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you smell that that's the stink on Apple right now I mean sure they're sitting on a few billion dollars but when the most anticipated product coming out of your company is a wristwatch you might be in trouble it's also an off year in terms of iphone models who's excited for the iPhone 5s that's what I thought no what Apple really needs right now is a new innovative version of iOS preferably one that won't turn my old iphone into a sluggish turd but what can Apple do in iOS 7 to keep their customers from looking at the competition I'm Donald Bell and in this top 5 i'm counting down these 5 features apple desperately needs an iOS 7 starting off at number 5 better multitasking this whole double tap and swipe thing gets old real quick when you're trying to get real work done with the iPad at least you can do that four finger swipe to switch between apps so either give us that for the iPhone or maybe something cooler like a palm swipe or a big blue or maybe you rub it on your belly I mean multitasking OS 10 is insanely good just give us a taste of that coming in at number four automatic app updates how much time have I wasted reading through the release notes of some dumb app update bug fixes I get it how about you just update it already can you just set it up so the apps update automatically over your home Wi-Fi when you're charging at night or at least give me the option of that the only time I've ever thought twice about updating my software is when you switched out google maps for Apple maps which brings us to number three better maps I think we all know that Apple maps could still use a little work or a lot in the meantime how about you swallow your pride and let user set what map program they want to use by default also how about an offline mode the times I need maps most are either when I'm stuck out in the boonies with 0 reception or another country where data costs will bankrupt me just put the map industry out of business already at number two multiple account login now I know that Apple would prefer that i buy iPads for everyone in my home but until then it would be incredibly convenient to share one iPad with different user accounts one personal account for me maybe a separate work account and account to my wife once my kid that's locked into a safe mode maybe even a guest account it's something that traditional computers have been doing for years and it's great for keeping information private and great for keeping your kids games out of sight all right before we get to the number one feature Apple needs in iOS 7 I have to take a minute to put in my own relatively minor requests can we please get rid of newsstand I can't delete this thing I can't bury it in a folder why is this app not an optional install like I books it just sits there staring back at us as a constant reminder sometimes Apple has really bad ideas while you're at it let's go through the rest of my undeletable junk folder on my iPhone calculator compass voice memos weather passbook Game Center stocks they're all fine apps but give me a choice to either download them or delete them this is annoying speaking of annoying here is the number one feature that Apple needs to fix an iOS 7 settings for a company that loves touting that their products just work why do I have to click three places just to turn bluetooth on and off or change the screen brightness you really got to simplify this thing and make the everyday stuff easier to get to you know like Android so there you go five changes that I think will be key for Apple to include an iOS 7 in order to stay competitive before we send me that hate mail be sure to get fully fired up by the 15 features ZDNet Zack Whittaker is asking from iOS 7 I got a number of these from his piece as well as luke westaway wish list over on cnet UK but if I won you over you can check out more top fives like this or at top 5 cnet com Donald Bell thanks for watching you