Instead of having an alert pop up and take over your screen with an option to view or dismiss it, a new Notification Center will allow you to view and manage notifications en masse. When an alert comes instead of taking over the centre of the screen, noticies will appear at the top of the phone, giving users the option to ignore them or go to view them immediately. Swipe your finger down from the top of the screen, and you’re sent to a new Notifications Center where all your push notifications are listed together. Tap on a notice, and it takes you to the app, or simply swipe to dismiss them all. It’s hot, even if it does sound very much like the way Android currently manages notifications.
Photo courtesy of Mac Rumors
Katie
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 5:46 AMHad this for ages using mobile notifier. Sus, seeming as theyve hired him now ……
Jamie
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 9:19 AMHow is it ‘sus’ Katie?
Apple actually did something smart. They worked out that there existing system was outdated and laborious, and as a result acquired the best 3rd party option and are going to make it native to the iPhone..
Just smart thinking on Apples behalf I say, not sus?
Wow Apple...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 9:27 AMNice bit of copying there Apple… Sounds like what Windows Phone 7 has had for it’s notifications since it was released too…
olearymo
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 9:40 AMWhich Android had for a long time before that. And Palm had before that.
Im_a_pc
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 4:36 PMAre you guys THAT bitter that Apple have decided to use something that is popular on other brands – or an iteration of it? Why the hate?
Jesus. You guys are a joke.
The invention of features drives others to better themselves. Who cares who started it or where it leads and on what device. We’re all winners cos regardless of who came up with whatever idea first, the real good ones will stick around and become popular.
I don’t care if Apple copy Daffy Duck. If it’s something that’s going to make my life easier – bring it on.
Ian
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 11:02 AMMan, all this Apple hate!
Just remember who the ‘innovator’ actually is eh?
Apple ‘developed’ the mobile platform as we know it today – which is why they’re so successful. Everyone else fired up their photocopiers do duplicate much of the OS’s capabilities.
So, Apple “copying” others’ ideas is not a crime. If it is, then accuse Google, Microsoft and HP/Palm of the same thing or get over it.
olearymo
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 2:34 PMIt’s not so much that apple copied. Copying happens to an extent, there’s only so many ideas around.
People get upset because of Apple’s double standards. If someone even SLIGHTLY does something resembling apple, it’s a huge deal. If they eased up on their accusations, people wouldn’t judge them so harshly.
Apple hasn’t ‘copied’ Android, just as windows didn’t ‘copy’ Spotlight. A drop down notification, and a search box, both these things are just good ideas, not copyrighted genius bombs. Apple needs to stop acting like they are.
yrrnn
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 11:18 AMEven if Apple did copy this from Android, Palm, MobileNotifier, LockInfo etc, I don’t really care. It’s the best way to handle notifications, and I’m glad they went this way instead of trying something less effective just for the sake of being different.
And yeah, like Ian said, Apple kind of started the smartphone as we know it today, so who cares if they take some of the ideas its competitors have used.