1. Looking Forward to the Future:
What the iOS 6 Will Bring to the Table
More than a few people were disappointed with the news,
or lack thereof, of the iPhone 5 at the recently concluded
World Wide Developers Convention (WWDC) 2012. This is
especially biting since a lot of these people (myself
included) were more than eager to sell their old iPhonesand
switch to the iPhone 5 once it comes out. Nevertheless, our
collective disappointments were quickly dashed with
Apple’s presentation of the iOS 6 and all the nifty features
the new mobile operating system brings to the table.
Two of these features are the new Maps app and the much
improved Siri. With Maps, Apple finally broke away from

2. Google integration and instead built a navigation app from
the ground up. It incorporates the staples like detailed
mappings and GPS, along with handy conveniences like on-
the-fly traffic updates and even accident reports. It also has
a very useful “turn-by-turn navigation” feature which, put
simply, rotates the map displayed onscreen relative to a
user’s position at any given time. That is, if the user looks
south, so too will the Maps reflect this change in orientation.
Especially cool among Maps’ functions is its Flyover mode,
which is basically a 3D rendering of (as of the moment)
some cities that a user can zoom in and out of, and fly
through and over; a Superman’s-eye view, if you will. This is
great as it gives a user a fairly good idea of what his/her
destination will look like. As technology develops, expect

3. this Flyover mode to become commonplace in future
navigation systems.
While Maps is admittedly impressive, what may prompt most
users totrade in their iPhones for the new one is a vastly
improved Siri. For one thing, because of the sheer amount of
organic data gathered during her beta stage stint with the
iPhone 4S, Siri has significantly increased her speech
recognition capabilities, now able to differentiate between
more English regional differences. Moreover, she has added
to the number of languages she can converse in as well,
with Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, and more joining her
repertoire.
Sirihas also expanded her role as a virtual assistant by
integrating herself more and more with the iGadgets’ apps.
No longer will users have to browse back and forth between
apps to do quick tasks like tweet messages or

4. updateFacebook statuses; they can just tell Siri what they
need done and she takes care of the rest without users ever
having to leave the Siri app.
By far the most awesome Siri function is her planned
integration with automobile electronics. By hooking up an
iPhone on a car’s dashboard to be activated by a button
on the steering wheel, Siri now becomes an “eyes-free”
program designed to assist the driver with tasks like GPS
navigation, message compositions, and even phone
conversations, all without the driver ever having to turn his
eyes away from the road. And since Siri will be connected
electronically to a car’s systems, another possible function
would be for her to let the driver know if any parts are
malfunctioning or if the car is just plum out of gas. With such
technology already existing now, can a real-life K.I.T.T. (of
Knight Rider fame; look it up) be that far behind?
Indeed, theiOS 6 is looking to radically change the way
people lead their everyday lives, and I would want nothing
but the best device running it on the most optimal settings
possible. I’ll be sure to sell my laptop and old iPhone and
get the iPhone 5 once it comes out, and you should too.
You’ll be glad you did.
Source:
http://cash4laptopsreview.blogspot.com/2012/07/looking-forward-
to-future-what-ios-6.html