The Beanster Blog

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...

I don't gamble on stocks but I like keeping posted on how tech companies are performing. i listen to a lot of tech podcasts and now I've added some tech stocks (mostly technology & phone companies) to Stocks app, and view them on the stock widget.  See the full gallery on Posterous The notifications banner was borrowed from Android but Apple has definitely improved it. iOS before version 5 does NOT have glanceable information the new notifications banner (although it takes one swipe to view it) and the lockscreen notifications help out a bit. I'm sure users will love it when iOS5 goes live in the Fall of 2011 (no solid date yet)