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The ten Best Things About iOS 6
1. 3G FaceTime
FaceTime has long been a fine way to movie talk with friends and family, but both parties needed to be on a Wi-Fi network in order for it to work. Now, FaceTime works over cellular and you can even take calls on your iPad using your phone number.
Two. Passbook
Passbook may not be a digital wallet, but it’s certainly heating the public up to what could be the next big wave in mobile payments. It permits you to store anything from movie tickets to bounty cards and boarding passes for flights.
What’s even better is an option that senses when you are in the area of the movie theater or airport and exposes your ticket on the lock screen, so you don’t even need to open up the app. Starbucks, Walgreens, Fandango and various airlines have already signed on to support Passbook functionality.
Three. VIP Email
Inundated by junk email and miss the significant ones? Set up a VIP list, so you’ll never miss emails from your boss, best friend or loved one.
Four. Maps App
Albeit the fresh Maps app doesn’t include routing and transit directions — which is perhaps the thickest overall gripe among iOS six users so far — it still touts some amazing features. For example, by accessing the satellite view in Maps for cities such as Fresh York, San Francisco and London, users are treated to 3D imagery. Attention to detail is so spot on that it almost looks like you’re flying through streets as however you were in a movie game.
Five. Facebook Integration
Apple has opened up social integration to Facebook, permitting users to share pictures and post status updates without having to log into the app. You can also merge your Facebook contacts and calendar with your iOS calendar, so you no longer have an excuse if you leave behind a friend’s bday.
6. Smarter Siri
Siri has been the maven of answering questions via voice-command for about a year now, but she just got a entire lot smarter. From providing movie and restaurant recommendations and exposing professional sports scores to even sending tweets and Facebook updates, action-commands are much lighter with Siri on iOS 6. Albeit it’s still not flawless — she was way off with the weather recently — it’s a big improvement over Siri’s existing presence on iOS Five.
7. A Social Photo Stream
Apple has introduced photo-sharing capabilities in its Photo Stream that permits users send a picture from their stream to a person or group of people for comments. Similar to Facebook or Instagram, people invited to the group can Like pictures and write comments.
8. Panorama
Want to capture that big redwood tree or the entire Golden Gate bridge? Now you can with the fresh panorama feature for the iPhone and iPod touch. It permits you to shoot up to two hundred forty degrees, even vertically.
9. Message Reply
When you decline an incoming call, you can instantly reply with a text message, set a callback reminder or even create a pre-set message to let the caller know you are driving.
Ten. Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb permits you to set up a time for incoming calls to be muffled. But you can also create a list of people that can get through to you at any time, such as a family member calling in the middle of the night.
It’s been less than twenty four hours since Apple flipped out its sixth major update to its mobile operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, but it didn’t take long for early adopters to find frustrations with the fresh software.
Sure, Google Maps is noticeably missing — which is the very first time Apple has liquidated a lump of software since launching the iPhone in two thousand seven — and there are still some evident kinks and omissions from the company’s fresh built-in Maps app. Transit directions, anyone? But we’d be remiss to overlook some of the beautiful and groundbreaking fresh features added to iOS 6.
In fact, dare we say, some additions are so good we don’t even know how we got by without them before. From Passbook which stores everything from your movie tickets to boarding passes and a much smarter Siri, check out the gallery above for our dearest things about iOS 6.
What’s your beloved fresh feature? Let us know in the comments below.
Christina Warren contributed to this article.