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Hey you, the one running iOS 7 beta when you really shouldn't be: Stay classy!

I meant to publish this on Monday but I messed up and forgot to. Sorry about that. But it's the same every year. The iOS 7 beta is intended for developers to test for bugs and software compatibility. It's not intended to be an early release preview, or the daily driver for anyone's main phone. This year more than ever, iOS 7 is really beta. It's not done. It's not cooked. It's cool as hell but there's a reason there's a lineup at the Apple Store outside Moscone for iPod touches. Not even developers want to risk their main phone. (I don't have it on my main phone either.) So here's the deal...

Stay away. And if you're not going to stay away, be classy about it. Respect the NDA (non-disclosure agreement) you become part of when you install the software. Send bugs to Apple, not to the front page, and absolutely don't post negative reviews for apps that don't work or look well under iOS 7. Developers will update what they can when they can, and find workarounds if and when possible, but they're not allowed uploading iOS 7 binaries yet, and won't be until just before launch. Send them bugs privately to help them out, don't screw up their ratings. They're not doing anything wrong.

Again, we -- and other people -- write this every year because some people tend to forget it every year.

Play with the beta if you have to, but stay classy about it.

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Hey you, the one running iOS 7 beta when you really shouldn't be: Stay classy!

hello, newbie here....
i have iOS 7 beta 1 on my iPhone although i shouldnt.... beta 2 came out today, can i install it or will it not work since im not a developer?

You are an idiot for basically incriminating yourself. iOS7 is only avaiable to developers who are signed up with Apple as a Developer.

There's nothing incriminating about that because there is nothing criminal about having the beta.

Yeah, it actually is. By installing it without actually being a dev, or at least paying the $99 for a dev account, that means your pirated Apple's software. It's the same as pirating Windows 7. You're breaking international copyright laws.

Apple can stop this at any point. By registering your UDID your being added onto the developers account. If I add me friend to my developer account is that illegal? No. Apple allow it so you can test the software. Yes adding masses of people is wrong but it's not illegal.

True true, but dammit I want iOS7 and I'm not a dev so I wouldn't know what to do with it. And my ip5 is the only device I have that can run it right now. This is going to be a long summer.

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You can get it for iPhone 5 now. Im running it on my only phone and it works just fine. It is surprisingly not buggy for a beta release. If you do find it doesn't work for you just revert back to ios 6

Am I the only one who feels that Apple's new adds are very unapple. I always felt that Apple adds under the Steve Jobs era popped. Love them or hate them, I would always stop and watch.

These new Designed in California, along with the Genius adds feel like some third rate ads from a third rate company. They are boring and don't feel premium.

I love iOS 7, but I'm starting to really consider Apple's direction post-Steve. I always felt that they had a good 5-7 years of juice left in them even after Steve's passing, but 2 years later, with adds like this, I'm left wondering who is really in charge?

Please learn the difference between "adds" and "ads" as it hurt my brain to read your comment. Thanks.

Your comments about adds doesnt ad up. Wouldn't you have to actually have a brain for it to hurt?

These are also reasons that Apple doesn't have a customer seeding program for iOS. It is a completely different beast than OS X.

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I took the decision to pay the 99$ and buy the dev account to install it on my main ip5 :)
I personally don't find it very buggy. Of course some apps I am using act weird, but I do not complain because that was my personal decision to install ios7

However, I totally agree with you René to stay classy

For when they update it and also to help give them feedback on how it runs and possible improvements for the final release.
There's a few perks to it, also it's $100 for a whole year so if there happens to be another change down the road we get to test that as well.

beta tesing should be at the very least free... it is kind of like you are doing them a favor. There is something a little Sawyer-esque about them tricking you into paying them to do thier work.

AFAIK the "beta testing" is done by developers... you know the Ballmer mantra - or monkey boy mantra? Developers, Developers, Developers!!!!!!!!

Anyway, if its $100 to be a developer and $100 to beta test (see $200) then you are still making your money back as a developer on iOS.
1) You gain a huge amount of knowledge on the new operating system
2) You have the ability to shape, fix and modify the operating system
3) You have a leg up when writing or re-writing your apps for the new operating system.
4) You are a developer so you will probably spend way more than $200 on development.
5) Most software engineers worth their salt should be making $50/hr + benefits - and some probably make over $100/hr (just pay now, not including perks, etc... taxis, limos and the like).... So $200 is not all that much, $100 is even less.

I think 17 year old nerds need to spend more time learning and less time posting, but then who am I?

Now if you mean a customer or user should not be forced to spend $100 to beta test anything, then YES - you are correct. And maybe that's why the Surface RT did so bad? Most people are tired of spending hundreds of dollars to beta test Microsoft's junk.

sabvvxt - isnt that special?

Nothing is free ... installing a beta OS on something you use for real work is not a good idea - unless that real work is being a developer, but then you should still have a stable build to run on your regular device ... which would probably put you out about $50 or so... maybe more depending on what you want.

Completely agree. I'm not a dev but I chose to get the beta (through a friend's developer account) because a)I can accept when some of my stuff doesn't work because I wanted to test drive new software. And b)my 4S is no longer my daily driver so if it was not as solid as the iOS 6 beta (and it definitely isn't) I could (and did) rely on my other phone.

Well said. I remember in the past I got ahold of a iOS 4GM from a friend who wanted to jailbreak his iphone and installed it on my iPod touch (at which time I had an Android based phone. I had tin foil hat syndrome for a couple days but it all came out fine.

Now with my iPhone 5 being my main phone, the last thing I want to do is screw it up so I don't do betas anymore, not even on my iPad.

The wait will be long and hard to deal with but it sure shows a lot of features that make it really stand out.

So I took the plunge and am testing iOS 7 and am not really a developer (yet) I have been keeping a log of all the bugs I have found just for my own enjoyment. How would I communicate my findings with Apple?

If you were a developer, you would have access to the bug reporting tool and would know what to do. You must have an active developers account.

Well put Rene. Non-devs should stay classy. Perhaps we could get the dev's and non-devs to end the flame wars though as well? Staying classy is always a good stance :).

I don't get it, why is this NDA so sacrosanct? iMore has run plenty of pieces where information that's NDA'd was leaked.

Two other things non-devs may not be aware of:
1. Aside from the flakiness expected of a beta, these pre-release builds of iOS are much slower than the final version will be (due to the fact they're built with debug settings turned on, which make problems easier to fix, but require that performance optimizations be turned off)
2. Even when developers find fixable issues in their apps, Apple doesn't allow us to submit new versions of our apps to address compatibility with the new version of iOS until the system goes golden master (GM). We can still submit regular bug fixes of course, but they have to be built with the existing version of Xcode and target the current public version of iOS.

Completely agree, but I also think that anything shown at the WWDC is fair game since it was broadcasted to the general public.

That makes no sense. Just because Apple gave us a preview of the new software doesn't mean we all have the right to install it. They clearly said the release date would be this fall not now. This isn't a public beta it's a developer beta.

They - Apple - Google - Microsoft - or even the NSA does not have the right to forbid it - as long as you keep quiet and honor the NDA. Then again it is all fun and games til the attorney's show up.

When someone tests things for their own ends or use - it is fine. Your mileage may vary and things are void where prohibited, but as far as I know this is still the land of the free and home of the brave.

Just to make my point clear - copyright holders often commit crimes themselves ... because they do not understand copyrights... but then few attorneys or judges understand them and I'm not even getting into congress. In short a copyright is a LIMITED right to control a thing or media for a specified period of time, but copyrights never give the own 100% control. There is such a thing as fair use.

Then again, the NSA does not know their job .. and many others do not know their job either. These people, they exceed their authority repeatedly - like their only job is to exceed their authority... you know to fight "terrorism" or evil communist hax0rz!

If you are stupid enough to blame a developer for their app not working on a BETA OS, then you you shouldn't be a tester (or running the OS) in the first place.

Yes, but year after year, regular users too impatient to wait for public release, go and buy slots on developers accounts to get access, and then treat it like it's a regular release.

So, yes. Stupid or not, reminding them is important, and calling them stupid doesn't help things any. They're going to do it.

I have it installed on my main phone and don't have any problem running it. Just whole bunch of pussies being scared of everything. It works. Yes it does have some issues but nothing terrible. Love every second of using. Stop crying and put it on your main phone don't listen to anyone. It works absolutely awesome.

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I'm running it on my daily 4S and love the overhaul. Being a beta it does have some display issues switching between things but overall it's an awesome setup and I love it.

I have it on my main phone too, and I have to at LEAST twice a day, turn on personal hotspot, and use my iPad for something, because that app crashes under iOS 7. This was expected (and is why I carry my iPad mini) but many people go and complain to the developers about this, when it's no one's fault but their own.

The OS itself, yes, works ok. But I wouldn't recommend to anyone to put this on their daily driver, even though I did. I'm a special case. I know my requirements, and could afford to work around any limitations.

Recommending that just anyone install it on their main phone, is simply reckless, and doing a great disservice to all the people out there.

So, my cousin took my phone and downloaded the ios7 beta...i have no idea how or what she did but i know that she is not a developer. I was just wondering, once the regular one comes out in the fall will i be able to update to that like i usually update without a problem??

