What I wanted from the new iPhone and Apple
- Ability to specify calendar colors for Exchange Server/ActiveSync calendars
- Water resistance
- Lower cost data plans
- Parental controls that work (ability to disable embedded browsers).
- Fix the Apple ID debacle
- Bicycle directions on the Map app
What I got
- A new connector with a $30 adapter.
- No more parental controls for YouTube (since it's a separate app).
- A map app without Google bicycle routes
- A bunch of features I don't care much about
- A dumbed down version of iTunes that will probably omit much of many of the query (smart list) abilities I rely on
- More iCloud fail
Meh. I'll probably buy another AT&T iPhone and extend my contract, but I'll wait until I see how the different data plans shake out. The $30 adapter is particularly arrogant.
Do you know by chance what happens to podcasts currently synced between iTunes on the Mac and 'Music' on iOS devices? Will the remain available in the iOS 6 'Music' app?
ReplyDeleteI noticed a few days ago that the new iOS podcast app does not show podcasts synced from iTunes on the Mac. I use Instacast (iOS) for most of my podcast subscriptions (download or stream to listen, delete sooner or later afterwards) but I have also an archive of a dozen or so language or music related podcasts with a few 100 episodes in iTunes. It would be very sad if I could no longer listen to such podcasts on my iOS devices.
Your post, by the way, is interesting as it focuses mainly on software and not hardware – exactly the opposite of all the gadget bloggers and journalists … :)