS updates so far. For me, each update has been better than previous version.
My only complaint so far is I wish we could totally delete apps we don’t want from our, wha’ to call it?, history on iTunes. If I delete an app from my iPad, I want it gone from my iTunes history too. I’m probably missing something.
Go to iTunes Store > Purchased > Apps and click the (X) in the upper left corner on the apps you want to hide. Then delete from your iDevices and from your iTunes Library on your computer. It will be as if it never existed.
I am going to try this and, as I suspect, when it works you might hear me yelling thank you PacoZoob from way over here!!!
It should work.
If you deleted the app from your iDevice and sync it still shows up in iTunes.
If you then delete it from iTunes it still shows up in the store.
If you then delete/hide it in the store then you don’t see it, but you can still unhide it later.
Apparently the only thing you can delete from the store is the U2 album.