Apple iOS 7 Hints Operations of Head Movements to Control iOS

You might know Galaxy S4 have a smart scrolling feature, and now Apple is showing us something similear. Hot on the heels of yesterday’s report that iOS 7 includes the ability to detect smiling and blinking faces, comes word of another odd new feature onboard: the ability to control your iPhone or iPad with head movements.

That’s right, tucked away in the Accessibility section of the Settings app in the latest beta of Apple’s new OS is a toggle that activates a new head tracking feature. Once enabled, users can control their iOS devices with simple left to right head nods…

9to5Mac was first to spot the discovery, reporting that an anonymous tipster sent in the gem. It’s not hidden, like other stuff we’ve covered, so anyone on the latest iOS 7 beta can find it. Just tap Settings > General > Accessibility > Switches > Switch Source.

The way it works is that a blue box will slowly bounce around to different buttons, toggles and other UI elements on your screen. When it lands on the object, or group of objects you’re interested in, a quick nod of your head will initiate an onscreen tap.

Though it seems to be fairly accurate, but the experiences don't look very nice according to users.

"In fact, my iPhone 4S is kind of stuck right now because my screen won’t scroll down far enough for me to turn off the tracking. I know, it’s a beta. I’m just giving you a heads up."

And some users are claming it out of control and can't be turned off after the mode is on.

Check out 9to5Mac's demo:

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Now You Can Make calls with your tablet; Huawei launches MediaPad 7 Vogue

As the line between phones and tablets grows ever blurrier, we’re seeing some very unique devices hitting the market. The latest trend has been to release tablets with calling and SMS capabilities. Samsung started it with the Galaxy Note 8.0 and now Huawei has kept the ball rolling with the Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue. This entry-level tablet is outfitted with g a 7-inch 1024 x 600 IPS display, Huawei KV32 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 3MP rear camera, .3MP front-facing camera, 8GB storage, microSD card slot and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Huawei’s Emotion UI.

But the highlight feature of the device is that it supports both calling and SMS. The built-in receiver works on quad-band GSM networks and UMTS networks on 900/2100MHz spectrums. The MediaPad 7 Vogue can also support 3G connections of up to 42Mbps. And so you don’t have to use headphones, there’s a built-in speaker up at the top of the display to allow you to hold it up to your face and call people.

I’m not sure how many people are willing to hold a tablet up to their face to call people, but the MediaPad 7 Vogue certainly offers the ability to do so. The device will launch in China this month with other markets to follow.

Would you use a tablet to call and text people?

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Check Out Popular iOS Apps Redesigned As iOS 7 Style

A new tumblr blog has surfaced that is going to feature at least one major app redesign daily. Obviously this isn’t official by any means, but the redesigns are very well done and it is likely they will resemble the user interface of applications we will see updated in the near future.

Take a look:

CloudApp

Vine

Twitter

Instagram

Rdio

Limelight

Hours

What’s App

Skype

Slopes

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Awesome 3 Features Of iOS 7 Will Likely Surprise You

We think these 3 features of iOS 7 that have been circulating around the net are likely going to surprise you though.

Siri Is Smarter With Name Pronunciation

The first feature has to do with Siri and the personal assistant’s new ability to properly pronounce names. The discovery comes from 9To5Mac who notes “when Siri first launched, many users found lots of names were pronounced incorrectly and couldn’t do much beyond adding phonetic spellings manually for each contact.” Siri in iOS 7, however, will ask for help pronouncing a name if it has trouble understanding you the first time you pronounce it. Even if Siri doesn’t ask you how you want your name pronounced you can say something along the lines of “That’s not how you pronounce [any name]” and Siri will go through the learning process.

New Blinking And Facial Expression Detection APIs

Yet another discovery from 9To5Mac points to iOS 7′s ability to recognize both blinking and smiling. Since the iOS 5 firmware generation Apple released a face detection API, but detection of more specific expressions could bring endless possibilities to applications. In the future developers may be able to make it so that Camera applications automatically exclude photos where a persons eye is shut or they are not smiling from showing.

Say Goodbye To Screenshot Detection

The last feature or limitation we are going to talk about was discovered by MacRumors who have discovered that the iOS 7 screenshot behaviour has been altered. In previous generations of iOS developers were able to disable screenshot functionality in their applications, but in iOS 7 “Active touches are no longer canceled when the user takes a screenshot.”  This means that applications like Snapchat, which relies on the ability to detect when screenshots are taken, could be in trouble.

There is definitely a lot more to be discovered in iOS 7 and we will keep you updated when we hear more.

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New UI of Messages in IOS 7 Demo and How It Looks Like

Apple has added contact photos to group conversation threads and a few other UI enhancements in the iOS 7 beta 2.

Easily the most noticeable change to the Messages app in beta 2 are the presence of contact photos in group conversations. Similar to how jailbreak tweaks like Copic add contact photos to messaging threads, the Messages app now shows images from your contact cards in conversation.

Unfortunately, it appears that this is only the case when in group conversations. So you have to be talking with multiple people to see the contact photos. So you couldn't see the photos everywhere in Messages, including the main window that shows all of your convos.

Other changes in the app include what looks like thicker text on the Send button — in beta one, the font was very thin — as well as enhanced ‘send’ animations. And also, there are now timestamps for each message. Simply swipe to the right on a Message to reveal.

I just wonder how the UI looks like on black iPhone, Orz... What do you think about it?

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