Apple Introduces iOS 8

Re:Apple Introduces iOS 8 by jwcrux on Monday June 02, 2014 @03:44PM (#7835732)

I'm personally excited about the possibility of creating an "Emergency Card" (http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/health/) that's accessible from the lock screen.

Currently, I use a screen-shotted contact screen as my wallpaper for my ICE contact - just in case the worst were to happen. This will let me put more information, and might even let me have a wallpaper again!

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Re:Apple Introduces iOS 8 by cheeseprocedure on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:44PM (#7836245)

Wouldn't it be more sensible to just carry that information in hard copy?

If you're hit by a car and your phone is smashed...

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Re:Apple Introduces iOS 8 by unphasable on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:54PM (#7836308)

Why not both?

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Re:Apple Introduces iOS 8 by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @08:10AM (#7839587)

On the one side, yes; on the other, I doubt people will look at your phone in case of emergency. That is, at the moment - I guess it's quite possible this feature will change that. But that's a generation thing. Still best to have one of those medical bracelets with your blood type and allergies and the like.

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