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Wow! Nicely put together. Hopefully we will see even more improvements at WWDC.
iOS 4 Preview
iOS 4 (previously iPhone OS 4, iPhone 4.0) continues Apple's relentless yearly mobile OS beta and release cycle. If 2007 was the mainstreaming of the multitouch user interface, 2008 all about the app store, and 2009 filling in the feature list, then iPhone 4 promises to be... well, that's why we're here.
(And yes, iOS. That's the new name Apple has licensed from trademark holders Cisco to represent the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch -- and maybe soon Apple TV and who knows what else -- family.)
Apple promises 7 "tent-pole" features and 100+ new user features overall, along with 1500 major new APIs for developers. We're going to walk through the ones that matter most. As with previous years, Apple is likely to release a half-dozen or more betas, as often as every second week or so, leading up to a Gold Master (GM) seed on or around WWDC 2010 (date yet to be announced) for iPhone and iPod touch, and September for iPad.
Things can and will change. Features will come and go. And all sorts of iOS secrets will be discovered deep inside the code strings. We'll update when any of that happens.
What Hasn't Changed
As always, we'll start off by telling you what hasn't change so we can clear the deck for what has. For more information on any functionality that's pretty much identical to past versions, check out our previous walkthroughs:
- iPhone 2.0
- iPhone 2.1
- iPhone 2.2
- iPhone 3.0
YouTube: Accounts were a big addition in iPhone 3.0, so iPhone 4 sits this update out, at least so far.
- Stocks: Similarly, Stocks got landscape and a slew of swipe-able data last time, so the update love gets skipped this time.
- Weather: Almost comedically at this point, it's still unchanged from iPhone 1.0. Still no HTC TouchFlo 3D style animations, no landscape mode with more/different information. Nada.
- Voice Memo: Introduced in iPhone 3.0, it looks pretty much the same in iPhone 4.
- Clock: With nothing but a lap feature added last time, we lose the "but" and keep the "nothing" for iPhone 4.
- Calculator: Upgraded back in 2.0 for landscape scientific mode, all Calculator gets this time is a slight icon tweak towards the red.
System-wide enhancements
Spell check
Spell check, which debuted in iPhone 3.2 for iPad, is a system-wide addition to iPhone 4 now as well. Words the OS thinks you've misspelled will be underlined in red (familiar to any Microsoft Office or Mac OS X user). Tapping on them will give you a popup containing a recommended replacement. Tapping that replaces the misspelled word with the (hopefully!) correctly spelled one.
Combined with the iPhone's existing -- and industry leading -- predictive auto-correct, it's a powerful combination.
Text Replace
Cut, copy, and paste also gets an iPad-debuting feature with "replace" now added to the popup options.
Bluetooth Keyboard Support
You're going to get tired of us saying "like the iPad" but remember when we told you spring's influx of iPad news would be important come summer's new iPhone news? You were warned for a reason. iPhone is getting iPad's Bluetooth keyboard support. Thank goodness for that.
Home Screen
SpringBoard app, the power behind the Home Screen gets an iPhone 3.2 for iPad-style update to support custom wallpaper. Yes, the default background in iPhone 4 beta 1 is water drops on gray, which is not default but included in the iPad's wallpaper gallery (yet strangely not included in iPhone 4's) Also like iPad, the Mac OS X reflective Dock (buh-bye grid) and translucent top bar have been brought over.
Apple has brought over some of the iPad wallpapers but also introduced a few new ones, all seemingly focused on livening up the home screen without being too visually distracting. Natural textures and muted patterns get an obvious focus here with stones, rocks, and textiles front and center.
(See all of them in our iOS beta 4 wallpaper gallery)
In addition to previous status icons, the top bar will now show a north-east pointing arrow to alert you that location-based services (GPS) are being used. (So you'll see this in Maps and when using navigation, location-based social networks or games, etc.)
In addition to the previous color bands across the top of the screen that indicate running voice or data connections (green for Phone, red for Voice Memo, blue for tethering) red is used again to indicate a VoIP app (like Skype) is active in the background.
As mentioned, the Calculator app also gets a new icon. Where things get more exciting is how Home Screen has once again been extended to visualize new, core-level OS changes.
First, and strangely least, the Spotlight Home Screen introduced in iPhone 3.0 now gets to look beyond on-device data and reach for the clouds. Literally. Well, insomuch as the cloud here is Google and Wikipedia, which are very welcome additions. (Hopefully Twitter will be added in as well at some point). Tapping either will launch you into Mobile Safari and the appropriate search result page.
While Apple's built-in apps (like iPod, Mail, etc.) have had background multitasking since 1.0. Now, four years, many gripes, and stiffer Google Android competition than ever, background multitasking comes to App Store apps. At least for the iPhone 3GS and the 4th generation iPhone Apple will more than likely introduce this coming summer. RAM limitations and Apple's abject refusal to put their name on an implementation where hardware constrains software -- see video recording last year -- means iPhone 3G will get a lot of 4.0, but won't get multitasking.
We won't get into the saved-state, streaming music, location, and VoIP APIs, push and local notifications, and task completion that make up the 6 innards of the service because this is a GUI walkthrough. Fast task switching, however, is where we see background multitasking made manifest, and this is what it looks like.
You double tap the Home Screen and the UI turns translucent and slides up, allowing you to peek at the apps running "under the hood". (Technically frozen with state saved an threads registered with those APIs, but we're trying not to get technical here). Positionally the Fast Task Switcher apps take up the space traditionally reserved for the Dock, so while it's a tad confusing the concept of apps at the bottom of the screen being more permanent and easily accessible remains. Behaviorally, while they look like a secret dock, they function like the Home Screen itself in that you can swipe from right to left to scroll through a several 4-icon sets of multitasking apps. We don't know what the upper limit is yet (11 pages like Home Screen itself?) but it's a lot.
Given even the iPhone 3GS has only 256MB of RAM, we assume Apple will discretely kill off the least-used app in the stack when things get tight. Whether or not that means the icon disappears from the multitasking GUI we don't know, but worst case you just have to go to the Home Screen, re-launch it (hopefully from saved state) and all you notice is a slightly longer start up time.
In iOS beta 3, the fast app switcher UI gained a soft-version of the iPad's orientation lock and audio controls. When you double click the home button to bring up the fast app switcher, you can now scroll all the way to the left to get the new orientation lock and audio controls. The default on the orientation is off but a tap will turn on, or turn off, the lock. (Home screen doesn't sound like it rotates, however).
Audio controls include back, play/pause, and forward, with the name of the current track written beneath. If music is being played via the iPod app, the iPod icon will be displayed to quickly get you back to that app. If you're streaming via the iTunes app (i.e. a podcast) then the iTunes icon will be displayed instead. We're guessing iOS will show you the icon of whichever app is currently playing music using the new background audio API, and yes we mean Slacker and Pandora when they're enabled as well.
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At the iPhone 4 event, Steve Jobs likened task managers (in the multitasking, not to-do sense) to styluses -- if you need them there's something wrong. However, if you hold your finger down on multitasking apps to make the jiggle and bring up a delete icon that, if you tap it, removes them. Added to the list of things we don't know -- whether that kills their API thread or merely removes them from the Fast App Switcher interface. (And no, sadly you can't re-arrange jiggling apps for fast switching, at least not yet -- if you want your favorites close at hand, that remains a Dock thing).
