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TechCrunch: Apple Turning on iBeacons at all 254 US Stores

I’m pretty convinced this is the largest feature Apple has slipped in under the radar in recent history.

Link to the article by Richard Gaywood .

2013 Nexus 7 Wiki for reference.

Richard draws some great conclusions and keeps a very open mind while explaining his biased starting point as an iOS user. A few key items for me:

Pros: #

• Emulators, app data sharing, inter-app-erability (you heard it here first… err second) open the door to complex and interesting apps and use cases.
• Changing defaults (mail, browser, keyboard) really allows the device to be tailored to fit the user.
• Voice recognition:

“It’s like night and day compared to Apple’s offering. If you’ve never seen it, find someone with an Android phone and try it out – then think about how much more often you’d reach for Siri if it was this good."