I have installed it too and it is buggy as hell... I have had to resort to using my 2nd iPhone 5 to take pics or film videos or to send texts. It randomly restarts, video from the lock screen freezes.. and there is a lot of overlapping of texts, low battery life and app crashes. It is generally unreliable. You shouldn't encourage people to install it on their primary phones because you may not have the same experiences they have. I was so excited to install it but now that I have I am totally over it. I am even considering rolling back to iOS 6 till future beta's come out.

It is not a matter of being a "pussy" and not installing it or installing it on your main device .. it is a matter of installing a beta OS on your main device and then COMPLAINING after the fact.

I would think all developers know this and know they are taking a risk - since it is a beta and not "fully" tested, there is a much greater risk of something blowing up.

I think Rene put it very well in his short article and "Stay Classy!".

I'm going to be honest I am one of those who has it with out paying anything and not being a developer. It actually runs smooth has a little lag on some things but that's a given. All apps I have work flawless really I'm not a professional so I wouldn't know if there are bug issues etc..... But everyone be cool and follow these instructions so that later in the future when can get the other beta versions this way. I'm sure apple can fix this problem easily if they really wanted to.

So, my cousin took my phone and downloaded the ios7 beta...i have no idea how or what she did but i know that she is not a developer. I was just wondering, once the regular one comes out in the fall will i be able to update to that like i usually update without a problem???

I recently got my iPhone 5, sucks that it came with 6.1.3 already =/

After having to deal with the fact that i couldn't jailbreak, i installed iOS7 Beta.

Yeah it's buggy, and some apps like eBay won't even start up.. It's all good though, i'm having a great time with all the new features.

Oh and you're right, alot of ignorant people are trashing the reviews to eBay under the App Store, because of the compatibility issues.. Not cool at all, it's not their fault!

I fully realize it's in beta, however I really am not sure what the best way to send bug reports to Apple is. I've compiled a long list, and while each is pretty concise, it's in freeform. I don't know the correct way to format it or where exactly to send it.

I was an ignorant eager beaver who was sold on the dream of having the iOS 7 early, then read this article and reverted back to good old iOS 6.1.4. Now I'm paranoid about my month old iphone 5's future. Are there any reassurances that all will be well now that I've downgraded?

Why wouldn't your phone be fine? If you're back on iOS 6 and your phone is working I would say you're probably safe. I'm running iOS 7 and will probably just stick with it if I don't run into any major glitches (only been running it for a day, so far so good). I doubt Apple would have released it even as a beta if there was anything that could wreck the hardware of the phone.

Well said. Also I don't think the developers should be so negative about it based just on first impressions. At least give it s few days to settle then give your opinion.

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Wait... Beta versions have bugs?!? Why did anyone tell me?!? Now I need to inform the local media about these massive problems!

I agree with Rene. Installed it and I am not a developer. Went back to 6.1.4 because I honestly didn't like the look for the new 7 and battery life is still pretty bad. There are elements, that are nice but I think this new apple leadership is going in the wrong direction. The new features are great but the look has regressed in my opinion. Not modern at all.

I'll admit, I'm one of the ones that "really shouldn't be". Curiosity got the best of me and I just had to see how IOS 7 functions. It's been a pure pleasure to play with, but I'm probably going to downgrade over the weekend because there are a couple of key apps I use that need an IOS 7 update.

I was tempted to download it without the developer account. But decided to wait for the official release instead. I like to build up the excitement. This to me is like Xmas, don't want to open my gifts before cause it kinds of spoils the fun. Another reason is that my iPhone 5 is my daily driver and I know betas have bugs that need to be ironed out before they make their official release. Can't stop reading about it though and finding out new stuff over the net. Here is too a long wait that'll be (hopefully) well worth it.

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After more than 72 hours of iOS 7 beta on my PRIMARY iPhone 5 I must say that thought there are a lot of bug (expected in a beta one) this is far more smoother than jelly bean on my Samsung N2. Wonder how it compares to unadulterated Jelly Bean ?

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I think they are heading in the right direction for sure. Apple is trying to listen to peoples advice and change up the UI because it seems as though many complain of it looking old and outdated. Hats off to Jony and the crew for breaking new ground. There is no way to make everyone happy. Just rest on the fact that they are listening to us and attempting to give us what we asked for. Be patient and let them fully bake it then see how you like it.

Trust me they are reading everyone's reviews and will take note what people like and don't like.

agreed... people need to understand what a beta is before they install and understand apps are still optimized for ios 6... i risked it on my main phone but thats because i jailbreak my phone and usually rooted and unlocked my bootloader on android phones.. if it breaks well there's always insurance but i always find a way back whenever i screw something up.

I'm so tempted to install, especially as I came from an Android phone I rooted and changed the ROM on all the time. Not sure I wanna give up my jailbreak though.

I am running iOS 7 as my daily driver I'm one of the lucky ones I guess that don't have many problems....and when something does crash and ask me if I want to send a error report I always do....I love helping out on experimental things in beta...I understand there could be big bugs and the risk in taking but I feel as if someone has to run it as a daily driver to see how it reacts that way....just saying if your someone who has done betas in the past (not just including iPhone) and you understand it won't be rainbows and unicorns go ahead install it...but if you expecting it to run as smooth as iOS 6 stay as far away from it as possible...no one want people complaining about a beta acting like it's the full iOS 7

That is such good advice, I hope many of the people that need to hear get to read this. I have yet to download iOS 7 beta and not sure I will be. But I did get the beta of iOS 6 last year and was happy to help by sending bug reports to Apple.

I really hope people will heed to your advice by not giving bad reviews or bringing all these buggy issues to the public, simply send them to Apple so the fall release can be flawless.

I just wanted the control center... three years ago. It's always been an issue of efficiency in connectivity. Getting out the door and connecting to my Bluetooth adapter meant coming to a standstill for twenty seconds while popping in and out of the Settings menu, whereas my Droid Eris (POS), in 2010, could at least allow me to toggle Wi-Fi AND Bluetooth through the control center in just three or four taps. I dropped the Android years ago for the iPhone because of stability and power. BUT... Apple has neglected these aforementioned toggles, almost throwing them in our faces.

So, blah blah blah, I now have the iOS 7 beta, and my control center. It has far exceeded my expectations in the sense that, for a first run, it's not so bad. Rene, perhaps I should not have downloaded the beta, but I did. I have never seen the need to do this before, but I had one reason: efficiency. I have been faithful to Apple for three years, and stay faithful because their product is both stable and powerful. I downloaded the beta because I feel like we deserve a control center. Now I can flip it up, toggle on and off what I see fit, and go on. Save time, save battery.

I will now end with an epilogue:

"First World Problems"

I do agree with the article. I've installed the beta on my main handset and I'm not a developer! So far it seems to work very well for a beta. There are some apps that don't work but I've found ways around that usually, like using mobile web. eBay is one example. What would have been handy in this article is a link to the Apple bug reporting site!

Great article, right on topic. One more thing, if you do spend the $99 and are not really a developer, limit your posts in the developer forums. Read more than you post. You'll find that asking things like "...why doesn't iRadio work for me in Malta." already have been answered and really have nothing to do with development. Don't flood the forums with typical end user questions.

Wow, a lot of fluffy talk from someone that apparently hasn't tried it. It's just as "cooked" as iOS 6 beta was. Been running it since day 1 on 12 phones and I have yet to see a bug that renders the phone unusable.

iOS 7 Beta is quite stable indeed. Just have some apps may not compatible yet and have some bugs on it. And sometimes phone just auto restart when too many apps jam together. The earpiece controls not functioning also.

however, overall i can say it is still fit for daily normal use. I'm not iOS developer, but i register for the UDID at iMZDL.

I did the same thing! Does anyone know how we update to the offical release from iOS 7 Beta? Wll we just be able to update from iTunes or will it automatically pop up on my iphone when it is available.

p.s. I will stay classy about having the Beta version ;)

im not a dev, im on my main iphone 5, the one I use daily, im not complaining and not having any problems so...just saying ;)

i agree. im not a dev and use it on my main one but that's my choice. however i do agree people shouldnt mess up app ratings because they chose to update to a beta and they shouldnt got to the press about glitches in the beta instead of letting apple know about them! well put renee!

I installed iOS 7 on my iPhone 4S and I'm not a dev. I want be but I can because I'm 17 and can't afford it let alone old enough to be one, but I've always been interested in things like this and keep tabs on what bugs I found with iOS 7. For a beta and a beta 1 at that it does run smoothly. I'm looking forward to the beta 2 and what not as well as the final release.

I never send bugs to apple, I never use betas . I am using ios7 and jam sending the bugs automatically. I hope it helps them somehow . I love the OS. I need just .5 inch more screen

I´m not a Dev, so I install it own my risk, I´m not going to complain in any way I know the meaning of BETA, I´m leting know apple the bugs by sending the bugs automatically, thats the way I can help rigth now

Well Rene, I got your point, but please don't fear ppl to write sth negative about ios 7.

Apple has to deal with that critizism, and to be honest, ios 7 icons and stuff looks like it was designed by a Photoshop Noob, I'm pretty sure Steve Jobs would not be very happy about that.