The background for the app switcher (and for folders) has also changed from the rubbery, pock-mocked, dark gray of beta 1 and 2 to a new cross-hatched medium gray in beta 3.
The presentation may not be as visually slick as Palm webOS' Card view (which looks like iPhone Safari's Page view) or Mac OS X Exposé mode, but it keeps those 85,000,000 existing iPhone and iPod touch users grounded in the interface they're familiar with and that's what Apple is prioritizing.
Note: Previously you could assign the double-click Home to trigger Phone Favorites, Camera, or Spotlight. On iPhone 3G under iOS those options remain. On iPhone 3GS under iOS, you can now double-click-and-hold on Home to trigger Phone Favorites, but there doesn't appear to be any mechanism to re-assign that functionality to Camera or Spotlight (see Settings, below). [@oliok] This appears to be gone under Beta 3.
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iOS beta 2 introduced a new, circling, side-switching animation for multitasking fast app switching. The new animation occurs when you switch between two apps either via the new, double-click-Home to trigger to launch the multitasking UI, or when one app calls another app (i.e. when you're in Contacts and you tap to send a contact an SMS).
Launching or leaving an app retains the same, zoom-based effect as always (though the wallpaper in iOS zooms slightly as well, like on the iPad).
There are 180,000 apps in the App Store and likely a ton more by the time I finish writing the sentence. Literally. iPhone 1.0 had one Home Screen but with only the built-in apps available back then, it wasn't even a limitation. With WebApps, it grew to 9 pages for a 148 app limit. With iPhone 3.0 we were given 8 pages, for 180 apps viewable, but you could install many more and use Spotlight as a way of finding and launching them. Organizing them still wasn't a real option.
Enter Folders. A Folder is simply a grouped icon that holds up to 12 other icons inside it. (And for those keeping count at home, the new math means a whopping 2016 apps can be kept on-screen at once. Shudder).
The way it works is you tap a Folder icon and once again the Home Screen fades and splits open, this time below the Folder. Inside the split are all the apps contained in the group.
To create a Folder, you begin by tapping and holding an icon to put it in jiggly mode, just like you did before to delete or move it. Then, drag it over and drop it on top of another icon to create a Folder. (This works better when icons aren't at the right edge of the screen, as the move behavior seems to supersede the Folder behavior, causing the icon to wrap to the next line before you can drop on top of it.) Once created, iPhone OS reads the apps' category data and tries to name the folder for you, but you can easily edit it to anything you want.
To remove apps from a Folder, put them in jiggly mode inside the Folder and drag them out (or just delete them if you don't want them anywhere anymore). You can also move them around within the Folder to customize their order.
Folders can be put in jiggly mode and moved as well, but not deleted (they can only be deleted by removing all the apps from within them, and which point they self-destruct for you). You can even move them to the Dock, which means you could have 48 apps readily available at any time for quick launching.
And while you still can't delete Apple's built-in apps, you can take the ones you're not using and hide them away inside a folder so they waste as little Home Screen space as possible (not that that's as big a deal now as it used to be...)
Again, not as visually exciting perhaps as Mac OS X's Stacks, but it keeps current iPhone users in a familiar interface while adding much-needed functionality.
Messages in iPhone 4 gets the same built-in Spotlight search that Mail and other apps got with iPhone 3.0. It appears at the top of the main messages screen. (There's no search within an individual Messages thread). [@justin_horn]
Messages also (finally) gets a character counter so you'll know when you're getting close to, or going past, the SMS limit (which would cause a second message to be sent). It kicks in after you've typed 50 characters or so. [@iMuggle]
There's also a new API to allow in-app SMS for developers who want to include the functionality in their own apps. While this might be similar to the iPhone 3.0 embedded email option, and whether or not it will let users reply to SMS without leaving an app, it doesn't seem as elegant a solution as a global background messaging system.
Calendar removes two long-standing gripes and adds something pretty much invisible from the interface but awesome in terms of functionality.
First, you can now show all or hide all calendars or individually check/uncheck just the calendars you want to see.
Birthday calendars have also been added to the option, something that was previously only possible to see under certain setup conditions.
Lastly and most excitingly, Apple has finally added Calendar access for developers. What this means is, we'll soon see applications where, by way of example, you can download a movie app, buy tickets for a local screening, and the app will be able to automatically add the show time to your Calendar.
Photos, at least for Mac users, gets the same iPhoto '09-based organizational features introduced with the iPad: Events, Faces, and Places.
If you have a Mac with iPhoto '09 and you've let it automatically file your photos by time stamp (Events), through facial-recognition algorithms (Faces), and via geo-location (Places). All these join the previous Albums view to form the bottom tab bar.
Landscape mode is also now supported in album and gallery views [@antonioj].
The action button now includes a Rotate function (yes!) that turns a photo 90 degrees counter-clockwise (to the left).
If you Email Photo, you now get the option of sending a smaller version (compressed dimensions and hence file size), or at actual size.
Lastly, developers have been given access to the photo and video library (not just the image picker as in previous OS versions).
Tap to focus, introduced in iPhone 3.0 for still photography, now gets expanded to video recording for the iPhone 3GS (and presumably the 4th generation iPhone).
Still photography maintains its leg up, however, via a new 5x digital zoom. When you tap the screen, a slider pops up allowing you to swipe to the right to increase magnification and swipe left to decrease.
Developers also get full access to and control of video playback and recording.
A minor tweak, but the current location/current direction button changes from the previous crosshairs to a north-east pointer to match the new location services icon used in the title bar. (No iPhone 3.2 for iPad-style terrain mode, at least not yet).
For developers, overlays can now be added to embedded maps to show extra data like routes or annotations.
When you first enter notes it looks unchanged from previous versions of the iPhone OS. However, there is now an Accounts button at the top left of the list page and tapping it takes you to a new screen where you can choose to view All Notes, just the notes on your iPhone, or just the notes that are synced via IMAP to your email account(s). Yes, that means over the air (OTA) notes sync is finally here -- with the caveat that Exchange doesn't seem supported yet.
(UI-wise this is similar to how you back out/left in Calendar or Contacts to toggle data sources.)
The way these show up in Mac OS X is via the built-in Mail.app client in the Notes tab.
On Gmail they show up as a generic label. In other IMAP clients, regardless of OS, they'll show up as generic IMAP folders.
iTunes Store
The iTunes store itself is the same, however, audio streaming from the app itself has taken a huge leap forward. Since iPhone OS 2.2 you've been able to tap the title of a podcast to begin streaming (rather than downloading) the audio, even in the background while using other apps, but it was sometimes hit or miss. It would drop out, it would time out, you couldn't really scrub through it, and if you left it for a while it would lose its place and start over.
In iOS it's rock solid. You can scrub and it re-buffers and keeps playing flawlessly. You can stop it and come back hours or even days later -- even after using the iTunes app to search for other things or the iPod app to play different audio -- and it still knows where you left off and starts playing again instantly without missing a beat.
This year, like every year, some of the more numerous and interesting changes Apple delivers in their new OS are tucked neatly away in the Settings app.
General: Network
You can now choose to not only turn off 3G data or roaming data, but all cellular data.
General: Location Services
At the iOS event, Apple made a big deal about user privacy when it came to location (like a shot at Google). That manifests here with far more granular controls over which apps are allowed to access your location data (GPS, Wi-Fi mapping, and cell tower triangulation) and the aforementioned north-east pointing arrow that shows up when any app has used your location in the last 24 hours.
