{"id":887,"date":"2014-06-02T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/?p=887"},"modified":"2016-11-16T03:27:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T03:27:53","slug":"before-ios-8-hits-a-brief-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/before-ios-8-hits-a-brief-retrospective\/","title":{"rendered":"Before iOS 8 hits, a brief retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"

With WWDC 14 beginning just about now, the internet\u2019s abuzz with speculation about what new features \u2013 or overhauls \u2013 iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 will boast in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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Since its release in 2007, the iPhone has revolutionized the smartphone industry, popularizing the touchscreen as an elegant method of interface and consolidating a staggering array of utilities into one sleek, handheld device.<\/p>\n

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Jobs\u2019 decision \u2013 early in the game, with iOS 2.0 \u2013 to open app development to the community-at-large has yielded wild growth in every sense: in the number of apps developed, the number of app sales, the number of companies developing them.<\/p>\n

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Versions 3.0 and 4.0 rolled out a host of functional innovations, with 4.0 alone introducing \u201cover 100 new features,\u201d as Jobs boasted at the unveiling.\u00a0 4.0 also foregrounded a refined, streamlined interface, one much closer to the iOS 7\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n

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iOS 5 introduced life in the cloud and everyone\u2019s favorite personal assistant, Siri.<\/p>\n

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With iOS 7, not only were there another 200 new features (in addition to 6\u2019s additional 200), but 7 also represented the most significant visual departure the iPhone had seen yet (read more about skeumorphism, and the role it played in iOS\u2019s development, here<\/a>) \u2013 that is, its radically new, translucent design brought the platform into an edgier, streamlined, 21st<\/sup> century aesthetic.<\/p>\n

What changes does Tim Cook have in store for iOS 8?\u00a0 Check out what\u2019s going down live at WWDC 14 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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