I set my password to a ñ and I could not unlock my iPod. -_- had to restore it back to iOS 6.1.3 I am back at 7 now but I will never again set my password to an accented letter

Is this serious? Considering it a risk on a "main phone" ? Big deal it crashes now and then, other than that it's pretty damn stable and can be used everyday. Get off your high horse, you're an editor not an apple employee, act accordingly.

Do you reckon I should get iOS 7 on my main phone? I have a developer account, and I do have a backup phone in case this one stops working - but still, I'm not sure whether I should. Anybody know whether I should?

I am new to i OS anything. I would have appreciated this warning ahead of time. I was told there was a newer operating system for my device & had little boxes in red asking me to get it upgraded. so I did. Without knowing better, for the most part, when stuff has gone wrong, I have privately contacted app developers. I did leave a review for one of my favorite apps. I paid for it, & their solution was to switch to ads, so I could no longer use the app. I would LOVE to switch back to the previous operating system i liked it just fine. I only wish apple had had a neat write up like this, explaining it in the way you have, it was presented as something I needed to do, & being unfamiliar & new to apple I did. & I've regretted it ever since. Dont' even get me started on the ebay app! everything looks great runs smoothly seamlessly even... till you look at your listing on an actual computer instead & find that it's a disaster. free expedited shipping?! on a 99 cent item, really? not what I selected & not what i just read on my ipad... anyways. This article should have come attached to the upgrade. I would have gladly passed.


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iOS 7.1 is live for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and with it a whole bevy of fixes and additions. Since Apple makes updates so easy, and adoption rates are so high, that means many of you have likely taken the plunge already. It also means you've likely scoured through every change to find what's really been fixed and what still remains broken. There's no changelog or quality assurance in the world that can match millions of people hitting a new piece of software. And that's just what the iMore Forums are doing right now!

If you're looking to read about, report, or discuss the iOS 7.1 changes, the fixes, the bugs, and anything and everything else, there's no better place to do it!

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5S seems faster, and TouchID has yet to fail me once since the update this morning. Seems like there are a lot of new accessibility options as well. No real drawbacks, except the shift key is retardedly confusing to figure out.

I think the shift key is easier now. Shade changes for caps, and now an underline for caps lock. Before you had three color shades...

I agree with you Mike, the TouchID is working so much better, or should I say actually working. I couldn't even use it before the because 9.95 times out of 10 it failed! I even had one thumbed saved 3 or 4 different ways at one point & STILL couldn't get it to work!! Whenever I would delete and reset the fingerprint it would work the first 2-3x then quit after that. I also agree with you about the shift key change, it is very confusing now. I often find myself going back & forth several times, I hope they will revert that.

When I paste something into either an iMessage or Text Message it deletes the last word that I had typed ... really was hoping it was fixed in 7.1 but the issue still remains.

When using multitasking sometimes when you close some apps the cards move but the icons below don't, so the icon app doesn't match it's card... it's kinda annoying... But the worts issue I had was when using the iPhone sometimes al buttons stopped working and after few minutes it resets, haven't seen that since the update thank god and Touch ID works perfect...

The icon thing is by design. While the icons won't necessarily stay centered under their tile, the center tile will always have its icon centered below it. The row of icons doubles as a quick scrollbar of sorts. Try swiping across the icons instead of the thumbnail to speed through your open apps.

So far, so good. My iPad 3 is much more responsive. The only issue I have right now is that trying to update my kids iPods, and it is 8-10 hours (after 2 hours) still to go... But figuring that number goes down overnight.

How many of you are actually successful in downloading? I can't. I am at 6+ hours and I have a 25 Mbps connection.

I downloaded and installed it on 3 Apple devices all within 25 min. Must be a lot of people trying to download it right now.

My 5c is faster notably!! The contrast on the phone is much better too. So far I'm enjoying the update.

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Yeah so is mine. Seems twice as fast now. Even Flipboard flips twice as fast and loads much much faster.

When someone calls me now, I now just get a little round picture of them in the upper right corner. The picture no longer fills the screen.

Looks like that feature has been removed in 7.1. I saw a number if complaints about this in Apple's forums. Let's hope they bring it back in the next release.

Turned them into little circle pics, I personally lied the full screen pic, don't think there's a way to enable, and the text size doesn't get big on the notifications like it used too. Otherwise great, fater, no freezes or reboots. Installed ota in 15-20 mins max.

Animations are much faster, which was the reason I had them turned off before. Touch ID seems improved. Apps seems to close out completely when they're supposed to. Awesome stuff so far, never had springboard crashes before so I can't vouch for that

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Was there ever a "week" view in cal on the iphone? if there was, it's gone on my iphone 4

I think I find the contrast sharper on my iPad mini 1st gen.

For me, they've fixed volume control on lock screen and in the music player. The touch precision was inacurate and everytime I tried to put the exact volume I wanted, it used to move beside or worst the lock screen will move trying to "slide to open". Now its perfect. The bullet volume is more precise.

Oh that's was exactly problem that I was experiencing! Thank god thy fixed that

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I don't like the fact that "Reduce Motion" is just a single giant toggle switch. One day I would like to add SOME customization, keep some animations/effects and stop others. And a separate Parallax on/off would be nice. I hate this Apple habit of "One Size Fits All."

All my still wallpaper pictures are missing from my 5S as well. In fact, they were missing from beta 5 as well. Did you ever find a fix for this?

Yeah, I am surprised at how much I miss that one. I'm turning the "Reduce Motion" off for a few days to see if I can deal with it now that the animations are faster. The multitasking "swoosh" made sense to me, unlike the folder and parallax motions.

I miss the app switcher animation. Now it looks like something is broken whenever I use App Switcher. If there was some way to only disable parallax and keep the animations, that would be great.

I agree...everything else in the update seems great...crashes fixed..etc..but then they just cut the animations all together if you turn on the reduce motion...for example in Weather there is no animations...and you need to turn the reduce motion off to have sense in that..

Hope they can have separate customization in next updates.

I noticed today that I can finally use Siri over Bluetooth in my car. Beforehand I could never get it to work reliably. Pretty happy about this.

I can't wait to try this one out, I have noticed a disjuncture with that also in my car and figured it's just something that will never work unless one has a newer car system such as CarPlay.

I've been able to use Siri over Bluetooth for a while now (over a year) using Ford Sync and's brilliant.

I'm still working through apps and playing with features. So far no crashes or the white screen.

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What i've noticed so far on my 5s:
- Animations are much faster so I now leave them on.
- Touch ID so far has no issues when my finger is not in the optimal position
- Notification and Control Center are far less transparent, much easier to read.
- Auto HDR is pretty nifty.
- In addition to the indicator showing when a photo will use HDR, there is an indicator for when the flash will be engaged.

Remaining issues/missing features I would like:
- Low light video still darker than expected (
- Still no autofocus for video (seems so easy to do)

Darker bolder headings and keys when selected!!! Much faster response opening and closing apps, almost like ios 6 but not perfect yet. Still need a dark theme, they darkened the icons(option) a little which is nice!! Not so pastel like. But still need a dark theme

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iPad 3 more responsive. iPad mini retina looks the same. Icons do not look as bold as the iPhone, but much better. iPhone 5S very fast open, and closed apps. Display very sharp looking. Improved fonts on all devices. No more wifi issues so far, and Touch ID working every time now.

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Great on 5s. Very fast. Notice location icon stays on on 3rd gen iPad. Also battery life on said iPad seems better. Not sure it isn't my imagination though. But u think there is an improvement.

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For some reason I updated and am missing some 7.1 features like the "Buy Album" option in iTunes Radio... Could it have something to do with iTunes Match subscription or do I need to re-install?

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iPhone 4 update is much more responsive opening apps and loading web pages, call clarity better.

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External speaker output used to be pretty pathetic. Kicks out quite nicely now.

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I didn't like the keyboard at first, but it's growing on me. I really like the new phone calling/dialing UI. Also setting pictures as backgrounds is way better, it has the option to zoom in and out, not automatic anymore. The enhancements with Touch ID is fantastic, I usually get an error every few times but since updating it has no happened.

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on my iphone 5c the lock screen seems a bit lag ...when I type the security code the click sound its delayed ...and when accessing the camera from lock screen it has a lag when pulling up (I reset the phone and delete all data from it after update to be a clean install)...anyone else have the same issues in lock screen? darker keyboard :((

I have a 4s and I experience the same problem. I did a clean install but the problem persists. Sliding down notification center or having dynamic wallpapers is also slow.

I'm really enjoying how much more zippy it feels navigating around. My biggest gripe before 7.1 was the homescreen crash which was happening to me at least twice a day. So I hope this update fixed that!!!!

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Like I said in other thread mine overheats to the point of getting a pop up saying "iPhone needs to cool down"
I did a hard reset and restored from scratch, we'll see what happens.

Fixed ( double number message alert ) issue where one BBM message would show as two and two BBM's would show as four.

