Mobile Thing #2, Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Even though I thought I would use an iPad to do the Things, I realized my iPad is ancient and probably won't do all the cool things, so I am using my iPhone4, which unfortunately is also getting pretty ancient too.  I did download iOS 7 for it, so I decided to watch the video of tips & tricks for iOS 7.  Right away I learned I can't take advantage of Siri as I don't have the 4s.  Sigh ... maybe I will upgrade at the next opportunity, but I was still able to learn some things from the video.  I don't have dynamic wallpaper, but I do have a compass and looked at that briefly.  I learned my desk is not completely level as I couldn't get the display to read 0 and display green!  I also liked the discussion of how to disable apps from automatically updating in the background.  I can see how that would be very useful if you are trying to minimize the battery usage on your device, especially if say you are traveling and away from your charger.   There was a nod to us "oldsters" as we learned how to boldface the type under the app icons.  I could use that starting right now!