iOS 7 Beta 1: First Impressions

Coming up on about a week with the iOS7 Beta 1 and it has been very buggy for me. Right now I can't go back because iTunes decided to overwrite my iOS6 backup with an iOS7 backup, I don't want to start from scratch. So I am waiting for iOS7 to get done. I am patient it is a beta after all.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH YOUR iOS DEVICE IF YOUR UDID IS NOT VALIDATED

I get random reboots.

Something went wrong with App Updates and updated apps are still listed in app updates

Some Apps crash on launch.

Reminders app crashes when I try to create a new task.

I like the new ~~command~~ control center (copied from Android) although I wish they had a way to toggle cellular data ala Android.

I do not like that they forced to change some of the icons (see the Assistive Touch icons look horrible)

They removed the letter guide when scrolling thru contacts I hope they add it back.

I like iTunes Radio (US account only for now)

I like the parallax effect

I like the drag down to search the device

Siri still not recognizing any better, Google still does a better job IMO.

Battery life is no better for me (I blame our lousy telco signal still)

Some of the UI elements like the color palette needs a lot of improvement.

Some fonts and status icons are 'ghosting'

I have not been able to test AirDrop (it is not working with OSX and I need a 2nd device with iOS7 to test)

I think this is the most un-polished beta I have every tried (and I have been installing betas for quite a few iOS releases already). still it is good that Apple is trying to refresh their mobile OS, it's familiar and I am sure people will not have any major problems moving to it. There are no surprises just a face-lift (for now at least) it still needs a lot of work and I do hope they get their visual design and UI people in-front of this to really polish the OS.

Beta 2 cannot come to soon, we should expect a lot of smashed bugs and hopefully a lot more polish. I do not recommend installing iOS7 beta 1, let us guinea pigs do the testing for you, wait for Gold Master.

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I just wanted to share some stuff I learned over at xda-dev's forum today.
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Anyway as the title states this is about today themes and Orientation Aware Backgrounds. It's really quite simple
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All you need is 2 images [3 if you want to change the Start Menu image as well] of the proper resolution.
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QVGA:
tdywater_320_240.gif [Landscape Image] = 320 x 240 image
tdywater_240_320.gif [Portrait Image] = 240 x 320 image
stwater [Start Menu Image] = 190 x 290 image
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VGA:
tdywater_640_480.gif [Landscape Image] = 640 x 480 image
tdywater_480_640.gif [Portrait Image] = 480 x 640 image
stwater [Start Menu Image] = 399 x 586 image
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What you do is copy the files to \Windows directory and viola! Orientation Aware Backgrounds!
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