A Beautiful iOS 7 Concept and Wish Lists...

On June 11 at around 1 am (PhST), the keynote at Apple's 2013 Worldwide Developer's Conference will start and we'll find out when iOS 7 will be coming out.  iOS is among the most anticipated Apple products at this time since this is were we will finally see the results of Apple's 230 days of silence (since they released the iPad Mini on October 23, 2012) and their counter to their competitor's efforts of which there are a lot!  (To see what's been happening to the gadget world since the iPad Mini release check this excellent article...)

They may announce iOS 7 tomorrow, or they many not.  but this is a small video that not only shows you how it MAY look like, but also summarizes the most common wish list items people have been screaming for in a future iOS release.


Aside from the announced "flatter" appearance by Jony Ive, which are cosmetic after all, they show:

• A sleeker and more functional lock screen.
• Customizable widgets so that the content of your choice can instantly bee seen on the home screen.
• A more intuitive calendar app.
• A cleaner camera gui.
• A simpler and more useful Siri screen.

Every veteran iOS user has their own wish list.  There are also a slew of articles out there about their own wish lists.  Let me give you mine:

1. True Multi-Tasking: I think we've waited enough... with both Android and Windows 8 Phone both having MT, I don't think Steve's old argument that multi-tasking absolutely needs an unstable "Task Manager" no longer flies!  
2. Easier access / Siri access to most commonly altered settings, ESPECIALLY Bluetooth.  Won't it be nice to just tell Siri to turn Bluetooth on or off?  Or Airplane mode?  Or LTE/3G/VPN/Celluar Data or a bunch of other things within the Settings panel?  Yes, Siri can open an app, but why not close it as well?  I'd like to milk Siri for ALL she's worth!
3. NFC or Near Field Communication - No, I don't think this is mature, not for a longshot, but then no company other than Apple can make new-fangled technology mature and mainstream.  Apple matured MP3 players, Firewire, Wifi, USB 3, Thunderbolt, SD card standardization... so why not NFC.  Another way to put it is, "If Apple builds it, they will come."
4. Widgets - This is a feature that Apple already had in Mac OS X since Tiger.  Can't imagine why the concept had not trickled to iOS, and Android had beat them to it!  Having information that you check regularly right there on your home screen is so useful that it's hard to imagine why Apple hasn't implemented it yet.
5. iMessage Enhancement - Many are complaining about iMessage unreliability.  One niggling irritation I have about iMessage is that when it FAILS to send out a message, you have to check the thread in order to see it.  This is, to me, one area where Lock Screen Notifications would be very useful... what will it take to have a Lock Screen Notification that the previous message you sent had failed, and maybe even send out a "Message Sending Failed" Tone.  In addition, I don't think it is a bad idea for Apple to open up iMessages and have an Android version of it.  With WhatsApp and Viber already out there, Apple coming out with an Android iMessage app that's free to use could bring more people into the iOS community.
6. Mail Search Improvement - Searching for an old email in Mac OS' Mail program is just as intuitive as Spotlight... not so for it's iOS counterpart!  I'm not sure if it has to do with the CPU speed, the Internet connection, the software itself, or any combination of the above... but it definitely has to be fixed.  It takes forever if it succeeds, and more often than not it doesn't.
7. Dynamic Icons - If they can do it with the Calendar app, they should be able to do it with a slew of others.  Like the Clock icon... it should reflect the current time or even a selected world time, or timer/stopwatch value. Weather app should change it's appearance and temperature at the current location. 
8. Notification Center - You should be able to customize Notifications to clear items when they're older than a selected duration. 

I'm sure many of you have their own wish lists.  It would be nice to know if you have any other features to add in the comments... by the way, the above list is growing as I think of new ones or when iOS does finally come out!