Anyone noticed this?
-At settings/sound/sent mail- listening any ringtone while vibration is turned on, only works ringtone, no vibration reaction

The good: Everything on the 5S & iPad 4 seem faster and more stable. The email issue, where sliding to delete a message near the bottom of the screen would kick the app into edit mode, has been fixed. TouchID seems better too. I also like new keyboard - mostly.

The Bad: AirDrop still has issues. My iPad, and my iPhone, both have _my_ iCloud contact info correct, so the should work at "Contacts Only". But, I can't AirDrop between them unless the recipient device is set to Everyone. Contacts Only works fine between my phone a my wife's, but not my own two devices. Also the shift key on the keyboard being white on grey feels ON to me, but that's minor and I'll get used to it.

Just a thought... try setting up a different contact for yourself so you can send from one contact to another instead of from & to the same contact. Maybe it doesn't like the concept of sending something to itself.

Thanks for the idea. I've actually tried many things since iOS 7 was released, and while some work, they are not useable. AirDrop uses the logged in iCloud account to access the synced iCloud contacts, and the other devices primary Apple ID must be in the contacts. So it's not easily changeable.

My belief is my issues stems from two Apple IDs, with both logged in as iCloud accounts - although contacts only enabled on 1. One original I bought all my apps through, and 1 that was my address. My wife is setup with just 1 and hers works fine. Various tests get it to work but in the end I need both active which kills it.

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And the email bug showed up again this morning. Slide to delete a message - near or half below the bottom of the screen, and email switches to edit mode requiring you to hit cancel.

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Camera interface has issues if used in portrait. You can't turn the flash on or off as it overlaps the HDR settings. All works fine in landscape.

Contrary to the video walk through posted somewhere, it does NOT make app icons, and "everything" darker. What it makes darker are the text "buttons" - for instance, go to Settings > Accessibility > Increase Contrast. Notice the color of the < Accessibility text. Now toggle "Darken Colors" on (or off if you have it on). That is what it does. I prefer the Darken Colors on.

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Same here as well as the fact that my iPad 3 is silky smooth now. I am curious if the battery issues are fixed though. I used to get turn offs at 8-15%

"Flat is ugly" Must be why every major tech company that u can buy is going flat in OS design. Stick to the burger flipping boss.

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So you think mass adoption of something is proof of it's validity?
Did you just arrive in the 21st century from Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia?
They guy is entitled to his taste and preference, you narrow minded, trend sucking bigot!

Talk about iOS/design & bring up Nazi Germany & Stalin bruhs.........smh
-lighten up, obviously he/she doesn't respect opinions but you're going all crazy with exclamation points & lame character insults on an Apple blog

Sorry, but he hit a nerve.
I find it horrific to see someone use mass acceptance of something as proof it's right. That's why I used superlative examples to the contrary.
I wouldn't have gone for the jugular if he also didn't cross the line by adding an obnoxious personal attack on the guy.

Huge improvements. The biggest remaining bug is dark video recording. It is still almost unusable in low light compared with photo capture. It's obviously the same lens for photos vs video recording, so it must be a software issue. Was really hoping this would be fixed in 7.1

When shooting video at 60fps each frame in the video is 1/60th of a second. When shooting video at 30fps each frame is exposed for 1/30th of a second (twice as long). So video won't look as dark as 1/60 of a second of exposure. You can shoot a picture for 1/15 of a second, effectively doubling the exposure time again. This has nothing to do with software, it's a limitation of physics. The longer you expose a photo using a set amount of light the "brighter" the picture is. Yes, same lens, it may be the same aperture, and most definitely is not the same exposure setting.

Really great improvements and enhancements already mentioned. Above that, it's nice that there no longer is a ghosted app when attempting to swipe/close out all the apps. There was always one icon that needed closed that didn't show a preview. Thanks for tightening that up, Apple.

I can't speak of Touch ID improvements, because I have already "overtrained" my fingerprint impressions on my device.

Whew.. Apple did rectify a LOT of the touch responsiveness issues. Jumping between apps in the multitasking pane doesn't require so much waiting now; just double click and quickly hit the app card you wish to return to, as it should be. General fluidity between multitasking and home screen transitions has seemed to improve. It's still not android-fast, but it's headed in the right direction, and I'm glad because I really like iOS 7's design language.
-It still takes way too long to actually close apps from card view. Still cannot quickly fire them off the screen, must be patient and deliberately flick them off every second or so, only as fast as apple wants you to close them.

To each his/her own, but I've seen the "cards don't swipe quick enough" comments a few times & it baffles me. You're closing apps, not playing a game fast do u want it to go?? Never thought they should/could be any faster on my 5S/4S/Mini, but different strokes & all that

Finally I have continuity with my contact pictures. No more round button for some and full screen for others. I absolutely love it. I haven't had any issues. Yet

A little ridiculous that I could not update my 16GB 5s OTA because it needed 4.5GB of free space to install it.. Had to go through iTunes

I would've loved a 'close all' option on multi-tasking. Can't Apple make it so if we swipe the home screen up in multi tasking mode, all apps that were open close?

This would be the easiest way in my opinion - and really useful/time saving.

Had an issue where Location Services would keep Activated, seems that Dropbox & MovieNight caused the Problem. All is well otherwise and iOS 7.1 is very Stable.

Great update. I'm in love with my 5s even more now. It's still not perfect and Apple still has a lot of ground to cover, but much was addressed in 7.1. I do however have a few gripes, albeit rather small and personal. The first is the keyboard and control center. For one, I wish they had more options available in control center. Something like side swiping to preview messages or a task manager for apps would be godsend! Also, I was actually digging the translucency of both the updated keyboard and control center. I see that with the new update, they have now made it much less transparent and I think that took away from its beauty a bit. I understand that some people didn't like it so much and it made it hard to read text for some, but I just wish they would include an option to increase/decrease contrast and transparency. Having the keyboard's color manipulated by it's by background made it a truly stunning visual. It still retains this capability, but not to the same degree as before, and i must say that it's kind of a bummer for me.
The last thing that I believe is in dire need of an update is the spotlight search. It's convenient to pull up (or down, haha), but it's still not as intuitive and helpful as should be. This especially stands true for when searching for messages, as even when you're lucky enough to have the message you're looking for pop up in search you are still left with the daunting task of endlessly scrolling through the thread until you finally get to that message. It should be that the message in the search pops up and it just goes to that message upon selecting it, but nope...scroll and find it on your own. I find this to be a nuisance and I think this system needs to be reworked entirely. Hopefully they do this in future updates. Other than that, Apple has prettying retained my claim of best mobile OS overall, even if it still lacks a few key features. Apple is on track and iOS 7.1 is great step forward in the right direction, but if they can just fix these three things I've mentioned then I'll consider every future update as a gift lol

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Well said. Increase or decrease translucency would be great as options. Just to name a few. I guess that's why some folk dig jailbreaking.

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iPhone updated with no problem. iPad Air took 2 hours to download, then Air went into Recovery Mode. 6 hours later, it is restored. What a pain.

For me, not only is TouchID just as unreliable as before, it's slower. Even after deleting and re-adding my fingerprints, multiple prints for the same thumb, it still only works about 30% of the time.
Other than that, the few changes I do notice are so trivial they are of no concern to me.
Car Play isn't trivial, but I have to buy a new car in order to use it - Fail.

Still no fix for deleting Facebook account under settings on iPad. I changed my email address and password on Facebook and can't delete account to update to that same account just with a new email address and password. Any suggestions? I've tried deleting and redownloading and restarting. Nothing seems to work. Can't access old school email address account now that I've graduated which would fix the problem.

iCloud (including Find my iXXXX), Facebook and GameCenter still randomly get disabled or log out on my iPad 2 when running games that use GameCenter cloud saving.

That bug was introduced in iOS 7 and it's still broken in iOS 7.1. It affects all older devices: iPhone 4, 4S, iPad 2, iPad Mini and iPod Touches.

Can't say I like what they've done to the text. All black text on white seems to be "bleeding" around the edges. It gives it more impact, but it's a bit hard on the eyes.

Exactly, also too bold in a way. Doesn't everyone know where all the letters on a QWERTY keyboard are now anyway? I can type on my iPhone without even looking at the thing.

MUSIC PLAYER???? What?? I'm so pissed how they continue to screw up this app. First with the cover flaw, then with the artists lists, then the horrible pinky UI, then with the random internet icon pictures, and now the albums artists are not in chronological order anymore, but from more recent to older? That's a big deal for me.. I've always liked my albums in chronological order... :((

I actually like the black keyboard when you pull down for Spotlight. Think they should give us an option, without having to invert colours.

Im on iphone4s, what i experienced uptill now is:
1. Bold font in keypad
2. Control center is fast popping up
3. Shift key have changed
4. Battery is a bit stable
5. Brightness is more bright
6. Keypad lock have a new place in settings
7. Overall useable performance is same
- im hunting more...

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For me it fixed the purple overlay in was producing when you took photos and saved them. No issues so far with it rebooting on its own. Overall I'm 100% with smiles!

Can someone out there confirm something for me or tell me what I'm missing?

