Here are two Apple news you should know about today.
The Cupertino-based company has released a new software update iOS 6.0.1 for the iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch (4th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later. The update is fairly minor with a few bug fixes and improvements.
Two main fixes include squashing a bug, which sometimes allowed access to Passbook pass details from lock screen and another bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air.
Here is the release note:
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This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:
- Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air
- Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard
- Fixes an issue that could cause camera flash to not go off
- Improves reliability of iPhone 5 and iPod touch (5th generation) when connected to encrypted WPA2 Wi-Fi networks
- Resolves an issue that prevents iPhone from using the cellular network in some instances
- Consolidated the Use Cellular Data switch for iTunes Match
- Fixes a Passcode Lock bug which sometimes allowed access to Passbook pass details from lock screen
- Fixes a bug affecting Exchange meetings
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In other news, Maxrudberg has released a concept video showing what widget support on iOS might look like based on the new resizable live tiles found in Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 platform. Of course, doing this will probably lead to Windows Phone fan going up in chorus that, “Apple is a copycat!”
However, with the depature of Scott Forstall the possibility of these features making an appearance on iOS 7 has increased ten-folds.
Here is what Maxrudberg had to say about the video:
[quote] Inspired by the more living home screens of Windows Phone and Android, this concept video shows how the iOS home screen could become more.
In this concept, an app icon can be resized from 1×1 to 2×2 or 4×2, similarly to how you would on Windows Phone 8. The increased size can house widget like functionality and provide easy access to core features of that particular app. For example, you could expand the Settings icon into a widget with a brightness slider, and quick toggles for WiFi, Bluetooth, Personal Hotspot and Do Not Disturb.
The new found space could also be used to give a miniaturized window into the app, showing content already on the home screen. This could be useful for Phone, Messages or Mail. Instead of a glaring red badge, you’d be able to see the messages or calls directly on the home screen.
To launch the app, you can press the shrunken app icon in the lower left.
The expanded icons can be moved around like regular icons and placed in the manner you like. But for obvious reasons, you cannot place an expanded icon in the dock; it would just slide back onto the home screen.
One could imagine that this functionality would also be available to developers, who could include it for their apps.
This would rather nicely complement the existing feature set of iOS and make the home screen more engaging.
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