My iOS 7 Wishlist

Tom Dale:

So, that’s my hope for iOS 7: make public the OS hooks that things like Siri and Maps use. Let me run different browsers. Let me replace the built-in e-mail app. We’ve appreciated the guidance, but we’ve all got the hang of this smartphone thing now. Let us do what we want.

I’ll never, ever use Android. I despise the hardware: the push to bigger is better, the lack of taste; and the software too: I’ve bought hundreds worth of apps on iOS and I still think the appxperience is better here than on Android.

But, let’s face it, Google makes better web services. I want to have the best Gmail client, the best Google Maps client, the best Google Now client on my iPhone. Apple does the hardware and the OS best, Google does the services best.

And Google Now… Yes, that’s what Siri should be.