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iPhone & iPad Live 296: iOS 6 and Apple TV apps speculation

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 31, 2012 a 10:03 am

Rene, Seth, and App Cubby's David Barnard start previewing WWDC 2012 and end up doing an deep dive in iOS 6 and how Apple could address app switching, inter-app communications, the Home screen, gestures, contact and social profiles, and more. And then talk Apple TV apps. This is iPhone & iPad Live!

iOS 6 Maps app caught on blurry cropped cam, mocked-up

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 a 10:17 am

We had heard rumors that Apple would be bumping Google data from the Maps app in iOS 6, and a possible reason why, and now we've reached the next stage in the long road of rumors -- the blurry, highly cropped camera spy shot.

iOS 6: Is it time for Apple to revamp the multitasking fast app switcher?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 a 5:30 am

At Macworld 2007 Steve Jobs showed off mobile Safari's Page switching interface, but despite the operating system as a whole crying out for similar treatment, to this day Pages haven't expanded beyond Safari. At the iOS 4 event in the spring of 2010, the iPhone added limited 3rd party multitasking and a fast app switcher interface, but rather than Pages or even an Exposé-esque grid interface, it locked to the Dock.

And as far as showing currently open apps, making those apps as visually distinguishable as possible, and making them as fast as possible to switch between, that's where iOS has remained. Even on the iPad's far larger screen.

Is it time for something more?

iPhone & iPad Live 294: 7-inch iPad, 4-inch iPhone, iOS 6 Maps

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 18, 2012 a 8:28 am

Georgia, Seth, and Rene discuss all the latest Apple rumors, including the 7-inch iPad, 4-inch iPhone, iOS 6 Maps, and Apple wanting to hurt Google in the wallet. Also, free iPad games, Sparrow push, Chrome for iOS, and the pro stylus shootout!

Jailbreak concepts Apple should implement in iOS 6

By Allyson Kazmucha, Saturday, May 12, 2012 a 5:18 pm

Another year has gone by and with it has come a wealth of jailbreak apps, hacks, and tweaks that we here at iMore hope to see end up in iOS 6. We had a similar jailbreak to iOS want list before iOS 5 was released and luckily a lot of the things we really wanted, Apple delivered or at least touched on. Here's what we hope to see surface in iOS 6 that jailbreakers have access to right now.

iOS 6 reportedly code named Sundance, more rumors about Siri API, Siri for iPad, iTunes 11

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 11, 2012 a 11:46 pm

iOS 6 is rumored to be code named Sundance, continuing Apple's tradition of naming iOS releases after ski resorts. This according to MG Siegler at TechCrunch. Siegler also triple confirms the newly updated Maps app is coming in iOS 6, though he thinks the hype surrounding how good it is might be hyperbole.

Apple dropping Google backend from Maps app in iOS 6, replacing with in-house map data

By Simon Sage, Friday, May 11, 2012 a 10:13 am

Anonymous sources are claiming that iOS 6 won't come loaded with Google Maps as usual, but will instead host an Apple-made solution instead.

Actionable notifications: The opposite of widgets

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 a 11:56 pm

Last week I ruminated out loud about whether or not Apple needs to redesign the iOS Home screen. We've continued to discuss it on the podcast and in the forums and I realized something: as much as it'd be nice to information from apps and make it glanceable on the Home Screen, it'd be even better to take functionality of apps and make it accessibly from within other apps.

Does the Home screen need updating in iOS 6? [Poll]

By Georgia, Friday, May 4, 2012 a 1:40 am

We'll keep this one short but sweet -- Does the Home screen need updating in iOS 6? Rene laid out a lot of the pros and cons in his iOS 6 Home screen article a couple of days ago, and we discussed it in depth on the iPhone & iPad Live podcast last night. Hundreds of millions of users already know how to use the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad Home screen, and that's a huge barrier to change. Maybe not to geeks, but certainly to mainstream users.

iPhone & iPad Live 292: Yoga pantless

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 3, 2012 a 3:55 pm

Georgia, Seth, and Rene discuss low Siri usage levels, whether iOS 6 needs a new Home screen, Notification Center do not disturb, Pandora vs Slacker vs Spotify shootout, Quasar, BIG JAMBOX, and the iPhone bra. This is iPhone & iPad Live!