I have an company provided iPhone 4 and a personal iPhone 5s. Both are running iOS 7.1. Navigating in Maps on the 4 allows me to scroll and tap on the distance and direction to turn box at the top of the screen. When I tap the map below moves to and highlights that turn. There is no direction list at the bottom of the screen when navigating. However, if you go back to the overview screen, tap on the list view at the bottom of the screen, then tap on a direction in that list it takes you to that turn or direction.

Maps on the 5s is a different set of maps below, the distance and direction box cannot be tapped on or scroll, and when you to tap, the map sort of spins around. Clicking on the directions list gives you the list, but you can't do anything with them.

I truly wish Maps on the 5s were like Maps on the 4.

However, I do like my 5s, I do like iOS 7.1 as a whole.

My iPhone 5s' Touch ID is greatly improved only been denied once. I can also see that it tries to recognize the fingerprint a lot longer before denies you.

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It's better in many areas than previous versions of iOS 7...but I have no thanks for Apple. They certainly don't have any economic pressure to release what was, in every sense, a beta OS's on it's user base.
Plus, the new features of iOS 7 could have been implemented without changing to a UI theme that is fundamentally a florescent mutant lovechild of Android and Windows 8.
This is the type of design and product quality we can expect in the future from Apple, now that time has passed to complete all the product and design legacies of Steve Jobs.

They really dropped the ball with the call screens losing the Contact photos

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No kidding! I just noticed that files played in the video app (Home Videos) only play at half volume. Anyone else have this problem? I have no other sound issues = weird.

Battery draining fast. Trying to find if I have something new turned on that would drain the battery. But I had most options on.

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Yes it is way worse on my iPhone 5 too, did a hard reset and set it up as a new device, but it's still draining pretty quick.
It also gets hotter than before, I even got one of those "iPhone needs to cool down" pop-ups.

Everything does seem faster now. All the zoom animations which I previously turned off. I'm not liking how the call screen looks now. Hope they change it back or to something different. Touch ID is much faster now. I don't see an option for the dark keyboard. Did they take it off?

So it seems my previous comment about it being faster is about all I got. Along with the previous 2 issues I mentioned, it also didn't fix my incorrect attachment mailbox count. It still reads a crazy 42949667295!

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I have a 4s and now the lock screen seems a bit laggy. Sliding down the notification center, sliding up the control center or the camera using the camera icon in the right down corner from the lock screen are very sluggish. Also the lockscreen dynamic wallpapers have low fps now and it's not pleasant at all. I tried a clean install from itunes but the problem persists. Anyone having these issues? I read on the comments someone experiencing the same on a 5c.

I don't have the ability to update applications. I have a few notifications from applications on the App Store that need to be updated but they will not download/load on WiFi or LTE. Anybody else experiencing this?

iPhone 5,2 CDMA & GSM Global
Capacity: 64GB Black Slate
Model: ND209LL/A
OS: iOS 7.1 (11D167)

Bug List:
1. Enhanced Quality Voices
2. Ring Tone & Vibrations
3. Crazy Crazy Battery

Number One

Selecting Enhanced Quality causes strange pause followed by the the UI saying "Preparing Download". Loading "blue line" appeared and goes crazy back and forth as it downloads it's very confuseing and definitely a bug.

Number Two
Settings/Sounds/Ringtone or Text Tone
When selecting a specific text or call vibration (any of them) and then tapping a specific ringtone or text tone sound the custom vibration will play with it as part of a preview. This is all inside Sound in the

However if you then go to and go to contact to set a custom Text/Ringtone and Vibration something weird happens. Let's say I select S.O.S and Tweet as my system wide vibration and sound for Text Alerts but I want to set set Heartbeat and Chord for my Girlfriend. When I select Chord sound it will play that sound but instead of performing the Heartbeat vibration it will use the system wide S.O.S vibration and in fact sometimes just use weird vibration patterns that don't even exist in unison with different sounds you select. This is very confusing when trying to set Vibrations and Sounds. Also in Text Tones the default sound is a ringtone not Note (Default). It's very hard to explain over text so go try it yourself.

Number Three
Simply put the battery status has list its mind.

1. iPhone at 5%
2. Connect to Charger
3. Time Passes
4. iPhone at 35%
5. Unplug iPhone
6. Mins later iPhone is at 1%? How
7. Plug in iPhone battery instantly at 35%?!
9. Unplug drops to 29%

I have been having these battery problems on my iphone 5 64gb since i first got ios 7!!!! It shuts off whenever it wants! Last week it was at 71% done!!! I plugged it in and it was fine. But for the most part it shuts off between 10-35%, so i charge it 3-4 times a day to keep it above 50%!!!! Cant wait to upgrade! Convinced apple does this to force upgrades! Fu&$ing ridiculous!

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Dear iMore team,
How to fix the missing wallpaper stills on iPhone 5???
They are gone after update to 7.1
I've restarted my phone, updated through iTunes and no luck.

Same here also when i open certain apps such as Mail, the top satis bar disappears. It camoflauges with the white background.. HELP!!! this is annoying.

Petty i know...but I've never liked the new plugged in/charging sound that came with ios 7, perhaps bring back the old, or make it an option etc...

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My Air seems slower since the update. I am starting to see the little spinning circle more than I use to. I am definitely not seeing the speed increase others are experiencing.
Maybe my ISP is throttling.

My Reminders quit working. When I click on Reminders on homepage, a "New List" pops up with a + sign on the left. Noting happens when I tap on New List or the + sign. There is a search area on top but when I type anything in that area and click to search nothing happens. There is also a clock to the right of the search area. Nothing happens when I tap on it, either. Can someone please help me? I use the reminders all the time but now they are all gone......

Is anybody having issue with the alarm not ringing?
this morning the alarm did not ring, and I have two separate times set.

Swipe up for control center still is not smooth on iPhone when the keyboard it up. Not sure if that is on purpose. But my iPad 4 pulls it up no problem.

Also keyboard clicks sound goes out randomly. And the "sleep" click goes out randomly as well.

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i love how all the animations are faster and the way everything has been made easier to use like turning month view into list view in calendar and the x turns into it's own clear button oh and most importantly touch id works much better for me now works first time pretty much 100% where as it would work 2 or 3 time before

Having a ton of problems downloading pics PDFs and attachments. I live on the road and now both my iPad and iPhone are screwed up.

Touch ID seems way more reliable. One thing I wish apple had fixed is the ability to add existing playlists into new playlists... They removed that with iOS 7.

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My iPad keyboard has many, many missing keys. It restarts when I try to type. I am so tired of Apple.

My location services icon won't go away, I feel like it is draining my battery on my iphone 5. How do I fix this with the new update ?

iPhone 4 problems - I had an alarm go off while talking to someone and the button to turn the alarm off wouldn't work and had to hang up in order to get it to stop. When I call people it will periodically try to put it through as a FaceTime call. The Facebook app won't open now.

the new update seems to have broken more things than it fixed for me. I am unable to use any of my apps. They open and then close immediately. I'm currently restoring my phone to see if that will fix it but that's such a pain in the butt. I HATE having to restore it and set everything up again.

I am an iPhone 4 user and I've noticed that on my home screen, there is a shadow above my wallpaper. Others that have updated do not have the same issue & I am really curious how to fix it! Please help

I was hoping the bluetooth syncing issues I have bee having in my 2013 Honda civic would have been addressed. Ever since I updated to ios 7 the music will start playing automatically, Bluetooth connection drops, etc. Hopefully apple and Honda will have it fixed by the next update.

Good day!
I was moving around some of my apps, and... well, my game center has disappeared :P
Luckily i can still spotlight search it (obviously) :D
also had huuuge issues syncing it with my laptop... it took about an hour to sync, i shit you not.
But i'm loving 7.1 because my iphone 4 hardly lags anymore.

Touch ID, Touch ID, TOUCH ID FINALLY WORKS! Prior to 7.1, I'd suffered 4 Genius Bar trips, 5 complete reinstalls of system and all 350+ apps from scratch (at Genius insistence), 3 new iPhones -- and had read countless user forum posts -- all in pursuit of making Touch ID work. Got under the skin that so many iFriends were merrily enjoying it and saying "What, it isn't working for you? Works for me!"

Got to know fellow sufferers on the forums pretty well, all enraged that the marquee feature of iPhone 5s -- the reason we bought it! -- was an utter fail.

So imagine the joy of having this suffering suddenly lifted! Before 7.1, Touch ID never survived longer than 24 hours. Since the update, haven't needed to re-set main print once.

1. For best results, set up just one print.

2. Carefully program the fingerprint by dividing it mentally into a tic-tac-toe grid, then filling it in, starting at bottom center, then bottom right, bottom left, center center, center left and so on, being careful to overlap fingerprints.

3. If Touch ID seems to err more often, use an app like Sys-Activity to restore your supply of Free Memory. Touch ID seems to need it. Always, when Touch ID errs, Free Memory turns out to be 29mb or lower on my phone. Bringing Free Memory back above 350mb always fixes the problem.

4. Touch ID never stops learning, it seems. If it seems to have "forgotten" part of your print, you can re-teach Touch ID by starting from the sector that still works, locking the phone, then unlocking using an overlapping sector of your print, and repeating as often as desired.

I have noticed that does not happen all the time but some of the messages do not come up when I drag the notification center down.

