{"id":2141,"date":"2014-05-30T15:01:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T23:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2014-05-30T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T23:01:44","slug":"related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=2141","title":{"rendered":"Related…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday is kickoff for WWDC. \u00a0I don\u2019t dare make any predictions. \u00a0There\u2019s too much out there. \u00a0But here\u2019s the thing: this is a developers conference. \u00a0You will not see anything that can\u2019t be programmed at some level. \u00a0What you will see is the first cut at iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10, which means things that can run on existing<\/em> hardware. \u00a0Which is why you didn\u2019t see Siri in the iOS 5 reveal in 2011; it depended on the 4S hardware. \u00a0But everything else was in there: the notification center, the Twitter integration, et cetera. \u00a0Similarly, the iOS 7 beta showed off all the bits and bobs of the new UI, but not the TouchID or the 64-bit processor. \u00a0So if your vision for the future couldn\u2019t run on an existing iPhone 5S or MacBook Air, don\u2019t expect to see too much about it Monday.<\/p>\n

The one place this could go awry is with new hardware – a new AppleTV, some sort of wearable device, some hardware that simply hasn\u2019t existed before and needs to integrate somehow with these new operating systems. \u00a0Something like that is plausible, especially if launched with an availability date a month out or so. But don\u2019t think for a second you\u2019re going to have new iPhone hardware announced; ever since the iPhone 3G, there\u2019s always been an iOS event three to four months before new iPhones themselves. That\u2019s just how it works. \u00a0New phone means new OS, and new OS doesn\u2019t go out the door until it\u2019s gotten a beta, the end.<\/p>\n

My wish list for iOS 8 is one item long, as always: a way to identify with granularity how much battery life any individual app is costing you. Turning off Background App Refresh and making sure Twitter and Facebook are deleted has more or less gotten me to a viable phone again, although using it in the fashion to which I am accustomed usually means 40% battery remaining by 5 PM. \u00a0Not dreadful unless you actually have plans in the evening, but the sort of thing that makes me want to have the iPad for personal use and the iPod Shuffle handy for non-podcast audio listening.<\/p>\n

And my concern with any future iPhone is the same as with the existence of Background App Refresh in the first place: what is this going to do to the battery life? \u00a0I don\u2019t mind plugging in my phone every night, but I don\u2019t want to have to think about it until I get home. \u00a0And inasmuch as a larger screen means more battery used, I\u2019m not crazy about the prospect. \u00a0But an iOS phone with iOS battery life that has a 4.7\u201d display and a 2200 mAh battery would be just about right, I think\u2026please Cupertino don\u2019t screw this up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday is kickoff for WWDC. \u00a0I don\u2019t dare make any predictions. \u00a0There\u2019s too much out there. \u00a0But here\u2019s the thing: this is a developers conference. \u00a0You will not see anything that can\u2019t be programmed at some level. \u00a0What you will see is the first cut at iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10, which means … <\/p>\n

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