Tingling Tech Senses: iOS 6

This post will be a follow-up on my article about Mac OS X Mountain Lion, as they're both related. In short, there's so much I am excited about with iOS 6 that I am not quite sure where to begin. I will still try to narrow it down to 3-4 things to talk about.

So. Let's begin with:

Maps

Maps is looking at a complete redesign from the maps Apple used from Google along with some really cool features. Among turn-by-turn navigation and traffic notifications to notify you about contruction sites and accidents, we have flyover. Flyover brings 3D pictures that allows you to zoom, pan, tilt and rotate to see things on the other side of the globe.

Shared Photo Stream

Are you a fan of Photo Stream? If you are, you will love this piece of upgrade. I guess you're also tired of sending pictures over MMS? Well, that's no more! If you have a friend who runs iOS 6 or Mac OS X Mountain Lion you can now share pictures with that person! The pictures you share with your friend will appear in their PhotoAnd even if they don't have an apple device, they can still view the picture over the web. I find this spectacular and it's a lovely extension to the already amazing Photo Stream.

Phone

Business people will love the upgrade the phone part of the iPhone will see. Let's say you're in a very important meeting and someone calls you. The new upgrade allows you to reply with a text message or set a reminder to call back in a pre-set amount of time or when you leave the office. As I am working all the time I am looking forward to this change.

And as with OS X Mountain Lion, there's things I won't cover in this article. I am keeping it to the things I am most excited about to keep down the length of the post. Not everyone want to, or have the time, to read an essay.
There's lots of other stuff I am excited about for iOS6, some of the features being FaceTime over cellular network, Facebook integration and finally be able to post status updates and tweets from Notification Center. If you're hungry for more, check Apple's official site for more info!

http://www.apple.com/ios/ios6/