It works fine for emails, app notifications and all. But for some strange reason some text messaages / imessages come up and others do not... It is pretty frustrating.

On safari youtube i try to watch vids on full screen but it remains the same screen and the other part of the screen is white

I can't believe they have removed the full screen caller id picture. I loved seeing the big beautiful pictures of my family when they called. It was so easy to see who was calling at a glance and from a distance. Now I have to pick up the phone and look closely at the tiny picture in the circle or small name next to it. I don't understand why they would do this. They could at least offer both options. I've sent my comments to Apple on this issue and hope many other people will too. The feedback link is:

when you get a text or a regular notification and you want to and you want to dismiss it by pulling it down then pulling it up to hide it, it worked flawlessly back when IOS 7 was released but ever since the first update after the official IOS 7 release it's been very ugly and buggy to dismiss the notification..

With the iPhone 5S, I had many resprings before 7.1. Not even 1 since I started using 7.1
But they toke away the full photo caller on the incoming calls and they implemented something really stupid, tinny circular thumbnail. I hope they do change it to how it was or come uo with something better on the next versions of iOS.

iPhone 5s - I've noticed around 24 hours after I installed the update - actually within a few hours this morning - that it's no longer automatically going to lock screen. If I'm on Spotify and viewing the app, then leave it for 1 minute, it doesn't fade to black / lock it.

If I'm on the apps screen it fades to a dark colour / shadow but I can still see the icons and it doesn't lock.

If I'm already on lock screen and click to check up what message I've just received, what track I'm on, missed call, etc, then it goes back to black just fine.

Anyone else having this issue??

Have only had the iphone for 2 weeks so a bit confused!

MAIL now crashes back to springboard ( the main iOS 7 screen ) mail looks like it just quit but its still running. This happens as I'm typing a reply usually if it happens as its random. Never had a problem using mail with any other release on my iPhone 4S. My partly typed reply is just gone when i go back into mail !

(iPhone 5s) I didn't see but 1 person mention the issue with the screen not rotating with the phone. The screen locks in portrait mode, and is no longer switching to landscape when you rotate the phone either way. If you watch a video in the YouTube you have to click the button for it to expand, but it stays locked in that mode regardless of whether your phone is turned that way or not, but at least you CAN watch it on fullscreen. If you try to view a video any other way it won't even allow you to view it in full screen. You can select the 2 arrows for expanding, but that's all it does is make it larger. So it basically zooms in, cutting off the right & left sides at the screen's edge, making over half the video to be completely out of view.

My wife is on iPhone 4 and since iOS 7 she's been experiencing accident buttons pressing while talking on the phone. I can see by looking between her face and the phone that proximety sensor doesn't shut down the screen. Does anybody have the same issue?

The new update completed deleted everything on my calendar on my 3rd gen iPad... And when I go to add everything back on it, everything disappears again. Didn't happen on my iPhone, though

Someone help, as soon as I upgraded from 7.0.4 to 7.1.2 my lockscreen slider text has gone black even on dark wallpapers! Can somebody please help? It seems un-natural to have all text white but the slider text colour.

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Friday, 03 July 2015

Sister of killed Carlisle soldier David Murray lays cross in his memory

The youngest sister of a Cumbrian soldier killed in Afghanistan has laid a cross in his memory.

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Eleanor Murray lays her tribute

Courageous Eleanor Murray paid tribute to her brother, Pte David Murray, during a Remembrance service in Carlisle city centre yesterday morning.

The 13-year-old, dressed in her Trinity School uniform, was among the first group of pupils to lay tributes at the event, which saw pupils from more than 20 schools gather to remember those who have been lost or wounded while serving in wars.

Pte Murray was just 19 when he was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2008. His sister Eleanor, of Langdale Avenue, off Dalston Road, said: “It felt really special laying the cross, I’m so proud of him.”

She added that she had lots of ways of remembering him throughout the year.

The service was organised by the Royal British Legion ahead of the military parade that will take place on Remembrance Sunday.

Each school was represented by four pupils who joined the Mayor of Carlisle, David Wilson, and cadets in a parade through the city.

Led by a piper, they started the Tithe Barn and marched through the streets to the War Memorial at Greenmarket, outside the Old Town Hall.

Prayers was said and verses from the poem The Fallen were read out, before pupils – and the crowds who had gathered – stood in silence for two minutes.

Each school group took it in turns to lay their own poppies, wreaths and floral tributes at the memorial.

Belle Vue School was represented by four pupils who have family members who have served or are about to serve in Afghanistan – Amy Swan Graham, Rhys Ellis, Marshall Parkinson and Ellie Skelton.

Headteacher Peter Ovens said: “We were invited to come here today and felt it was right. We have quite a few children linked to the forces.

“In school we have been having a Remembrance Day and have focused on the fallen. We held a silence and talked about the word freedom. It’s important that young people understand what it is and that it was worth fighting for.

“It’s not just about how it has affected our lives but also what is happening in Afghanistan today.”

Each of the four pupils had written messages.

Marshall’s read: “Thank you for fighting for us. The world wouldn’t be the same without you.” Amy added: “Thank you for everything you have done.”

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Fresh Water Rising: Charting Great Lakes Shipping

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A once-flourishing means of transportation is poised to not only withstand change, but also thrive on it.

Once a thriving and vital transportation artery supporting manufacturing, energy, and agricultural industries across the U.S. and Canadian heartland, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway (GLSLS) system invariably fell victim to innovation, deregulation, and globalization.

In its wake, containerization growth and the emergence of bi-coastal mega ports locked into global supply and demand flows consigned Great Lakes ports and freighters to a fading domestic niche.

But that same global tide is once again shifting conventional transportation strategy, freeing up new opportunities for moving freight into, out of, and within the United States through old channels.

Ongoing dialog about the future of U.S. transportation and trade, specifically infrastructure and capacity constraints, rising transport costs, and the expected wave of container volume from Asia over the next two decades, has brought the GLSLS system back into peripheral view for some enterprising ports, carriers, and shippers.

The GLSLS system, popularly termed Highway H2O, spans the St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, and Great Lakes region, covering 2,400 miles of navigable rivers, lakes, canals, locks, and ports.

From the Port of Halifax on Canada's Atlantic coast to its most westerly port in Duluth, Minn., the marine system flows directly into the continent's heartland, reaching one-quarter of the U.S. and Canadian populations combined. Remarkably, the Seaway currently operates at only half its capacity.

The idea of selling inland waterborne transport and short sea shipping as an alternative or complement to existing surface options, and therefore reaching out to new global shippers and cargo, is gradually picking up pace.

Both public and private sector interests—from ports to carriers to federal, state, and provincial authorities—are laying the groundwork for introducing legislation, investing in infrastructure and vessels, and developing services to revitalize a maritime institution.

If global trade and containerization patterns are any indication, the GLSLS system is already positioned as a promising global gateway.

By example, the Port of Montreal, situated at the crossroads between the St. Lawrence Seaway System and the Great Lakes region, has experienced solid growth in container traffic over the past decade. Since 1998, volume at the port has climbed from 860,000 TEUs to 1.3 million TEUs, with the bulk of freight originating in Europe.

Container shipments at the deep-water Port of Halifax, located on Nova Scotia's eastern seaboard, have remained steady—averaging more than 500,000 TEUs over the same period.

Further afield, plans are underway to invest $500 million in two new container terminals—Melford and Sydport—on the Nova Scotia side of the Strait of Canso to capitalize on emerging trade from Asia through the Suez Canal.

The facilities, which are expected to be operational by 2011 and capable of accommodating the largest ocean-going container ships, will bring an additional two million TEUs of throughput capacity to Atlantic Canada.

New Sailings

Because shippers in today's value chain are becoming more sensitive to transport costs and times, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system is deploying four types of container vessels that can compete against road and rail in terms of both speed and economy.

Containers on barges is a term used for flat-bottomed barges that can move stacks of containers through the system. Such vessels consume far less fuel, making them relatively inexpensive. On the down side, they move very slowly.

Container ships are now available that have a cruising speed almost double that of older vessels. Although their energy consumption is higher, the faster ships are considerably more efficient compared to truck, rail, and even container-on-barge services because of capital cost savings.

Faster speeds directly address shipper concerns about time, making this mode competitive against ground transportation. Ship speeds are still limited by locks and channels; but on open water, faster vessels reduce travel time significantly.

Fast freighters (or ferries) use very powerful engines to operate at high speeds. They are often used as automobile and truck ferries. Speed, however, is achieved through high fuel consumption: freighters can use almost 20 times more fuel per forty-foot equivalent unit (FEU)-mile than a container ship.

That also means that a fast freighter consumes substantially more fuel per container shipped than does a truck for the same distance.

Partial air cushion support catamaran (PACSCAT) is a surface-effect ship—a vessel that uses an air cushion to partially lift itself out of the water. This reduces the draft of the vessel as well as its wakes.

The vessel operates in water displacement mode at lower speeds but raises itself out of the water for faster travel. Again, its higher speeds are achieved at the expense of fuel efficiency.