General: Home Button
Rather than gaining functions, the Home Button setting loses several. Since double-click for iOS on the iPhone 3GS (and presumably future iPhone hardware) is now reserved for launching the multitasking interface, gone is the option to assign it to launch Spotlight, Camera, or iPod. Also gone is the option to have it launch iPod when audio is playing.
Double-click-and-hold will now trigger Phone Favorites on the iPhone 3GS, but no options are presented yet to re-assign that to Spotlight, Camera, or iPod. So, the only thing that remains are the Spotlight search inclusion options. Looks downright barren now...
Since iPhone 3G won't be getting multitasking (Apple cites hardware, i.e. RAM constraints) those options remain under iOS for that device.
General: Passcode Lock
Previously available only through an Enterprise profile, iPhone 4 brings stronger, alphanumeric passcodes to all iPhone users. That means you're no longer stuck with only a 4 digit pin, but can now create longer passcodes with far greater variation. Of course, longer, more varied passcodes are more of a hassle to remember and enter, but that's the cost of good security.
Mail, Contacts, Calendars
As previously mentioned, Notes will now sync over IMAP and the settings for that appear here. First, all the way at the bottom, you can choose which account to use as the default for note sync.
Inside MobileMe, Gmail, or other IMAP accounts, you can choose whether or not to enable sync. Again, there's no support for Exchange ActiveSync accounts yet (including Gmail via GoogleSync).
Here's where you can turn on that new character count option.
The iPod app now has an overlay that shows you information about songs and podcasts. While functional it's not terribly attractive so it's nice to be able to toggle it off right here.
App Store
iPhone 2.0 brought us the iTunes App Store, iPhone 3.0 added in-app purchases, and now iOS raises the mercantile stakes once again...
iAd will provide developers with an easy-as-Xcode way to place advertising in their apps, both paid and free. Apple is setting a high bar for their ads, however. No simple Google-style text, annoying punch-the-monkey, or jarring transition out of the app and into the browser, they claim to want great looking, highly interactive, emotionally compelling content that will connect with rather than alienate users. Served every 3 minutes. Yeah...
Functionally these are built in HTML5 (no Flash need apply) and seem to work as apps-within-apps. Tapping on a banner brings up a full-screen ad-as-webapp and examples shown included plenty of animated UI effects and content that ranged from videos to freebies like wallpaper, to free and paid apps you could download from within the ad (no trip to the App Store needed). An exit button is persistent at the top left so users can quit the add at any time.
Apple will be selling and serving the ads, so all we can do is hope they're unobtrusive and actually reach the quality levels presented. For paid apps that also try to include in-app iAds, that bar will rightly be very, very high.
Task completion
With iPhone 4, when you close and app and that app is still performing an activity, the OS will allow it to complete that activity in the background. For example, downloading or uploading content from the internet.
Streaming music, location, and VoIP API
The underside of the multitasking/fast app switching UI mentioned at the beginning of the walkthrough are three specific types of API that an app can register threads with when you close them out. These are intended for streaming music (Pandora or Slacker being the classic examples), location-aware (i.e turn-by-turn navigation, check-in games, social networks, etc.), and VoIP (Skype and SIP clients) to register with the OS when you exit the apps proper so that your music can keep streaming, location can keep tracking, and VoIP can still alert you of phone calls even when the app isn't running.
There's no time-line API for instant messaging (IM), Twitter, etc. to register their threads with, however. Apple believes existing Push Notifications are sufficient but that means once an alert is received and you tap View, the app still has to pause and load the timeline/messages before you can view them. This is unlike the built-in Mail and Messages (SMS/MMS) apps that have new messages loaded and waiting when you get there.
Local Notifications
Like Push Notifications in iPhone 3.0 but not requiring an outside, internet connected server, local notifications will let apps you're using (and perhaps apps that have registered one of the three types of background threads mentioned above) send you popup boxes, sound alerts, and icon badges.
For the user, these should be functionally the same and perhaps indistinguishable.
Quick Look
Just like Mail can preview documents, Quick Look will allow developers to present the same functionality in their apps.
2000 hardware accelerated math APIs probably won't be seen by users, but there's not doubt we'll feel them in the games. Zoom. Zoom.
File Sharing
Again it looks like the iPhone is finally getting in iOS what the iPad got in 3.2 with the file/document transfer feature now exposed in iTunes sync.
While the iPad version identifies document-friendly apps (like Apple's own Keynote, Numbers, and Pages) and lets you find and sync over files, the iOS beta 3 version currently only shows Mail and Stanza and doesn't really let you do much else. However, it stands to reason this will at least reach feature parity with the iPad when Apple releases iOS to the public later this summer.
Now all we need is an elegant way to share and wirelessly sync those documents across multiple devices and users. MobileMe 2.0, souped up iWork.com 2.0, where are you?
Mail gets a unified inbox. Let's write that again -- Mail gets a unified inbox. For those with multiple email accounts whose previous iPhone experience involved tapping into and out of those boxes many, many times a day this is a hugely welcome addition.
As with Calendars, Notes, etc. you can tap a button on the top left, in this case Mailboxes, to back into a selection screen where you can then go into All Inboxes, a specific account's inbox (which is considered fast inbox switching), or into the complete folder and sub-folder system of a given account (how Mail has worked from iPhone 1.0 to iPhone 3.0).
Once inside, All Inboxes is visually indistinguishable from an account-specific inbox, it simply contains all of their messages.
What is distinguishable are the small carets (technically greater-than symbols) to the right of replies that indicate a message is part of a thread. A number, typically 2 or 3, accompanies the caret to indicate how many replies are in the thread.
Tapping on a message that's part of a thread doesn't take you to the message but rather to a second list-view, similar to the inbox itself, but containing only the messages from the thread. Tapping on one of them then takes you to the message. A thread view contains a small vertical bar at the top with the subject of the thread and time of the most recent reply. A button to the top left of the message that's part of the thread also contains the subject of the thread and lets you back out and see the thread again. The button then switches to contain the name of the inbox so you can back out again, leave the thread completely, and see all your messages.
So yes, the tap, tap, tap of inbox navigation persists, albeit shifted from moving into and out of inboxes to moving into and out of threaded messages.
Although not yet implemented in the current beta, like iPhone OS 3.2 for iPad, you'll be able to open email attachments in apps. Now there's no iWork (Numbers, Pages, Keynote) for iPhone yet, and the app Apple used to introduce this function doesn't exist on iPhone yet either. Interesting.
Lastly, in previous versions of the iPhone OS, when you wanted to abandon an email, you would hit Cancel and get options to Save (store the email in Drafts), Don't Save (trash the email), and Cancel (go back to writing the email). The naming of these options was likely too confusing so in iPhone OS they've been replaced with a big red Delete button (to trash the email), Save as Draft, and Cancel. And yes, you can still cancel a cancel. (iPad, by contrast, still has Save and Don't Save, but no Cancel since it's in a popover rather than full-screen menu and you can just tap away to cancel).
More iPad to iPhone cross-polination means we get search auto-complete from both Google and Yahoo! in iOS. As you type, suggestions appear in a list view below. And as with the iPad, while Google and Yahoo! branding remain in the search boxes, they no longer get brand advertising on the keyboard -- it simply remains labeled Search now regardless of which engine is set and default.
