You have to swipe the bigger app preview section, not the lower app icon. Not that I tried the latter...over...and over...

So... I guess that wasn't part of the TED talk?

I could do another talk on intuitive UI/UX if you really want :D

I just found the List view. When in Calendar tap the magnifying glass and it shows your appointments as a list.

Yeah, but that is the "search" mode, and you don't have the month to quickly check other days.

Everybody has different ways of interacting with their data, but I'm often trying to find open days for appointments. Having a month up with a list underneath is perfect. The new interface I have to go back and forth and repeatedly scroll to get the same amount of information. For me, fail. ymmv.

Ha! me too. I was like WTF?? lol...

PM'd

Upgraded my iPad - so far so good, although I'm not impressed with the flat look vs. the 3D renderings of the icons, and I'm not into the pastel colors (1985 called - they want their pink oxfords and izod polos back!)

Like the control center - that has been missing from iOS for a long time! Now all that is missing is the ability to customize the control panel with apps, controls...etc.

Need to poke around it more to get a better feel for it.

-Z-man.

Come on. This was a simple decision. Look at all the great press Microsoft got with Office 2012. You can choose from White, Off White and Grey. Ok, not a good example.

Wait. How about Microsoft Windows 8! Ok, not a good example.


How about this. You are getting the flat, pastel colors with the Retina display. Very HD black and white.

Fing crappy Internet connection!!!! Was 5mb away from having my iTunes update downloaded when my connection went to pot!!! :mad:

I miss my 30mbps connection in Houston. :(

I think battery mgmt is going to be more of an issue.

Ok - here are my first impressions:

Cons:
- New color scheme and flat look is awful. Looks like it was designed by a sixth grader whose parents are still living in the 80's. I suspect that iOS 7.1.1 will remedy this with a 'classic theme' option.
- New picture organization makes little sense.
- Better location services and the ability of the phone to keep track of your favorite locations means lower battery life (unless you micro-manage the settings like I do. :D )

Pros:
- Control-center. 'Bout time.
- Finally, you can put more than 8 apps into a folder with the 'scrolling within the folder feature'
- The new way to close apps running in the background is good - no need to hover over an app and wait for the little red x's.
- Safari is a bit better.

-Z-man.

I did the upgrade this morning.

Still poking around. I am not a fan of the new calendar layout.

Upgrade was trouble free for me. I have a iPhone 4S, so am not getting all the iOS 7 bells and whistles. I generally like the new graphics and typefaces, but then again I think Helevtica is the most perfect font ever and I sometimes invert colors for fun. There is something a bit jarring when opening 3rd party apps, most of which still have a very different look, until they get updated too. Oddly, Find My iPhone has not been updated despite being an Apple app. Control Center is good. Background Updating is good. The ability to finely control which apps get to background update, use Location Services, access your data/Privacy settings - all good. The Limit Ad Tracking setting is intriguing. The Calendar needs a week at a glance view.

I changed my home screen background to a simple and dark colored one, contrast with the new icons is much better. Cool gimmick - look at your screen and tilt the phone, the icons appear to move relative to the background.

Sometimes I have to swipe 7 -8 times to get the Control Center to slide up.

I'm liking it somewhat so far.

The flashlight button on the control center has greyed out twice for me, seems to be a know bug. I'm not liking the slow screen update when typing (4S), the cursor always seems to be a keystroke behind.

iTunes Radio is pretty cool but seems really bass heavy. I turned on the EQ with the flat setting and it helped. I didn't notice it as much today as I did yesterday so maybe they changed something.

I'm not nuts about the search in the address bar function in Safari, I was pecking all around it today trying to get it to clear out the current URL to start a fresh search.

I'll be installing it tonight in my 4S. My wife did hers last night and loves it. My daughter did her 5 last night and loves it. Still have to do the iPad.

Look at the clock app icon, second hand moving, correct time, neat.

Haha, that's cool...

How to Downgrade from the iOS 7 Beta

going back to 6.1.4. BT is flaky in the car with 7.

What's "BT"?

I just upgraded to the ios7 and my freakin jurassic iPhone4 is as slow as hell...Looks like I'll be restoring to the old ios as I did some research and reviews were same as mine. Looks like the latest version is better off with newer IPhones.

I was typing regardless if its in viber, wechat, whatsapp, iMessage or browsing thru Safari and it takes about 5 seconds for each letter to come out????? The phone almost went out the window so frustrating...How come my iPad mini acts normal after my upgrade? Looks like the IP4 is not compatible with the latest ios. Its like watching a Kung Fu movie wherein the mouth movement of the actor comes way ahead of the voice...lol!!!!

Now going back to recovery mode but my itunes has to be updated before I can revert back to old version. the hell???

bluetooth

The 'new' keyboard is going to take some getting used to. Caps showing, even when lower case is selected. The only indication you're typing caps is actually seeing what's on the screen, or seeing the high-lighted Shift key. I'd much rather see it on the keys...where my eyes are focused.

Randy

Upgraded my iPhone4 last night - and while a few apps are running slower (like Temple run OZ), for the most part, the speed is about the same.

SuggestionL: go through the settings and turn off notificaitons and locations on apps that don't need them. The GPS chip alway engaged could be slowing you down.

-Z-man.

Hi Z,

I did turn off all notifications, deleted some apps eating up my space and videos/pictures. Now I have 4.6GB available and its still slow. I'm now in the process of restoring it to previous ios based on threads I saw on similar problems. Hmmm...It's frustrating typing the whole sentence and wait for 5 seconds for all the letters to come out. Once I get it mispelled, backspacing is the same.

Maybe upgrade the car instead?!? :D

Ok just an update, I thought I restored the ios prior to the 7 version but instead itunes re-updated the current ios7 after a close 1 hr. It's back to normal now I can type at will. The only difference I made was this morning, I did the update thru the phone and now thru itunes. Hope this does not change as its normal at ios7.

I do find the new keyboard easier to type on, less errors.

Going to do it on the iPad (non-jailbroken) later today. Will report back on how it is for tablets...

Is BT ever not flaky? I'm yet to encounter one that always works.

I guess, I spoke too soon as when I woke up and texted, it's slow again. I guess I really need to recover old version.

No issues with Bluetooth so far on 7 (about 6 hours usage)

What really sucks is airdrop. I thought I would be able to airdrop docs, photos, videos, from my MacBook to my ipad, iPhone and vice versa. Nope

Something's not right - I have an iPhone4, and have zero issues typing in text, email, web...etc.

You upgraded via iTunes? I did mine ota directly to the phone and had no issues. Try restoring to a 6.x version, and then reapply the iOS update to see if that fixes your performance issues.

Also - are your apps closed instead of running in the background? Are you logged out of apps like facebook, twitter...etc.? That can make a difference too.

-Z-man.

My iPhone 4S is running fine w/ iOS 7. Not any obvious difference in speed vs iOS 6. An iPhone 4 is slower than a 4S, but seems iOS 7 should still run tolerably.

iOS6 was flawless for the past month with the new X1, both phone calls and music streaming. In the span of 15 minutes iOS7 dropped 4 times. ymmv