Apple Watch wish list
A plea for multiple months on Calendar for Apple Watch
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Apple Watch has a month view, but it only shows the current month. Wouldn't it be great if you could swipe back and forth to the past... and the future?
Wish List
iOS 10 wish list
What would you change about the Home screen?
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The app launcher as home screen dates all the way back to the Newton, but where could Apple take it next?
iOS 9 wish list
Complications... for the iPhone lock screen!
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Complications are what I miss most when not wearing my Apple Watch, especially when I'm looking at my iPhone lock screen. I've been thinking about this for a while, but I became acutely aware of it this weekend when I took my Apple Watch off for a couple of hours to see what, if anything, I'd miss. I expected primarily to be annoyed by the iPhone's notifications, having to reach for my...
Apple Watch wish list
How would you change clock faces on Apple Watch?
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Clock faces not only help you keep time but have complications that provide more information and access to more features. The Apple Watch comes with several clock faces built in. There's Chronograph for the classic timepiece look; Color for minimal but bright analog look; Utility, which is somewhere in-between; Simple, which is just what the name implies; and Mickey Mouse, which...
iOS 9 wish list
I'd love to see Handoff for iTunes in iOS 9
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One of Continuity's best features is Handoff — the ability to push not just data but state between iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Using Handoff, you can start an email on your iPhone, sit down at your Mac, tap an icon, and finish right where you left off. You can start reading a website on your Mac and then grab your iPad, swipe, and plop down to keep reading on your couch. As long as you're...
Wearable watch-list
Best practices for Apple Watch app design
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The Apple Watch will ship on April 24 — which means that, right now, developers and designers are hard at work on the first generation of Apple Watch apps. Currently limited to actionable notifications (short and long looks), widgets (glances), and remote views (WatchKit apps), even though Apple Watch apps are bound to the iPhone, there's still boundless potential. I've tried several...
iOS 9 wish-list
The future of Apple TV
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Last week Apple dropped the price on the current 1080p Apple TV to $69 and announced an exclusive deal with HBO Now. These moves make the Apple TV both more interesting and more affordable — and I have no doubt that the imminent return of Game of Thrones will help sell a lot of the little black boxes. But in the battle for the living room, with competition ranging from the ultra-cheap...
iOS 9 wish-list
How would you change Siri?
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Siri, originally created as a stand-alone App Store app by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, and Tom Gruber, was bought by Apple and integrated into iOS 5 for the iPhone 4s launch in 2011. A digital assistant with sequential inference and context awareness, Siri answers questions and executes commands not in a vacuum but in relation to whatever questions and commands came before. As Siri to...
iOS 9 wish-list: Universal night theme
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iOS 7 was more than just a redesign: It was a reimagining of what mobile interfaces should look and act like. Part of that involved a lot of flat, white space. A lot, a lot. It made the iPhone and iPad look bold and bight, which is fine for everyday use, but when it comes to low-light situations — like the home theater or the bedroom — it can be a little too bold and bright. If you're...
Imagination games
What if the iPad ran iPad OS?
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The Apple Watch runs WatchOS. It's a stripped down version of iOS, optimized for a much smaller screen and much smaller battery. It also has its own, distinctive look and feel, including its own take on the Home screen, its own interaction methods like the digital crown and force touch, and its own, distinctive capabilities like the Taptic engine, optimized for a wearable. In contrast...