As usual, Apple seems to be increasing Safari's HTML5 support. While HTML5 video would work under iPhone 3.1.3, it would launch the full screen QuickTime player to do so. Under iOS, it seems to play in-line as well [MobileGeekdom], like it does on the iPad.
If history is any indicator, Apple will likely also integrate whatever advancements WebKit and the Nitro JavaScript engine make between now and release this summer.
When you have a song playing in the iPod app and you tap the album art, in addition to all the previous controls that popped up, you now get a dark overlay with white text giving you the info metadata of the song or podcast. This is another iPad bring-over, though not the most attractive one by a long shot. (Remember, it can be turned off in Settings).
Album art has been added to album views, jazzing up the track lists. [Gizmodo]
And in yet another iPad-like update, on-th-go playlists are dead, long live... just regular old playlists. You can add them via an item in the playlists list, at which point you get a popup that asks you for a name. Next, you tap on any songs you want to add, and when you're done, you have a new playlist. If you're not happy with it, or any playlist, just swipe to bring up the usual red Delete button and annihilate it.
You can now send you run data directly from the iPhone. [When Will Apple]. Under History, tap Send to Nike+ and you're off and running (sorry). You're then sent to Safari so you can login to Nike+ and see your data.
Game Center (Preview)
Game Center is Apple's entry into the social gaming network space (think Xbox Live or Playstation Network for iPhone OS devices). With Game Center you'll be able to invite friends to play, use matchmaking to challenge other players, gain achievements, and have your scores displayed on a leader board.
Game Center won't launch with iOS this summer, but is scheduled for release "later" this year.
Though not a built-in app (you'll need to go get it from the US App Store when it becomes available), as part of iOS Apple announced they were bringing iBooks to the iPhone.
Not Concluded
This preview won't be concluded until Apple concludes iOS with its final release this summer for iPhone and iPod touch, and this fall for iPad (unless that becomes iPhone 4.1).
iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS owners should get it for free as Apple's 2-year accounting procedure allows. That there's been no word about iPhone 2G owners could mean it's either not going to be available for the oldest hardware, it won't be free, or... there's simply been no word yet. Likewise, there's been no word on iPod touch pricing though it was $9.95 for iPhone 3.0. There's been no word on iPod touch G1 availability either, however. Apple's SDK agreement has revealed that iPad users who bought with 3.2 will get 4.0 for free but not subsequent major updates (i.e. iPhone OS 5 in 2011).
Again, there will be roughly 6 to 8 betas released on a roughly bi-weekly schedule from now until WWDC 2010 when we'll likely hear about the final version, whatever extra features will come with the next-generation iPhone (current rumors suggest iChat video), and get a final release data -- likely also to coincide with the next-gen iPhone release date.
We'll update this preview as more and better information becomes available, so if you notice anything we missed or just plain got wrong, send it in or let us know in the comments.
Note on Using Beta Software
If you're not a developer, don't even think about putting iOS beta on your main iPhone. Betas are for testing purposes and could contain any number of bugs and performance issues, could stop working or require updates when you may not have access to one, or otherwise give you problems when used in a manner for which they're not intended. Stay away.
[Thanks to everyone who contributed screenshots and descriptions for this walkthrough]
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iOS 4 Preview
amazing post! I've loved it :D
so, about the software, pity that doesn't work in 2G =(
Messages app now has it's own search feature and also the counter does show up, you just need to type like 20 characters or something before it kicks in.
Quality preview. I am hoping that they will extend the double-click and hold for the options they took away while implementing limited multitasking. One question though, when was iPhone OS 3.3 released since it's stated in the safari preview section?
Regarding the location based icon, you meant north-east, right?
@ghostface147: You mean 3.1.3, right? 3.3 wasn't released yet (and will likely never be); 3.1.3 is out since a few weeks, even months now.
I have one question: The way I see the new multitasking functionality - doesn't it always clutter the new "multitasking dock" immediately as soon as you start using e few apps (that are MT-enabled)? This means that it gets quite troublesome to use quite fast, right? And this also means that the feature to remove apps from MT (the task-manager substitute that Steve Jobs talked down) will be used rather frequently? Or is there a way to easily quit an app the way it quits on OS 3 when the home button is pressed, like pressing it longer or something? Or am I missing something? Thanks!
I am digging the message SMS upgrades and I hear it will have a search function in it
Sounds great.
But really, a unified in box? Are people REALLY excited about this? Seriously, I have 6 email accounts. If the worst part of my day is that I have to press the back button twice to get to my mail box view, then I must have a pretty comfortable life.
I don't get why people act like this is a lot of work.
Wait a minute--does unified inbox include .me adress Aliases??
"iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS owners should get it for free as Apple's 2-year accounting procedure allows."
If I'm reading this right, then I have less than one year until I have pay for my next upgrade for my 3GS?
Nice Post! If you have 3G and jailbroken I see no need to update.
I use an IMAP account with server based rules that would sort mt incoming mail into subfolders. I found it always a bit annoying on the iPhone that I would have to open each folder individually just to know the number if unread mails in it. Some kind of "refresh all" button would be highly apprechiated.
Anyone knows if there's a change about that in OS 4?
@Jtz5 no AVRCP yet. There is a chance it might make it in before June, but I just don't think apple cares about this.
Excellent. I'm just disappointed in apple taking away the iPod shortcut. The main reason why I own an iPhone is for the iTunes integration and how easy it was to access music... now that's sorta messed up.
One thing I noticed is the task completion. That's absolutely nothing new. It's almost on the same level as multitasking. The phone could multitasking before but for only native apps. The iTunes store and mail could task complete since the day they put it on the phone.
Steve tried to make having a background on the home screen look like it was something cool. Psh. Get over ur self Steven. People have been doing that for a while now.
At the end of the day I'm not excited so far but I'm satisfied.
Does anyone have an answer to Parabel's question:
"I have one question: The way I see the new multitasking functionality – doesn't it always clutter the new "multitasking dock" immediately as soon as you start using e few apps (that are MT-enabled)? This means that it gets quite troublesome to use quite fast, right? And this also means that the feature to remove apps from MT (the task-manager substitute that Steve Jobs talked down) will be used rather frequently? Or is there a way to easily quit an app the way it quits on OS 3 when the home button is pressed, like pressing it longer or something? Or am I missing something? Thanks!"
I agree. it becomes a mess. Instead of using your normal menu you'd be scrolling left and right to find an app. you might as well just use springboard to launch your app rather than the task manager?
the best thing aboutthis is thatiphone has survived and is now on top. i bet that sooner or later it will beat software giant microsoft. since 1999 aple has changes and always come up with new ideas. divz
Theoretically the new MT dock quietly kills off stuff before it becomes problematic the way the OS already does for inbuilt apps when it needs to reclaim memory - If you are witted about too many apps to scroll through- maybe there were better ways to do this visually, but are you really complaining about getting what one of the things we've all been demanding for years?
I'm still hoping for tabbed browsing. Reloading the entire page in Safari is a pain.
I really think this is going to be a very solid update. I just hope that within those other 93 other features some alleviate the excess back and forth tapping to get to settings. Some drop down screens or at the very least one is absolutely necessary. This should be the ease of use update.
one gripe a friend of mine has is that the iPhone still does not have the ability to assign a custom SMS ringtone on a per-Contact basis, like you can do on almost every other phone on the planet.
any word on that working in OS4?
