{"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":"<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-892\" src=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iOS-1-1024x626-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"ios-1-1024x626\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iOS-1-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iOS-1-1024x626-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iOS-1-1024x626-768x470.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-891\" src=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iOS-2.jpg\" alt=\"ios-2\" width=\"320\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iOS-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/iOS-2-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-890\" src=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ios-4-iphone-650x354.jpg\" alt=\"ios-4-iphone-650x354\" width=\"650\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ios-4-iphone-650x354.jpg 650w, https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ios-4-iphone-650x354-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/siri-new-ipad.jpg\" alt=\"siri-new-ipad\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/siri-new-ipad.jpg 600w, https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/siri-new-ipad-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>iOS 5 introduced life in the cloud and everyone\u2019s favorite personal assistant, Siri.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-888\" src=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ios7-vs-ios6.jpg\" alt=\"ios7-vs-ios6\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ios7-vs-ios6.jpg 950w, https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ios7-vs-ios6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ios7-vs-ios6-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timworstall\/2013\/09\/19\/apples-ios7-well-it-was-time-for-skeuomorphism-to-die\/\">here<\/a>) \u2013 that is, its radically new, translucent design brought the platform into an edgier, streamlined, 21<sup>st<\/sup> century aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>What changes does Tim Cook have in store for iOS 8?\u00a0 Check out what\u2019s going down live at WWDC 14 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/06\/02\/wwdc-2014-keynote-live\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 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