Worldwide Developer Conference, iOS 7 was announced to the world. It's
being called "the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the
iPhone." It's packed with amazing new features anda brand new
interface.
The new iOS has a new palette of colors, distinct functional layers to
develop hierarchy and order within the operating system. It also
includes a sense of translucency to provide better context of your
information designed to show more depth and vitality. The iPhone
responding to your movements provides a parallax of depth and in many
ways was designed to create an interface that was unobtrusive and
differential, according to Apple's Jony Ive.
Users with iOS7 will find that the typography and the liveliness of
the home screen is apparent. The operatingsystem carries over
throughout the system the liveliness of the information so that it
follows your every movement. The design has been made so that it works
best with all the apps that you'veused, including photos, messages,
and an improved Game Center. The design of app folders have also been
redesigned as well.
iOS 7 has been a "comprehensive, end-to-end, redesign of your iPhone
experience" and is considered to be a feature release:
Control Center :
iOS7 now lets you swipe up from the device and get to the controls
that you want right away, whether you want to play a song, turn on
airplane mode, turn on a flashlight, or whatever else. Users can
access it from anywhere, including the lock screen.
Multitasking :
iOS7 has been built on industrial strength of OS X. Apple says that
they're all about supporting longer battery life when an app is
running. With iOS7, multi-tasking will be available for all apps with
greater battery life. Includingintelligent scheduling, opportunistic
updates, adapts to network conditions, and has push triggers.
Safari :
Safari is said to be the most popular mobile browser and now comes
with a new full screen. Users can tap at the topto get a smart search
field with one-tapaccess to their favorites and search URLs. It also
includes parental controls and iCloud keychain that also comes with
Apple's new OS Mavericks.
Airdrop :
Apple's way to share files with people around them. When accessed, the
app will pull up a share sheet where you can send photos, videos, and
files with your friends and can pass it along to multiple people. In a
bit of a pot shot at Samsung, Apple says that iOS device users will
not have to bump devices.
It uses the latest WiFi hardware and supports iPhone 5, iPad (4th
Generation). iPad Mini, and iPod Touch (5th Generation).
Camera :
iOS7 comes with new camera support that allows users to swipe between
multiple camera apps, whether it's Instagram, the native app, or any
others. Apple also just added filters.
New Photo App :
In order to help better organize photos into Moments, Apple has
unveiled a new Photos app that is automatically generated as you
shoot. With a retina display, it's believed that users can make out
patterns. The device can help you remember when specific photos have
been taken. Photos can also be shared through Airdrop through
Facebook, iCloud, Twitter, and email. Shared photo streams can also be
madeallowing people to collaborate when they're on trips.
Videos can also be shared with friends.
Siri :
Siri has also been updated with iOS7 with new voices, both male and
female, and additional language support for French and Spanish. Apple
says that it has gotten a lot smarter and can control device settings
like voicemail, brightness, bluetooth, and more. Microsoft's Bing
search engine has also been integrated, as has Twitter and Wikipedia
support.
The company says that it has sold more than 600 million iOS devices
and peopleare using the devices more than anyone else. Cook says that
just like as customers buy more apps, they are buying more iPhone and
iPad devices, citing a IBM study of Black Friday mobileshopping last
year. At their event, Cook said that iOS satisfaction is measured at97
percent and that it has been rated number one in customer satisfaction
according to J.D. Powers & Associate nine consecutive times.
At last year's conference, Apple revealedthat there were approximately
365 million iOS devices in the world and 80 percent of them had moved
to iOS 6, which was also released then. The current version of iOS
offers users updates to Siri, sports capabilities, better search
features, and international language support for Mandarin, Cantonese,
French, German, and Korean.
Today, the latest version of iOS is now being used by more than 90
percent of all its users. Cook compared it against the Android
marketplace where 1/3 of all Google device users are on an OS that was
released in 2010.
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