The images aren't cropped, those are just the default thumbnail view. Click on them and they should automatically expand to the full image. Sorry if it's causing confusion.
Added more on Messages and iPod.
@jonar1us - don't be a jackass, and set aside your strawman for a moment. I never said that a) I wanted variable message tones or that b) that those were more important than security or c) that I didn't want other people to have the option if they wanted.. It is just not something that I would use as anything private on my iPhone is stored in 1Password and similar apps that also have lock codes.
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Go to Mail and Calendar, add account, choose other, then CalDAV. Enter www.google.com for server and username and password. Then choose next. Depending on your calendar setup, you might need to re-open the calendar settings, go to advanced settings and changing the URL. You would then have to exchange the part between ...dav/ and /user with your calendar ID, but this usually only applies if you use more than one calendar per account...
Yes I can see the images in full size if I click on them, but in a new tab or replacing the article - which takes them out of context. Happens in Safari, Firefox, Chrome and Mobile Safari. I don't even see the point of 'thumbnailing' them. It's an enormously long page as it is. The graphics are very important to the article and should be fully viewable inline.
@Allister I see the same thing, opens a page just for the image and then when I click back I have to find my place again. I know for sure they use to have a lightbox type popup for images, maybe something got messed up?
did anyone notice that the weather app says 23 instead of 73 like it always does ? Maybe it's finally dynamic or coincidental change.
Omari - you must be set to Centigrade on your phone as mine shows 73º. In the weather app, click the 'i' to add cities then click the proper setting for your region.
iPhone OS 4.0 is confirmed to have iChat: http://www.s10a02t01.info/blog/2010/04/ichat-iphone-os-4-0-beta-release/
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It would be nice if in the calendar there would be a "Snooze" option for reminders. Right now there is only Dismiss or View Event.
Windows Mobile a decade ago had a Cut Copy & Paste option with an appointment in the Calendar by clicking down on the appointment and selecting Cut and the you could pick the slot you wanted to put it in and paste it in directly. The iPhone requires up to 13 steps to make a change to an appointment.
Also would be nice to have an ignore button pop up on a call to send the person to voicemail. the only time the "Ignore" option comes up is when I am already on a call.
I know this is way late but having a lock feature on specific apps such as MMS, Email, or whatever you didn't want someone to access. I know the Passcode lock is great but if my niece wants to play on my phone like she often does then I can sleep soundly knowing that she won't read any text above her age or see any emails she shouldn't. Let's not forget snooping girlfriends and buddies. She asks to see your phone to play Bejeweled 2 and the next thing she's asking you what you meant in a joke text to your friend she hates. It would be a MUCH welcome feature.
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@Rick. I know how you feel. I recently got rid of my Nexus One to come back to the iPhone 3GS (since I'm not eligible till 8/2011). Anyway, free turn by turn would be great but I can't see AT&T allowing it while they offer Telenav - and add to the fact that the iPhone is their flagship device. sigh
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The pro is that works. My cat was pissing on everything i own, after spending $300 at the vet to find out there's nothing wrong with him except being old, this is the only thing that worked.The con is that it's SUCH a pain in the butt to scoop if you let it go more than a day or two. It seriously turns to construction grade cement and glues to the bottom of the litter box. I curse it every time as i'm breaking a sweat like the children in the mines in Temple of Doom.So much so that I switched back to normal litter. However, that was short-lived and I started using this again after I had to throw away two towels, 3 pairs of socks, a t-shirt, my bed sheets and my living room rug.So i reluctantly prefer the heaping, sticky, disgusting mountain of cat litter I chisel away at.
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I was anxious to try the Cat Attract litter because we have 2 cats who have a 'thing' for our basement litter box, but they aren't down in our basement much of the time. They have avoided the box on our main floor for a long time and we don't really want them in the basement. Within 2 days my cats were using the upstairs litter box by choice. The frequency that we have to scoop out the waste from it has more than quadrupled, and neither cat is pawing at the basement door or meowing to go down there. I'm sold, and will be buying this again. We did receive a sample of this product as part of a social media influencer campaign but I really have loved the product and will absolutely purchase again!
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A few years ago, we adopted a sweet, fluffy adult cat from our town's pound. Our vet confirmed she was healthy, but likely had been abused based on her behavior and x-rays that showed old healed fractures. She had regulars "accidents" near the litter boxes, far away from the litter boxes and everywhere in between. Our other cat continued to use the boxes 100%. We removed the lids, cleaned the boxes constantly, changed the litter brand/type/depth uncountable times. We took her back to the vet several times to make sure she wasn't ill. She continued to go outside the boxes more than she used them. We were at our wits end. By chance one day, Dr. Elsey's label caught my eye in the litter aisle at our local pet supply store. "Your cat will use this litter. I guarantee it." What do we have to lose?, I thought and bought a bag. Well, with that first bag, she did not have one more accident. Not even one more. I am not exaggerating. We were shocked and so happy! I recommend this litter to everyone I know who has a cat. Our other cat loves it, too.
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I was using "world best cat litter" (expensive, but very good) 'till one of my cat got sick and stop using the cat litter box for #2. I bought that cat litter after reading the reviews.I just sprinkle on top of the exiting litter and the cat start using it - after 2 did not have "accidents" so often as before, just ones in a while and I notice it usually happened when the cat litter box was already used earlier.I am giving 4 stars because that cat litter tracks, it is dusty and expensive (for me).I do recommend this litter for problem using the cat litter boxes, but I personally will use another kind and sprinkle some of the DR. Elsey's herbals to the cat litter.
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We have a 10 months old neutered male kitty that one day started to urinate outside the litter box, on the bed, clothings, sofa etc. We've done a number of changes to litter box type, size, no, location, feliway etc without improvement. Finally we came across this litter on the internet and decided to give it a try. Once we poured it into the pan, our problem kid jumped right in and rolled in it. Since then, he has no more accident. We are not sure if this is a guarantee but sure worth to give it a try if you have similar problem with your kitty.
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My cats didnt seem to have a problem with the litter I used to use, but I did! I couldnt stand the smell even after cleaning the boxes. The dust was horrible and I think it was giving me some breathing problems... it was everywhere! I tried cat attract for the first time last week and loved it right away! One of my cats came to use the litter box before I was even done cleaning everything up. They love it! I cant smell the litter from anywhere else in the house no, thank goodness, and its SO easy to clean the box now because it clumps so well. LOVE!
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By Robby from USA on 2011-01-15 19:01:20Things I liked:Bought this blue one for my wife and I have to admit, I love its colors and looks ALOT also but I will be buying the red & black one for me...A bit loud like a 22 long rifle but not a problem, there is after market cures for its crack "barrel shrouds" We love the looks color and feel of this gun and will buy the red and black one also!!!
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By Ryan from USA on 2011-12-11 08:21:22Things I liked:Power and accuracy are great. On power 10, 43.2 Eunjins are exiting at 915 fps@ 200bar with a ragged hole at 25yds-30yds opening up around 1/2 inch at 40yds.
Things I would have changed:The crummy trigger shoe being plastic sucks. It really makes an otherwise great looking gun very cheap. Also, the machine work on the threaded barrel gets a big minus from me. Whoever cut the threads apparently didn't look at them to notice that the whole center section is stripped off from balling. At first I wanted to return it but I'm easy going. Also, the "flash hider" is aluminum and has a place for a set screw- but no set screw! Whoever is subcontracting this muzzle work needs a good smack!
