Vinterbird
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all I really want from iOS6 is the ability to check for new podcasts from my subscriptions
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WWDC 2012
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Get Instacast and get ready for the best podcast experience of your life.
does it sync with iTunes in any way? that's the thing, I have no problem with podcasts on the computer, or how it syncs with the iPhone when I plug it in, I just want some way to check for new episodes
Synth_floyd
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The next big OS will be when they merge OS X and iOS.
Vinterbird
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OS 11 will come probably in 2013 or 14, and will at that point be a fusion between iPad iOS and Mac OS. But until then we will get more cats.
Instacast works without iTunes. It automatically checks at a user determined interval for new podcasts and downloads them, or allows you to stream them. It toally changed the way I approach podcasts, never having to sync with iTunes again for podcasts or realize it didn't sync up properly when I was getting ready to go to work with a podcast in the ear.
Right now there's a iPhone and iPad app, a Mac version is also coming. They also sync up with iCloud, so if you listen for 45 minutes on your phone, the iPad app will know that and you can continue where you left off on the iPad (and Mac in the future).
http://assets.vemedio.com/video/instacast_promo.mp4
does it push episodes to you? I like podcaster but I like the idea of icloud syncing for half-listened to episodes.
Ugh looks like an Android theme from 2010
You mean silver is the new blue.
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chronic said:
Good Job Bob
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Chronic seems to think so.
hmm that sounds cool. I think I'll wait for a Mac app though, I listen to a lot of podcasts on OSX
I wonder if the elimination of the full width bottom menu bar will be something Apple does with all (or most) of it's other apps in iOS 6. pushing more UI to the top bar and only adding one or two floating elements on the bottom on an app per app basis.
leaves more room for content. it would be the biggest change in the iOS standard UI in 6 years.
leaves more room for content. it would be the biggest change in the iOS standard UI in 6 years.
It's going to be like how it is on Windows (just well more Appley) where the tablets, laptops, desktops, etc all run the same OS just altered to fit the need of the particular platform. All part of the same computer line.
iPads, Macbooks, & iMac's will all be in the same family of being Apple computers running very similiar OS's. It's just instead of ripping the band-aid off all at once and pushing it all at once like Microsoft is doing with Windows 8 Apple seems to be nudging it along slowly. iPads becoming more and more Mac like with each iOS upgrade and Macs becoming more and more iPad like with each OSX upgrade.
Is this telling, or has the WWDC app always looked like this?
Good Job Bob
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I'd say it's pretty telling.
See previous page.
Ah right, missed that. iPhoto was quite similar as well. Not sure I like everything being silver though, need some black in there. Minimal silver through overlay buttons like the Maps one is good, though.
I'm also wondering, when will we see an update to Pages and the iWork suite like we did for the iLife suite?
NYR
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https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/schedule/
Schedule and app released (for attendees). It has a silver tab bar just saying.
2011 app.
Wow, I actually like it, it's much cleaner.
I'm going to be really disspointed if they don't further the iPad iOS dependence through new and separate features. It's about fucking time they take advantage of the realestate and build iOS around that.
Treefingers
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If you get Pro you get push notifications for new episodes.
And yea I really hope they get rid of the ugly black & blue tab bar.
New iPhone and iPods are rumored. Keep your eyes peeled.
Vinterbird
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October. Nothing now.
There might be new Macs, but that's the absolute maximum of what we're getting besides iOS 6 and Mountain Lion.
No iPhones till October.
They don't release phones till they give devs time to work with the new iOS. It's why when iPhone came out in June they showed the new iOS back around March or so. Since iOS 6 is being shown at WWDC the new iPhone is 100% not coming till the fall.
Leave the poor man alone.
I wish Apple could pull apart iTunes like they do on iOS Where the app store it's own thing, the music player is its own thing, the video player is it's own thing, iBooks store and viewer is it's own thing, and iTunes is only for purchasing music and videos. But they can't becasue of Windows. They are kind of stuck with literally everything being stuck in one App.
brotkasten
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https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/schedule/
Schedule and app released (for attendees). It has a silver tab bar just saying.
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I really like this.
That Windows excuse is such bullshit though. Apple already has a Winwoes installer utility that handles separate apps like Quicktime, Safari and iTunes. There is no good reason not to break it up on Mac OS Xand Windows too
Mr. Wonderful
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Also of course expecting some unannounced features of Mountain Lion to be, well, announced.
Same here. I'd kill for a revamped iTunes, maybe in the style of the Mac app store.
I think I'm in the minority in Gaf as I don't want iTunes to do less. I don't want multiple windows and dock icons for multiple apps to deal with music, videos, store, apps, etc.
I just want each section of the app to load faster and the switching between sections of the app to be faster. right nw there's a ot of half second or full send pauses going from music to apps list to the store to playlists. make those go faster. don;t make me manage multiple apps and windows to do the things I do now.
I want that modal "get info" box to be replaced by a floating inspector so it's easier to view and edit metadata on multiple songs and videos.
And I want the the store, genius data and my library to be even further integrated. so I could hit a button next to a song that's playing and see a nice, visual full window tree of similar artists and albums and quickly navigate from one to another. the genius sidebar doesn't go far enough, imo. it's small and clumsy.
I just want each section of the app to load faster and the switching between sections of the app to be faster. right nw there's a ot of half second or full send pauses going from music to apps list to the store to playlists. make those go faster. don;t make me manage multiple apps and windows to do the things I do now.
I want that modal "get info" box to be replaced by a floating inspector so it's easier to view and edit metadata on multiple songs and videos.
And I want the the store, genius data and my library to be even further integrated. so I could hit a button next to a song that's playing and see a nice, visual full window tree of similar artists and albums and quickly navigate from one to another. the genius sidebar doesn't go far enough, imo. it's small and clumsy.
infiniteloop
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Don't know that we'd see a new iTunes at WWDC, I do expect an update iLife suite that brings the Mac side up to the iOS apps. iPhoto OS X might make a good demo for retina Macs.
Good Job Bob
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Yeah, iPhoto on iPad is superior to desktop iPhoto, which is ridiculous. They better update it soon, should come with Mountain Lion.
Dude, I was in the same podcast hell as you were.
Listen to me, buy Instacast on the iPhone and use that to manage all your podcasts.
Buy AirServer for the Mac and just AirPlay the podcast. You don't have to worry about syncing ever again.
infiniteloop
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