Going With the Flow

With container flows into the East Coast growing, the notion of pushing more volume through the Seaway into the Great Lakes system—in lieu of offloading boxes into congested road and rail networks—could provide a much-needed cost and capacity cushion for domestic shippers and importers.

Seaway authorities and businesses are looking to create a regional feeder system that transships containers from large ships at deep-water coastal hubs onto smaller and faster vessels for transit to shallower Great Lakes ports.

Such a network would augment the tug and barge and lake freighter capacity that already exists, and specifically accommodate container traffic.

Dean Haen, port manager at the Port of Green Bay, Wisc., likens this hub-and-spoke feeder system to that of a domestic Class I and shortline railroad network. Others have compared it to a regional LTL marine highway.

For areas such as Green Bay, the opportunity to siphon some of the swelling volumes coming into container facilities in Montreal, Halifax, and the planned development on the Strait of Canso could be a real boon in terms of port and regional economic development growth.

One challenge is being time-competitive with the railroads. "We're currently four days from Montreal, so there is a real possibility we could be competitive," says Haen.

From an overall transportation standpoint, the marine system can match up with rail, as current shipment times from Halifax to Montreal generally average between three and five days, according to Bruce Hodgson, director of market development at the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation.

At the same time, both Haen and Hodgson see a greater opportunity partnering with Class I and shortline railroads to create an intermodal system that can operate year round and help fill in the seasonal gap (generally three months) when ice renders Great Lake ports and waterways inaccessible.

"The marine system could act as a relief valve for the railroads, especially when peak volumes are difficult to handle," says Hodgson. "But we want to work with all modes, partnering with trucking companies to develop trailer-on-barge services as well."

Shippers Jump on Board

Whether marine options can compete with truck or rail in short- and long-haul markets may ultimately be a moot issue. Given recurring fuel, capacity, and congestion constraints, businesses are becoming more strategic in how they plan transportation to better reconcile spend with speed and demand.

Shippers with less time-sensitive cargo may be inclined to consider transporting larger quantities of product via slower modes if the price is right—in terms of direct and indirect benefits.

For example, greater use of short sea shipping, with Ro/Ro vessels capable of seamlessly loading and unloading truck trailers for overland moves, provides an opportunity to circumvent congested areas, thereby reducing energy consumption, carbon emissions, freight spend, and conceivably transit time depending on market congestion.

"Marine transport lends itself to heavier commodities and lower value merchandise that can adapt to longer transit times. Shippers, in turn, can adjust their transportation schedules and work with manufacturers to manage production flows," Hodgson reports.

Some shippers already indicate willingness to pursue inland waterborne options if there are economic incentives.

Shippers responding to a 2007 Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Study, commissioned by a group of U.S. and Canadian public authorities including the U.S. Department of Transportation and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, identified pricing concessions that might attract them to the GLSLS.

The survey revealed that:

  • Raw materials shippers using rail would require a discount of five percent in transportation costs to induce a switch to the seasonal mode.
  • Food, semi-finished, and finished goods shippers using rail require a discount of 14 percent.
  • Food shippers transporting product by truck need a 25-percent cost reduction.
  • Shippers are less concerned about seasonality because they draw up transport contracts according to spot markets, monthly arrangements, or on short terms.

"Shipper attitudes suggest that the GLSLS is highly competitive against road and rail in the transport of semi-unfinished goods. As the global economy grows, the challenge for the GLSLS is to capture a share of this expanding market, using its competitive advantages to provide a valuable complement to multimodal transport services based on road or rail," the study concluded.

"Regrowing" Pains

Despite this positive feedback and other promising signs that shipper interest in the GLSLS system is growing, some obstacles need to be addressed—notably, the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT), which levies duties on domestic waterborne shipments.

"Port-to-port movement is taxed every time a vessel stops at another port," says Haen. This invariably undermines the economy of short sea shipping for both importers and domestic shippers.

At the moment, legislation is on the docket in Congress to amend the HMT and further incentivize short sea shipping and feeder line operations. If passed, The Great Lakes Short Sea Shipping Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 981) will provide an exemption to the tax for the movement of non-bulk commercial cargo by water in the Great Lakes region. Most observers expect it to be repealed sooner rather than later.

When the HMT is resolved, Haen believes the next challenge is revisiting the Jones Act, which mandates that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built in the United States. To make the GLSLS viable, "we'd have to build more U.S. ships or allow waivers to Canadian lines so they can move point to point," he reports.

As it is, a shortage of vessels meeting these requirements could pose a capacity constraint, further dissuading shipper commitment to marine transport. While changes to the Jones Act are arguably less feasible than the HMT, short sea shipping advocates have lobbied U.S. Customs for exclusions that would allow foreign vessels into the system and commence activity while U.S. shipbuilders get up to speed.

Beyond legislative action, there is no guarantee railroads will welcome partnerships with feeder lines and short sea carriers that take freight out of their own networks.

Concerns have also been voiced about aging system infrastructure, such as the Welland Canal; environmental considerations, including ongoing efforts to stem ballast water contamination and invasive species infestation within the Great Lakes ecosystem; and water level management for both navigational and ecological purposes.

All these factors will likely become magnified with greater shipping activity throughout the GLSLS.

These issues notwithstanding, as testament to the potential of rethinking and retasking the GLSLS system for more freight movement, some companies are already looking ahead and investing in its future. Great Lakes Feeder Lines, a Burlington, Ontario-based short sea carrier, recently finalized the purchase of Canada's first dedicated, European-style, short sea shipping vessel.

The carrier is preparing to launch a year-round service between Halifax and Montreal as well as a seasonal service carrying containers to Toronto/Hamilton on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes.

The Great Stake

Perhaps the greatest hurdle, and opportunity, is convincing U.S. shippers that marine transport is a viable complement to rail and truck modes.

This is a challenge, acknowledges Hodgson, but "we're using direct sales efforts and working with port partners and carriers to develop new business leads."

The St. Lawrence Seaway has also introduced a toll structure that provides business incentives for new users bringing freight into the system.

Others observe that the U.S. logistics industry as a whole needs to begin thinking about the long-term challenges and opportunities that increasing inbound trade, institutionalized fuel costs and congestion, and shrinking capacity might bring.

Greater utilization of marine transport provides an opportunity to bring additional capacity online, while also giving global shippers a more economical and reliable channel for moving freight into the North American heartland.

"We need to look out 10 years from now and figure out where shippers see themselves," says Mark Chesnes, president and CEO of InterChez Logistics Systems, a Stow, Ohio-based 3PL that operates near Lake Erie. "We need to clear the woods of archaic thinking, put a road down, and figure out where that road is going."

Chesnes sees efforts by the Cleveland Port Authority to create a new container port on Lake Erie, thereby re-conceptualizing the role of the St. Lawrence Seaway within the broader context of the U.S. freight transportation network, as evidence of this strategic mindset and an opportunity to pave a new marine highway for U.S. trade.

"A litany of issues need to be resolved, but getting through them brings Midwest companies closer to the market," Chesnes says. "Cleveland can be an international port city if we don't let the tactical stand in the way of the strategic. There are one million reasons why we can't; there is one reason why we should—because it's a good idea."

Chesnes is not alone. A growing number of people in the domestic maritime industry believe a once-flourishing means of transportation is poised to not only withstand change, but also thrive on it.

Such is the promise of GLSLS container-freight shipping.

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America's love affair with craft beers was still in its infancy when Greg Koch and his partner, Steve Wagner, started Stone Brewing in 1996. At that point, many Americans had never heard of craft beer, much less tasted it. To make matters worse, the majority of people who tried Stone's strong brews found them unpalatable. "It was too intense for them," says Koch, the CEO of the Escondido, California-based company.

With no money in the budget to spend on advertising and a public unfamiliar with the product, the company faced a hard road winning customers. Rather than tone down their beer, Koch and Wagner amped up the attitude and created a brand that took pride in being outside the mainstream. Stone found a following among craft-beer enthusiasts and is now the 10th-largest craft brewer. Below, Koch shares his tips for building a $100 million business without spending a dime on advertising.

1. Attitude is everything. Rather than try to downplay the public's early reaction to their beer, Koch and Wagner wore it as a badge of honor. Besides giving one of their earliest brews the eyebrow-raising name Arrogant Bastard Ale, they proudly stated on the beer's label, This is an aggressive beer. You probably won't like it. The strategy created a deep loyalty among the drinkers who did like it. Koch likens his branding philosophy to that of the heavy-metal group Metallica. "Metallica never cared if you didn't like Metallica," he says.

2. Pick a fight. Stone revels in its anti-corporate, iconoclastic image. "We enjoy poking fun at sheeplike consumerism and taste," Koch says. Part of that means throwing some playful barbs at the giants in the industry, such as Budweiser and Coors. Stone's T-shirts and stickers carry the slogan: Fizzy yellow beer is for wussies. And Koch himself frequently takes up the cause against mass-market brews. "I'm picking a fight with mediocrity," he says. "I'm picking a fight with the idea that beer is nothing more than the industrialized stuff of the TV commercials."

