Hey Rich, yes a lot has changed - I'll try and be brief
"iCloud" which is basically free MobileMe that works with your Apple ID
(whatever email address you use to purchase iTunes content and
apple.comitems) and comes with 5GB of storage (and unlimited space for
photos, etc).
The subset is that you can get a 'free' @me.com address that is associated
with your Apple ID (normal email address) but isn't a separate log in - it
is about 3 layers deep in iCloud settings - that is truly 'push'.
If you already have a @me.com address or a MobileMe account there is a
conversion web app that lets you maintain everything you already have,
including a year of 25GB of storage for paid MMe subscribers.
For Google Contacts, All Calendars, and "Push" G-Mail you set up the account
as "Exchange" using m.google.com as the server for Mail, Contacts, and
Calendars. Leaving this set to Push is still a battery drainer, setting it
for Fetch at 15 minutes uses far less battery than "Push" which is really
Exchange ActiveSync (really old protocol that connects to server constantly
polling for changes).
For those who only have G-Mail and 'owned' calendars (not shared or public)
you can use t he labeled "G-Mail" setup - this is only Fetch, the mail is
G-Mail specific but the calendar functions are limited and there is no
contact syncing - I think this is either a major flaw on Apple or Google -
they have the technology to "Push" all items - Android has it, so either
they aren't allowing Apple to use it or Apple doesn't bother - there is the
Exchange 'workaround' but I wish they would integrate with Google...
The notifications take the Android model and step it up a level - the UI is
much better and the notification system has it's own preferences - you can
set the order to show up (newest first, oldest first, alphabetical by App
name), the number of items per App, IE calendar can be limited to 1, 5, or
10 items, Phone can show you the past 1, 5 or 10 missed calls, etc. You can
also set each app to use the Lock Screen, The Notification System, the old
pop-up method or any combination. You can also clear each item from the
notification system or go directly to the app and the event from the lock
screen - big improvement over old system and small over Android.
The "Multitasking" is really freezing of apps - if you press the home button
twice the screen slides up and your 'running' apps are in the bottom 'tray'
- swiping left once lets you control the screen orientation and iTunes (or
whichever music app you are using, Pandora, Spotify, etc), swiping left
again lets you controls he volume and Airplay. Swiping right continues to
list all apps used since last time you cleaned them out. You do have to
occasionally tap/hold and x out all 'open' apps - even though they pause
themselves your phone will eventually get sluggish if you use many apps
infrequently. If you use the same say 10-15 apps all the time, leaving them
in the background will make launching faster and pick up right where you
left off.
Don't forget iMessage, which is Blackberry Messenger on hundreds of millions
of devices. It is lightning fast (at least with limited beta testers - I am
kind of anxious to see how it scales) and makes SMS/MMS seem like antiquated
1990s feature it is.
It is going to be quite a lot to go from a 3GS on 3.0 to a 4GS on 5.0 - not
only is the device going to be probably 4-8x faster, the software is going
to 'look' the same but have a ton more features to poke around. My latest
find was "Keyboard Shortcuts" which is like Text Expander for iOS - IE I
created one that translates 'cwf' to "Can't Wait to get my iPhone 4S and
download all of my favorite Apps!"
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 08:23, Rich <thekellergroup@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am getting an iPhone 4S and haven't used an iPhone since the 3GS
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> and I know a lot has to have changed since then in the iOS.
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> Last time I used the 3GS there was no push email, maybe yahoo was
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> added but no Gmail or anything else. Is there now push Gmail or
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> for other services? How does it work with Google contacts as all mine
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> are on Google Voice?
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> Notifications were all spread out before and it was sometimes hard to
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> find them all if you had a lot of apps. I see with iOS 5, there is a pull
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> down screen similar to how Android works. Is this how it works if any
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> one has used a Beta?
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> There was no multitasking of anything but built in Apple apps when I
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> last used the iPhone. I know now there is some kind of limited way of
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> multitasking certain things. Can someone point me in the right direction
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> to find a description of how it works or maybe can explain it?
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> Can't wait until Friday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
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> Rich
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