Re: [apple-iphone] Push email, notifications and multitasking????

Nice write up, Bill. I am going to save it for review when iOS 5 arrives.

Brent

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@gmail.com>wrote:

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>
> 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
> >
> > and I know a lot has to have changed since then in the iOS.
> >
> >
> >
> > Last time I used the 3GS there was no push email, maybe yahoo was
> >
> > added but no Gmail or anything else. Is there now push Gmail or
> >
> > for other services? How does it work with Google contacts as all mine
> >
> > are on Google Voice?
> >
> >
> >
> > Notifications were all spread out before and it was sometimes hard to
> >
> > find them all if you had a lot of apps. I see with iOS 5, there is a pull
> >
> > down screen similar to how Android works. Is this how it works if any
> >
> > one has used a Beta?
> >
> >
> >
> > There was no multitasking of anything but built in Apple apps when I
> >
> > last used the iPhone. I know now there is some kind of limited way of
> >
> > multitasking certain things. Can someone point me in the right direction
> >
> > to find a description of how it works or maybe can explain it?
> >
> >
> >
> > Can't wait until Friday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > Wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rich
> >
> >
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