Before I went to WWDC I came up with the following wish list of improvements/features that were hopefully going to be announced this year…
- Ability to run apps on the Apple TV and use your iOS device as a controller, including multiple devices at the same time
- Open up Siri to 3rd party apps, although how they work out which app gets to answer the question could be interesting
- NFC, this could open up some interesting projects
- Allow companies to create internal documentation using iBooks and give them a secure way of distributing those documents to staff
- Increase the number of testing devices that can be used
- Improved battery life on the iPhone
- 4G iPhone, but at the moment I’m not fussed either way, being based in the UK
- A nicer gift, like a limited edition iPad (I can dream)
- Move away from Google Maps
- Ability to use maps offline
So how did I do…
- Apps Running on Apple TV, turns out you can already do this, but its by using the Second Screen feature that is in iOS. I just need to think differently – YES (sort of)
- Siri to 3rd party apps – YES (I think I remember that from the Keynote?)
- NFC – NO
- Internal iBook Documents – NO
- Increase the number of testing devices – NO
- Improved Battery Life – NO
- 4G Phone – NO
- Nicer gift – NO, I now have a black jacket with a number 12 on it to go with the one that has a number 10 on it
- Move away from Google Maps – YES
- Offline maps – NO
So thats a grand total of 3/10 and one of those I could of already of done!