How Apple can make iPhone5 smart

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Pranay Parab: New Delhi, Feb 19 2013, 14:36 IST
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in Safari and want to share it with a WhatsApp contact. There is no way to do this apart from the cumbersome copy-paste. In Android, you can share URLs from any browser to most apps. Apple allows sharing with selected apps, like Facebook and Twitter. It might be enough for most users, it is not always convenient. You cannot set any app as the default keyboard on iOS either. In Android, you can pick from many excellent keyboard apps like Swype or Swiftkey, while you'll have to manually set these as your input method everytime in iOS.

Multi-tasking

Multi-tasking is not the best in iOS either. Switching between open applications is a hidden feature. Press the home button twice to access open apps. This is not intuitive and Apple needs to make it seamless. In Windows 8, swiping from the side of the screen lets you switch between open applications. That is a good example of how it can be done.

With Android Jelly Bean, Google's operating system is as good as iOS. Google has integrated its excellent web services in the OS, an area where Apple needs to improve. Google Now is better than Apple's voice search app Siri and Google Maps is miles ahead of Apple Maps. If Apple wants to maintain its lead in the market, it will have to improve its operating system and web services. Its biggest advantage is the App Store and timely updates. It should make the best of its strengths.

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inaccurate

john | 11-Mar-2013Reply | Forward
You compare Windows 8 with iOS regarding task switching on the iPhone. The iOS device to compare in that case is the iPad, which uses 4-finger swipe to swap between apps.

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