about the new iPhone software

It is more accurate to say that iOS7 has been released and is being pushed out to users today. iOS is the operating system for iPhone and iPads. I have been fielding e-mails from multiple friends back home and general non-tech types who love their iDevices and have asked me about the update. I said I was going to hold off for a couple of weeks before I updated my phone. Here's why:

(1) There's always some bugs. I'm going to let those play out, get fixed, then update.
(2) Frankly, I don't like the new design and hate some of the new icons.
(3) So many of the new features just kill the battery life, and mine already sucks as my phone spends most of the day in my pocket vainly searching for a Verizon signal because Verizon can't seem to make it to my office and I am only about 30 feet from the wall of windows.  (Tips on keeping iOS7 from sucking so much battery life here.)

However, now that I have run a sync and updated my apps, several apps won't work until I upgrade to iOS7, so I may be adapting sooner than I thought.

For the layperson, there is a LOT to digest and a lot of changes to wrap your head around. The best round-ups of changes I have found are over at the Cult of Mac. And even for an enthusiast like me, I found the information dense and the new features less-than-easy to assimilate. So look these over, twice if need be. Particularly troublesome to me is that so many things you might really want to turn off are buried deep in the Settings where you would never think to look.

Basically (actually the basics I mean), here is what you need to know:

• Getting To Know The iOS 7 Interface
• Camera and Photos
• Control Center, Notification Center, Notes, Reminders & Music
• AirDrop, Safari & App Store
and
• Tips and Tricks for iOS7

Nice to look at:
A Visual Walkthrough Of iOS 7 with animated GIFs