There are many changes that come with updating to iOS 7 on your iOS
devices. I have found that some take some getting used to (like the
brightness of the new icons!), and others are welcome changes. Here are
a few items you might want to look for or know about at first blush:
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Updates to the Notification Center - there are some nice additions to
this, if it is something you use. I find it more useful now than I did
before because I can "highlight" those need to know items.
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Updated Siri - Siri's better in many ways: you know if the mic is
working by the wave motion; the voice is a little more natural sounding;
the interpretations are better; and you can pick a male voice now.
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Ability to close more than one app at a time - this is a huge plus for
me. I can close 3 apps at a time on my iPad, and 2 on my iPhone (if
you don't know how yet, double-click the home button then swipe the
windows up to close the app)
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Appearance - I'm still adjusting to the look of the new icons; spent a
week knowing something was moving on my phone before I realized it was
the background picture moving by the orientation of the phone; like that
the folder background color is now gray; love that I have dots to show
my cellular strength instead of the stairstep bars.
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Accessing search - you no longer need to go to a special screen for
search! From any app screen, swipe down anywhere but the top (which
will pull notifications) and you get the search screen.
As for management of devices using iOS 7 - that is a whole series of
posts as we adjust to a host of changes, perhaps coming in the near
future.