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•5:00 pm – 9:00 pm-Yadkin County Humane Society will hold a fundraiser at Taste of Italy located in the Yadkin Plaza Shopping Center. All you have to bring is your appetite, family and friends. If you can't come in for a sit down meal - call your order in. Taste of Italy will donate a percentage of the night's total sales, including call ins to YCHS.
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• The Yadkin County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) announces the availability of funding to support services for delinquent youth and those at risk of delinquency. For more information and a copy of the Request for Proposals, see www.yadkincountync.gov
• Narconon reminds families that abuse of addictive pharmaceutical drugs is on the rise. Learn to recognize the signs of drug abuse and get your loved ones help if they are at risk. Call Narconon for a free brochure on the signs addiction for all types of drugs. Narconon also offers free assessments and referrals. 877-413-3073 or www.drugsno.com.
• Yadkin County Humane Society is looking for new members who would be interested in joining our organization. We are in need of active members who will be able to help us at fundraising events and rabies clinics. For the month of March if you join us your membership fee is waived. Please call (336) 679-2377 and leave a message if you have any questions about YCHS. If you love and care about animals, want to have fun, be a part of a fun organization and make a difference – you belong with us!
• 10:30 a.m.—Preschool storytime for ages 2-5 will be held at the Boonville Community Public Library every Thursday. This will consist of stories, songs, and crafts. For more information, call 367-7737. All of our libraries of the NWRL System has access of Ancestry.com for the year of 2012. Patrons can research the web through our libraries for the year. The Boonville Community Public Library is a branch of thirteen libraries of the Northwestern Regional Library System.
•6:30 p.m.-East Bend Happy Quilters Guild, Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month at East Bend Senior Center. For more information call (336)699-3970.
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•6:30 p.m.-Every Thursday of each week we hold a program called TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) weight loss program. Each program has special tips and techniques to help benefit losing those unwanted pounds. Meeting at your local Boonville Community Public Library. Any Questions please call 336-367-7737
•8 a.m.-New Horizons Adults Day Services is taking donations for their thrift shop, 1917 Old Hwy 421 W. Yadkinville. For more information call 677-1385
•6 p.m.-Bingo every Tuesday at the Yadkin Moose Lodge. ATTENTION: Effectively immediately! Monthly distributions of USDA Commodity Foods will no longer be distributed at the Moose Lodge in Yadkinville. They will now be distributed on an on-going basis through "partner agencies" of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. Families needing food assistance will need to contact one of the following agencies: Divino Redentor Catholic Church, 209 Lon Ave. Boonville, 336-367-7067, Tri-County Christian Ministries, 440 W. Main St, Jonesville, 336-526-1089, Yadkin Christian Ministries, 121 W. Elm St. Yadkinville, 336-677-3080, Yadkin Christian Ministries, East Bend, 336-699-4544.
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"It was certainly an honor to have someone like Brian Gottfried come by and talk to our team," stated Head Coach Carlos Garcia. "He is one of the best players this country has produced. I was excited to get him in front of the guys and have him share his knowledge and experiences."
Gottfried spent the half-hour session talking about his approach to the game over his lengthy career. He explained the passion, dedication and work ethic necessary to succeed at a high level and how that preparation allowed him to reach a ranking of No. 3 in the world at the pinnacle of his career.
His work ethic is legendary in tennis circles with one example constantly being brought up, even though it happened almost 40 years ago. Arthur Ashe once recalled how Gottfried missed a practice session one afternoon to get married, but made up for it with a two practices the next afternoon.
When asked about the story by one of the Mocs today, Gottfried had a perfect explanation. The way he saw it was since all of these top tennis players were in town for his wedding, he might as well take advantage of the opportunity and get some of them on the court to help make him better.
"To have someone of his ability come talk to the team is tremendous," stated senior Manuel Barroetavena. "We have a talented team with a lot of seniors, but none of us have won a conference championship yet. He told us what it takes to get there, now we just have to apply it on the court."
The Mocs are coming off a 14-9 season in 2011-12, their most wins since 2007. UTC has seven seniors and one sophomore on the roster. Chattanooga will be back in action next weekend, traveling Knoxville for the Tennessee Fall Invitational on Oct. 12-14.
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Officer Hunnicutt was dispatched to Dixie Street in reference to a theft. The complainant said the offender broke into her home and stole several items. She said he had been stealing from her for a while now. The officer observed pry marks on the door. The offender then arrived at the residence. The officer spoke to the offender, who smelled of alcohol and showed signs of intoxication. The offender emptied his pockets to reveal a couple of the items that had been reported stolen. He was placed under arrest and began using profanity and screaming in the patrol car. At the LEC, the offender was charged with theft by taking, damage to property, public intoxication, and disorderly conduct.
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Officer Hunnicutt clocked a vehicle traveling 60 mph in a 35-mph zone on West Clinton Street. He observed it failing to maintain its lane, and as he initiated a traffic stop, he noticed the driver throw a beer can out the window of the vehicle. The driver smelled of an alcoholic beverage and showed signs of intoxication. He denied recently drinking or throwing the beer can out the window, and the deputy retrieved the can and showed it to the driver, who then admitted to recently consuming alcohol. He submitted to a field sobriety test, which he failed, and was deemed to be under the influence of both alcohol and drugs. The driver was placed under arrest and transported to the LEC, where he gave a blood-alcohol reading of .067 grams and submitted a urine sample. He was charged with DUI alcohol-less safe, DUI drugs, DUI drugs-less safe, speeding, failure to maintain lane, cancelled registration, open container, and littering.
Sgt. McCollum met with a complainant at the police department in reference to identity theft. The complainant said an unknown offender had obtained a credit card in his name through a bank, obtained $3,000 with the card, placed the money into his account, and cashed a check in his name to obtain the money from the account. He said he also had a check from $220 from his account that he did not remember. The complainant said that the signatures on several bank documents were not his.
Sgt. McCollum responded to assist Officer Lovick and Chief Lowe with a traffic stop on Highway 44. McCollum spoke with the driver, who appeared to be impaired. She admitted that she was taking two different prescription medications and submitted to a field sobriety test, which she failed. The driver was placed under arrest and transported to the LEC, where she submitted a urine sample. She was turned over to jail personnel on charges of DUI.
Officer Zimmerman responded to an apartment complex on Eatonton Highway in reference to harassment. The complainant said the offender makes inappropriate sexual remarks to her and harasses her and gets in her business with other acquaintances. The officer made contact with the offender, who said he was just joking with the complainant. Both parties were advised not to have any further contact with each other. The offender was notified that any such remarks in the future would result in charges.
Officer Hunnicutt observed a vehicle accelerate to a high rate of speed on Highway 22. He initiated a traffic stop and witnessed the vehicle run a stop sign at the intersection of Eastview Street and Peachtree Street. The vehicle then turned off its headlights and came to a sudden stop, as the driver exited and fled behind a residence on Peachtree Street. The owner of the vehicle was contacted by the Gordon Police Department, but would not cooperate with the investigation and was taken into custody and transported to the Jones County LEC. There the owner identified the driver. The driver's mother was contacted and said her son would turn himself in. He was set to face charges of fleeing or attempting to elude police, failure to stop at stop sign, reckless driving, driving while license suspended, and on headlights on one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.