3. Don't fit in. When Stone's brews first hit retail shelves, the company chose to sell its beer in what the industry calls bomber bottles--22-ounce containers that stand out against traditional 12-ounce bottles. Koch says it was a good package size for people who might want to try the beer for the first time. Selling single bottles also allowed Stone to give its beers a premium price, along with a higher profit margin. "For a young brewery trying desperately to find its way to breakeven, it was a smart move for us," Koch says.

4. Ally with other outcasts. From the beginning, Koch realized a rising tide would lift the whole nascent craft-brew industry. In 1997, he co-founded the San Diego Brewers Guild, an organization created to promote and educate the public about locally brewed beers. Today, San Diego boasts more than 80 craft brewers. "We took a bit of a leadership position," Koch says. "It fostered a competitive industry." Stone also carries its competitors' beers as part of its distribution business and keeps them on tap at its two Southern California restaurants.


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How Pros Make Money Online

Income Diary

This Blog Post Will Make You More Money Guaranteed*

By:     Topics: Make Money Online

*Provided you’re willing to work your ass off to create something people truly need.

If that’s not you, leave now, this article has nothing for you.

However, if you’re willing to get your hands dirty, by the end of this article you will learn exactly what it is that separates the successful from everyone else.

The First Thing Nearly Every Entrepreneur Does Wrong.

Before we start on doing things right, let’s first look at what nearly everyone in business does wrong. Focuses too much on Technology.

You see it all the time, “I need to get on Facebook/Twitter/Youtube/Blogging/etc

They think the technology will be the cure to the problem, when really focusing too heavily on technology can cause more headaches than it’s worth.

Without fail, when nothing comes from simply being represented on the platform, they either:

  1. Claim their customers aren’t there.
  2. Seek refuge on another platform, only to find the same outcome.
  3. Give up entirely and curse the technology as a whole.

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Here’s the thing about technology…

It’s just a device to communicate a message.

Blaming Facebook for failing to generate leads is like blaming a piece of paper for failing to make more sales.

I can almost guarantee you that at some point in history, there was someone who said “We need to make this telephone thing work for our business.” which of course is silly when you think about it. The telephone is only a device, and has very little to do with the actual income generating part of your business.

In short, technology is the least important aspect of your money making efforts. It’s important, just not as important as most people make it out to be.

The Second Thing Nearly Every Entrepreneur Does Wrong.

Next, nearly every entrepreneur thinks if they just have stellar marketing, they’ll sell a ton more product, and everything will be right in the world.

Don’t make this mistake.

Marketing by itself doesn’t make you money.

I recently had a guest post for go viral netting 38k visitors in the first 2 days of being live, and eventually it got picked up by Google, and still, despite excellent marketing and exposure for myself and my business, it did not make me a single cent.

Now, it is true that a killer marketing campaign can lead to a ton of sales of a shitty product.

But the big money that’s made on the front end is usually lost on product returns, customer service issues, and in some cases, law suits.

In short, if you’re marketing a bad product and you make a ton of money, at some point karma’s going to come around and bite you in the ass.

The Most Important Thing Very Few Entrepreneurs Actually Get Right.

The most important thing that very few entrepreneurs actually get right is the product itself.

Sure, you put a product out, but how good is it really?

How above and beyond does it go?

It’s not about whether or not you’re able to set your personal best either,it’s about whether or not you’re delivering something that is of massive value to the market place.

Think about the iPhone for a second. Whether or not you’re a user is irrelevant, because when the iPhone came out, it was undeniably one of the coolest, and most useful devices on the market.

It allowed you to watch full length movies, surf the internet, listen to music, search for directions and more.

“Marketing” for the iPhone didn’t really have to do much beyond just show you what it did.

Really, that’s what makes a superior product. If you can simply put it in front of a person and they get excited about everything it does, that’s when you know you’ve created a superior product.

What separates the truly great from everyone else is that they’re putting the time in to understand their customers wants and needs, then delivering a product that far exceeds their expectations.

This is why Facebook killed Myspace, Twitter killed FriendFeed, and why Youtube still remains the Number 1 video sharing platform online in spite of countless imitators.

Want to make more money GUARANTEED?

Spend every hour of every day learning exactly what it is that keeps your customers up at night. Explore every aspect of their problem and understand it so intimately that it becomes a part of you.

You need to understand their fears, their frustrations, and their limitations, then deliver something that exceeds anything they ever thought possible.

When you want to create a superior product, spend your time listening. Not just to what’s being said on the surface, but read between the lines as well.

You also need to know what specific outcome customers will achieve by using your product, and how it can improve their life.

Only then can you truly understand how to create something that will be almost magical to the customer. Only then will they not be able to live without you. Only then will you make more money guaranteed.

  • Nikki Curry

    Thank you for making it “PLAIN” and CLEAR!

    It’s funny how you can hear something several times, but it doesn’t register until you need it the most.

    This post is right on time for my business! Keep it coming!

    Nikki Curry

  • Neil

    Great point, especially about the technology. I got upset when I started because I couldn’t get traffic from Reddit. It was only when I worked out that I wasn’t pushing what they wanted that I realised my mistake!

  • Matthew Newnham

    Hmmm, fine, but you should acknowledge that this is a very direct lift from Frank Kern’s State of the Internet Address a couple of weeks ago.

    Otherwise, you’re just representing this as your original thinking.

    (If you had thought of this independently, without or before seeing Frank’s video, then you could point out the coincidence, saying how you and Frank – and others – are all trying to help focus on this essential truth…)

    Sound fair? :-)

    • Tommy walker

      While I did not see the state of the Internet address, I will say that I have been one of Frank’s students, and the raw form of this was something that we covered well over a year ago. So if I processed it similarly to the way it was presented it this year, that wouldn’t be too surprising. Fair enough?

    • Jason

      Just watched Kern’s State of the Internet.. “gimmick”
      Good gimmick, though! :)

      If only I hadn’t heard all this stuff hundreds of times from every other marketer before.

      I was bored to tears with Frank, although it is a message worth hearing over again ..sigh

      I really just wanted it to end. At least, with this post, I skimmed it in less than 30 seconds.

  • Carey

    Did you really not make a cent from 38K visitors to your guest-post?? I would think that the value of that would be new readers that continue to come back again, and although not immediately trackable, these readers for sure will make you some money in the future. Anyhow, I am a new reader and I liked your post.

    • Tommy walker

      Not directly no. But I have gotten to develop excellent relationships with people as a result, and build a pretty strong network.

      The experience has been invaluable and I am forever greatful for the opportunity.

  • Sam

    Hi, Michael ….

    Sorry to say but the post is not so impressive.. unlike your other posts .. written by other writers..

    Sorry Tommy … i had to write this as I am a very regular reader of income diary for 6 months now.. and I am not really liking this post.. (in fact.. you, yourself have shown the example of what you have written here.. i.e Your title is so attractive and catchy however, the content (Product) is not as good.)

    • Tommy

      Sam, thank you for the feedback, I’m still very new to income diary so what do you think I could do to make it better?

  • Cheptiony Mutai

    I like the point of listening to what people say…it has resulted a huge impact in my business. People like to be listened to. As a result, I have been able to get several referalls from the of word of mouth. Even listening to what you think is relevant may lead to a big burst in the market or the industry you are targeting.

    • Tommy

      I’ve also found that it is a great way to get into product development, when you’re listening and reading between the lines of a market, you can find the major experience gaps and fill them.

    awsome point about technology .must and sholdd ever blogger shold read this post .thanks for god for make it happen for me to read

  • David

    Yea, you are right. This is online business success simplified, a potent internet millionaire capsule! David.

  • Robinsh

    Hi Tommy, thanks for delivering such a topic that can really make me more money in long term and yeah please let me see that article you guest posted at Chris’s Blog.

    One other thing is that in this article link on is not working.

    • Tommy

      Chris is supporting Anti-SOPA day, so he’s taken his entire site offline, you should be able to see the article tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience.

  • Yulia

    I disagree about iphone history, when the first iphone came out in 2007, and had lots of cool features, Nokia had all those features 2 years earlier, but Iphone had killer marketing campaigne, and best cell phone design on market (which was also part of the marketing).

    • Tommy

      being able to communicate that is something that nokia was not effectively able to do. You said it best too, while nokia may have had the features, the design was what really made it a superior product. That nokia had the features first is almost irrelevant.

  • Owen

    Great Post. I will have to Book mark it and share it on my blog with a link to you. Thanks

  • Alex

    Fantastic post and a great read!! The visitors this blog sees is incredible! I look forward to the day I can see this kind of traffic!!

  • Terrick

    Hi Tommy. Great post. I am a regular reader of the blog and enjoyed the new style of writing you bring. You are spot on with your last points about understanding your customer. I liked the image of the sliced bread, because most people don’t realize that sliced bread was a total product disaster when it was first released-they did not understand their customers needs and wants at the time it came to market and it only became a success many years later when the patent ran out and was taken on by a new company. Thanks again for a great article.

  • Darwin Hedges

    TY for posting, it was very handy and told a lot. Am i allowed to reference a few of this in my page only include a mention of this web site?

  • Bryan Carlton

    Great Post!

    Found a few things that I am going to have to change. Also, got a few ideas for what I can do to help improve a product that I am thinking about launching.

    Thanks Again

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