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Clare Hopping
05:10, Jun 25 2013
What are the developers first impressions of iOS 7 on iPad? We round up the video reviews
iOS 7 Beta 2 has been released, with iPad and iPad mini now supported.
Reviews have been flooding YouTube and the web in general, so we thought we'd give you an overview of the best reviews.
If you decide you want to download and install iOS 7 for iPad, you can follow our guide, but of course, remember it's a Beta version and will cost you $99.
How to get iOS 7 on the iPad
9To5Mac iOS 7 for iPad review
The iPad build is almost the same as the iPhone version of iOS 7, perhaps more so than iOS upgrades were in the past. There's a lot more white background and everything is the same as the iPhone version. Photo Booth is new with a flatter UI and the new keyboard is slightly transparent with a different style for each application. The camera app feels like more like the old iPad rather than the iPhone though and the iPad version of music has new positioned and well thought out controls. iOS 7 for the iPad is less iPad optimised, more like a blown up iPhone version. Overall, it's consistent with iOS 7 on the iPhone but a little more animated than previous iterations.
iDownloadBlog iOS 7 review for iPad mini review
iDownloadblog treats us with not just one, but two iOS 7 Beta 2 reviews. It looks pretty much as you'd like it to look, just like iOS 7 on iPhone. The subtle difference is Photo Booth which of course doesn't exist on iPhone. iDownloadblog says the app switching is disappointing, because only three apps are shown, which is a shame considering there's so much more real estate on the iPad. The Notifications Center takes up the whole screen, with Control Center taking up the bottom quarter, which is different to the iPhone. There's no calculator because there's no stock calculator on the iPad. The iOS 7 lock screen allows you to bring up Control Center and Notifications Center as you can on the iPhone running on iOS7. In landscape mode, the app switcher snap shots aren't automatically oriented in the overview, so it's a little awkward. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next version.
iDownloadblog also gave an overview of the Voice Memo app that was missing from the first version of iOS 7 for iPhone.
In the first version of iOS 7 there was no voice memo app but it has been added in iOS 7 beta 2 with a new app icon, correlating with the iOS 7 flat style. There's no more microphone icon and it's just as functional as the previous app.
Redmond Pie iOS 7 review for iPad mini
First up, Remond Pie shows us the icons. They're not too different to those on the iPhone with iOS 7, just larger and new additions are Photo Booth and Voice Memos. Folders display in larger format, making the most of the large screen. Paging is enabled in the folders, so you can add as many apps as you like and swipe through to find the app you're looking for. Folder look much cleaner on the iPad and much better than with iOS 6. Next up, Control Center, allowing you to control different features on the device, like changing volume. AirDrop and quick settings toggles also feature on the Control Centre. It works in portrait and landscape orientation. The new Notifications is also present, with a blurred background and the whole user interface is completely different to iOS 6. Redmond Pie also notes it's weird that in landscape mode the snapshots stay in portrait mode. You can remove apps just by swiping up though, which is a nice addition. The settings app looks just like iOS on iPhone but just upscaled.
You can swipe up and down in the camera app to change from video to camera. Filters aren't yet available though. From the homescreen you can check the Notifications Center and Control Center. The whole thing is the same as iOS 7 for iPhone, but it's fine.
Andrew Sheridan iOS 7 review on iPad mini
Andrew Sheridan from Mr AJS Tech says this new release is iOS 7 Beta 1 for the iPad and Beta 2 overall. From the lockscreen, you can access notifications Centre and Control Center. There's also the camera which has a new UI. You can swipe to get to video. Now back to the homescreen with a new wallpaper. The Messages app is also all new. In the Photos application, you can go back to the years of the pictures. Spotlight is just a swipe up. Andrew Sheridan comments that Beta 2 is much more stable than Beta 1 with fewer bugs that were pretty obvious in the first version. In Music, there's iTunes Radio. It's very similar to Pandroa and it's a little shaky but has been pretty good. You can click on any radio station to listen. Sheridan concludes that not much is different between iPhone and iPad besides Photo Booth and some of the apps not available on iPhone, or apps not available on iPad.
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