March 13
Deputy Humphries clocked a vehicle traveling 78 mph in a 55-mph zone on Gray Highway. He initiated a traffic stop and noticed the driver and passenger appeared very nervous. The driver was issued a citation for speeding. The passenger was found to have a valid warrant out of Tifton and was placed under arrest and transported to the LEC.
March 14
Deputy Allen responded to Larry Stephens Way in reference to criminal trespassing. The complainant said he was awakened by a loud noise and got up to see a vehicle pulling away from his residence. He said the door to his residence appeared to be cracked near the latch. The deputy checked the area, but had no immediate contact with the vehicle described by the complainant. The deputy advised that he would continue to patrol the area.
Deputy Hathaway clocked a vehicle traveling 80 mph in a 55 mph zone on Highway 22. He initiated a traffic stop on Pinewood Drive. While speaking with the driver, the deputy noticed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage. The driver was issued a citation for speeding and submitted to a roadside alcohol test, which he failed. He was placed under arrest and transported to the LEC, where Deputy Miller administered a blood-alcohol test that registered .124 grams. The offender was then issued citations for DUI and DUI-less safe, with the latter charge stemming from the speed of the vehicle on wet road conditions.
Officer Middlebrooks observed a vehicle traveling on West Clinton Street that was being driven by a person known to have a suspended license. The officer initiated a traffic stop and ran the vehicle's tag, discovering it was expired and the vehicle had no insurance. The driver was charged with driving while license suspended, expired tag, and no insurance. The vehicle was towed.
March 15
Sgt. Simpson observed a vehicle pull onto Gray Highway off of Greene Settlement Road with no headlights or taillights activated in the middle of the night. The sergeant initiated a traffic stop and found that the driver had no license. The driver said he had never gotten one. The sergeant attempted to contact the driver's parents, but was unsuccessful. The driver was placed under arrest and cited for no license and headlight requirements.
March 18
Deputy Beard observed a vehicle traveling on New Clinton Road that was being driven by a subject with a suspended license. The deputy initiated a traffic stop and confirmed the identity of the driver. The deputy placed the driver under arrest, as well as the vehicle's passenger, who was found to have a valid warrant out of Bibb County.
Officer Zimmerman and Officer Hunnicutt observed a white female walking down Gray Highway and made contact with her. She said an offender beat her up and kicked her out of the house where she was staying. The officers met with the offender at the residence. He smelled of alcohol and admitted to recently drinking. The offender was found to be under the legal age for consumption. He also recounted the dispute between him and the complainant. The offender was placed under arrest for simple battery under the domestic violence act and possession of alcohol by a minor. The complainant was escorted by Hunnicutt to the residence where her parents lived.


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The Arizona Diamondbacks took their time, but ultimately got their men, hiring Steve Sax and Turner Ward to fill out their Major League coaching staff.
Sax, a teammate of manager Kirk Gibson's with the Los Angeles Dodgers during their magical 1988 World Series championship run, will take over for Eric Young as the Diamondbacks' first base coach. Ward will work with hitting coach Don Baylor in an assistant capacity.
Sax, who retired from baseball in 1994, doesn't have much coaching experience on his r�sum�, but feels that now is the right time for him to get back into the game he loves.
"I've done some coaching with MLB around the country in smaller settings, certainly not in a professional setting, but I've also been doing coaching through my speaking business," Sax said on a conference call Wednesday. "I went to the Winter Meetings, I've been sending out my r�sum� to various teams and got an opportunity to meet with the Diamondbacks and it came full circle. I'm blessed to be here."
Sax made the process of landing the job sound easy, but that wasn't the case according to general manager Kevin Towers.
"Gibby did a great job of waterboarding him, going through video being pretty extensive on what he'd like to have done and how we can improve our baserunning and outfield play," Towers said.
Many other candidates were considered, including former big league outfielder Brett Butler, who has served as the manager for Arizona's Triple-A affiliate in Reno for the past four seasons with great success.
"We think the world of Brett Butler and it was tough, but ultimately we think that Saxy was the best guy for our staff right now," Towers said.
Gibson had familiarity with Ward, who spent the last two years managing the Mobile Bay Bears, the Diamondbacks' Double-A Southern League affiliate, to back-to-back league championships. Ward joined the D-backs staff for the last month of the 2012 season after the minor league campaign ended.
"We spent a lot of time together and he kind of peaked my interest -- I knew he'd be a guy under serious consideration for that role," Gibson said.
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The Icelandic bass Magnús Baldvinsson has sung a large number of roles during his many years at Oper Frankfurt. During the 2014/15 season he sings Lodovico in Otello, Titurel in Parsifal, Pietro in Simon Boccanegra and the Woodcutter in the first revival of the wonderful new production of Humperdinck's Königskinder. Central to his repertoire are Verdi roles, including Zaccaria (Nabucco), Banquo (Macbeth), the Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo), Massimiliano / Moser (Die Räuber/I masnadieri) and Sparafucile (Rigoletto). Other roles for the company have included Fafner (Ring, available on CD and DVD/OehmsClassics), the Prince of Bouillon (Adriana Lecouvreur), Tiresias (Enescu's Oedipe), Peneios (Strauss' Daphne), Ashby (La fanciulla del West), Tommaso (d'Albert's Tiefland) and Marti (Delius' Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe/A Village Romeo and Juliet). Guest engagements in recent seasons have included the title role in Mendelssohn's Paulus with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Tristan und Isolde with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Katya Kabanova at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon and Tiefland at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Magnús Baldvinsson's discography includes Oper Frankfurt/OehmsClassics recordings of Pfitzner's Palestrina and Humperdinck's Königskinder.
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Each year at this time we talk about goal setting. Some years back I decided to set an intention for my year, rather than merely setting goals. My original theme was Open to Receiving (you can read about it by clicking the blue link). I put no limitations on it and had no expectations. Initially I was thinking I was open to receiving love. But because I set no further directives, I began to receive all sorts of things: love, gifts, raffle items, wonderful advice, and new opportunities. I kept that theme for three years. Now, I am very comfortable with receiving. That is no longer an issue in my life.
After some intense thought on the subject, I have determined that my theme for 2014 is: Limitless!
Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds. - Napoleon Hill
I know that I am the one limiting my success and growth. Fear, expectations, insecurities, doubts, all limit me. I am happy to open myself to new opportunities, the next big thing, new friends, new challenges . . . to be limitless. Join me and let's see what happens. Please share your limitless experiences on the Beckons Yoga Clothing FaceBook page.


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Toledo Pride gears up for annual celebrationWritten by Rick Cornett | | email@example.com
The biggest celebration of the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is sure to be the fifth annual Toledo Pride Festival and Parade, at Promenade Park in Downtown Toledo. The event started in 2010 at the Erie Street Market with 1,500 attending. Last year, over 15,000 attended during the three-day event, and this year is expected to draw about 24,000 people from Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
For months the Toledo Pride committee has been hard at work with meetings, fundraisers, securing permits, and networking to gain support from volunteers, sponsors, vendors and entertainers as we raise awareness for the annual celebration. The preplanning for a growing event like this never really ends. You no sooner wrap up one year before you're already working on the next.
