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Have you upgraded to iOS 7 yet?

25 October 2013

If you have an iPhone or an iPad and haven’t yet upgraded to the newest operating system, iOS 7, I’m going to give you one good reason to do it.

This is it:

It’s called Control Center and it’s the screen you get when you swipe up from the bottom of any screen, even when your phone is locked. From this screen, with one touch you can:

• Turn on the flashlight
• Access the clock app (which includes alarm, timer, stopwatch and world clock)
• Pull up the calculator
• Take a picture

That’s right. They’ve made the four things I use most often available instantly with one swipe. To me, that’s worth any inconvenience I might have experienced getting used to the new operating system. (Though, actually, I loved iOS 7 from the start.)

From the Control Center screen with one touch you can also:

• Control your music
• Adjust the brightness of the screen
• Put the phone in Airplane Mode
• Turn on or off WiFi
• Turn on or off Bluetooth
• Put the phone on Do Not Disturb
• Lock your screen’s orientation

I know some folks can’t upgrade because of space considerations. But if you’ve been dragging your feet just because you’re averse to change, it might be time to reconsider. Come on in, the water’s fine.

Tagged with: apple, change, ios 7, ipad, iphone, ipod

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