All in iOS
For years, some Apple users have been hoping for Apple to release a touchscreen Mac. This desire reached a fever pitch in 2012 when Microsoft released Windows 8, their first desktop OS designed and optimized from the ground up for touch-enabled computers and tablets.
Most high-end smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy Note5 start with an entry-level capacity of 32GB - except the iPhone. Since the iPhone 3GS, every iPhone starts at the base capacity of 16GB, and until last year’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the storage tiers were 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, with each bump in storage costing an additional $100 over the $650 entry price point.
It’s that time of the year for another major iOS update - and this is a big one. Yesterday, Apple released the latest version of what it calls “The world’s most advanced mobile OS” for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
I have always had a love-hate relationship with Android. While I have been attracted by the perceived "openness" of the platform and the possibility of customization, I have always been disappointed with the unnecessary complexity that the so-called openness brings.
What is the iPad? During its 2010 introduction, Steve Jobs positioned it as the device that sits between the Mac at the productivity end and the iPhone on the portability end. He justified the iPad’s right to exist by identifying a few specific tasks that he claimed to be better on an iPad than on a Mac or iPhone. They included book reading, email, photo browsing, movie watching. I remember him sitting on stage in a black leather armchair while he did the demos. This stood out because this was the first time Jobs had demoed a product on stage while seated.
A little over a month ago iOS got a new and redesigned Hangouts 4.0 update. On Monday August 10th, Google released a similar upgrade for Android. The new Hangouts sports a new design, improved speed, and other features. Some Android fan boys may ask why IOS got the update before Google's own OS. My two cents; there are two separate teams within Google doing Android and iOS app development, and the iOS team has a much smaller number of devices to test on.