Toledo Pride is a celebration of the diversity the LGBT community embraces. We unite to celebrate the history of the equal rights lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have been working toward since the Stonewall Riots jumpstarted the gay rights movement in 1969. We welcome the allies of family, friends and co-workers although they have not always welcomed us. All LGBT-friendly people are welcome at the Toledo Pride Festival and Parade!
The three-day event kicks off on Friday, Aug. 22, with a Night Glo 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run,Walk and Roll at the University of Toledo at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, is the main day with the Pride Parade kicking off at noon at Washington and Ontario streets and unfolding into Promenade Park. The Pride Festival starts at 1 p.m. and runs until midnight with a full day of live entertainment including singers, drag queens, drag kings and bands. Featured acts include Indie pop artist Pastele, dance hip-hop singer Rye Rye and pop-punker Eryn Woods. Other acts include Flabongo Nation, Arctic Clam, Chavar Dontae and Breaking Ground.
Toledo Pride will also include many food vendors, a beer tent and 50 booths from various LGBT organizations promoting education, health, charity groups and social support. Some booths will offer information on local churches, politics, and media outlets, as well as pride merchandise.
The Sandpiper boat will again offer 40-minute Pride Rides on the Maumee River. The Park Inn is the host hotel for Toledo Pride with discounted rates of $89 per room and they are within walking distance of the festival.
The weekend wraps up with Sunday Funday at Promenade Park with kid friendly games and family fun activities from noon to 3 p.m. There will be no alcohol sales from noon until 3 p.m. to ensure a child friendly environment. The laid back day continues until 10 p.m. with entertainment, food and
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Although June is gay pride month across the world Toledo Pride is celebrated in August. We are the newest of the Ohio pride festivals and we are trying to establish our event without competing against others throughout June. This ensures better support and a bigger turnout for Toledo Pride as we continue to grow.
Lexi Staples, director of Toledo Pride, and her team of dedicated committee members — myself, Deanna Eff, Nicole Hayman, Kelly Heuss, Nicole Khoury, Brent Rabie, Sandra Rabie, Mandisa Sherife-Kekulah, Brian Sniegocki, Lenny Sniegocki, Kaleena Spivey, Honnie Staples, Torie Thorne, Sherry Tripepi, and Justin Veigel — work together as a labor of love for the LGBT community without financial compensation. Beyond this committee an army of volunteers is needed to help make this event happen. If you are interested in helping volunteer please reach out to volunteer coordinator Brent Rabie at email@example.com
For the fourth year, Toledo Free Press will serve as the official media sponsor for Toledo Pride. If you are interested in advertising in the special Pride Guide issue, contact John McNamara at jmcnamara@toledo freepress.com
For information on Toledo Pride 2014, visit www.ToledoPride.com and like them on Facebook.
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LA QUINTA, Calif. --- Two former Chattanooga Mocs golfers are shooting for the biggest prize of their careers beginning Wednesday. All-Americans Stephan Jaeger (2009-12) and Jonathan Hodge (2006-09) are headed on the 108-hole odyssey that is the final stage of PGA Qualifying School.
The top 25 eligible golfers (and ties) receive full membership on the PGA Tour. The next 50 golfers earn Web.com Tour cards while everyone in the field has conditional status on the Web.com Tour before teeing off. The Web.com Tour is the direct feeding line to golf's biggest stage.
"It is very exciting to see guys who mean so much to me personally and so much to our program have this opportunity," Head Coach Mark Guhne said. "There are special young men and you have to be to get into that top 25. The competition for those cards is fierce. Whether Hodge or Jaeger get one of the 25 PGA cards (and ties) or are in the next 50 with full Web.com status, it will be well-earned.
"We look forward to following their progress and rooting them on this week."
Jaeger and Hodge battle a select field. There are former major title winners: Todd Hamilton (2004 British Open Champ) and Shaun Micheel (2003 PGA Champion). There are multiple PGA Tour winners (last tour win in parenthesis): Daniel Chopra (2008 Mercedes-Benz Champ.), Glen Day (1999 MCI Classic), Steve Flesch (2007 Turning Stone Resort Champ.), Len Mattiace (2002 FedEx St. Jude Classic), Billy Mayfair (1998 Buick Open), Rod Pampling (2006 Bay Hill Inv.), Chez Reavie (2008 Canadian Open), Heath Slocum (2010 McGladrey Classic), Paul Stankowski (1997 United Airlines Hawaiian Open), Vaughn Taylor (2005 Reno-Tahoe Open), D.J. Trahan (2008 Bob Hope Chrysler Cl.) and Camilo Villegas (2010 Honda Classic).
There are notables from the European Tour. Those include: Alex Cejka (4-time Euro Tour Winner), Ross Fisher (4-time winner on the Euro Tour) and Robert Karlsson (11-time winner on Euro Tour).
Young up-and-coming pros look to join Hodge and Jaeger in building their professional resumes. Those are names such as Patrick Cantlay (2011 U.S. Open Low Am), Kelly Kraft (2011 U.S. Am Champ) and Scott Langley (2010 NCAA Champion at the Honors Course).
The finals are November 28-December 3 at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif. The field plays on both the TPC Stadium and Nicklaus Tournament courses.
Hodge leads off No. 1 at 8:50 a.m. (PST) paired with Richard Johnson (4-time winner Web.com Tour) and Rafa Echenique (5-time international winner). Jaeger tees off No. 1 at 10:10 a.m. (PST) playing with Jeff Klauk (2012 PGA Tour member) and Mark Anderson (2012 PGA Tour member). Both groups open on the Nicklaus Tournament Course.
The progress of Jaeger and Hodge add to the lore of 2012 in Chattanooga Mocs golf history. This has by far been the best year in program's annals.
UTC swept team and individual titles at the Southern Conference Championship (April) and NCAA Bowling Green Regional (May) making the team's second NCAA Championship appearance. Jaeger earned first team All-American status claiming those two medalist honors as well as the 2011 Golfweek Conference Challenge in September 2011.
Liam Johnston (Tennant Cup) and Chris Robb (North-East District Open) won over the summer in their native Scotland. Robb claimed his second collegiate victory in October at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate.
The crown jewel of a masterful year is the 2012 United States Amateur win by Steven Fox in August. Fox survived a 17-man playoff for 14 spots just to reach match play. There he rode a hot putter and spectacular wedge play to the title defeating Michael Weaver (Cal) in 37 holes coming back from two down with two holes to play to claim the win at historic Cherry Hills Country Club.
Fox was joined by Chris Williams (Washington) and Justin Thomas (Alabama) in Turkey representing the United States at the World Amateur Team Match Play. The trio brought home the Eisenhower Trophy for the first USA win in the event since 2004.
Click the Q School link above to access the PGA Tour's landing page for the event. The six-day tourney begins Wednesday, November 28, and ends Monday, December 3. Follow @GoMocsMGLF on Twitter for updates at the end of each round. Tag @GoMocsMGLF and hashtag #MocsFlyTogether to send well wishes and encouragement to the duo.GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs, or on Twitter, www.twitter.com/GoMocs. Find out how to join the UTC Mocs Club and support more than 300 student-athletes by clicking here.


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The Wolves 19th home opener, presented by LifeSource, will be an Illinois Lottery Cup game against the Rockford IceHogs at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Allstate Arena. For more information on ticket packages, visit chicagowolves.com or call 1-800-THE-WOLVES.