A YouTube video and an unrelated tip have converged to spell out “iOS.”
According to our tipster, Apple will rename iPhone OS to “iOS” in order to “better reflect the diversity of devices that will run the operating system: iPhone, iPod touch, and future devices to be announced.”
A YouTube video, not from our tipster, from “artmach1,” shows “iOS” on a background that seems to closely match Apple’s special event invitation (see below) along with the text description: shaky cam grab out of some apple tablet presentation rehearsal for tomorrows brand new thing—I think any way. might have been enhanced from a pen cam or something. or hidden in a backpack or a box of equipment.
Direct link via YouTube here.
MacDailyNews Note: This is an unconfirmed RUMOR. We cannot confirm the veracity of this report or the video or its accompanying text.
Apple special event invitation:
iOS? stupid name. not going to happen. fail!
I think iOS makes sense. @Grifterus, I’m pretty sure the name of the OS is currenty “iPhone OS”, even when it’s running on an iPod Touch. I always thought that was kind of strange, and adding another device that is not an iPhone to the mix makes it even stranger. iOS as a solution makes a lot of sense, assuming this thing has an iName too.
If Apple needs a different name, “OSX” is a better name. Although for “Mac OS X,” the X was pronounces as “ten,” I think Apple should just make it the letter X and go with OSX (oh-es-ex) going forward for the mobile OS.
Actually, just checked the developer docs and the operating system is called “Apple iPhone OS 3.1” or whatever the version is.
Here is the first paragraph from the docs:
“iPhone OS comprises the operating system and technologies that you use to run applications natively on iPhone and iPod touch devices. Although it shares a common heritage and many underlying technologies with Mac OS X, iPhone OS was designed to meet the needs of a mobile environment, where user’s needs are slightly different. Existing Mac OS X developers will find many familiar technologies, but they’ll also find technologies that are available only on iPhone OS, such as the Multi-Touch interface and accelerometer support.”
iOS?
Nah, the font looks so corny there..
iOS!
OMG I absolutely love it! After all, less is more.
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I always thought that they should keep “Mac OS X” for the desktops, laptops and Apple TV and use “Touch OS X” for iPhone, iPod touch and any other devices that are programmed using the Cocoa Touch frameworks…
@Grift
I agree OS X makes a lot of sense. It can cover all both the Mac and mobile versions.
I think this is real. And it makes sense.
@Appstache
“Allow me to say, from one “professional” to a website commenter: You do know what you said makes no sense in the professional world, right? “the typography isn’t kerned the way a pro would handle it” If what you’re trying to say is the font isn’t spaced in a natural way, it indeed is.”
Wow, you really come off as a douche-bag there.. maybe you should crank it back a notch or three…
It’s got to be iPOS or iMOS.
Although on 2nd thought using POS may expose it to needless snarky comments.
In any event, the new candy store opens tomorrow.
Might replace general “OSX” denomination as well and give a stop to the animalist names…
Guess “OSX 10.7 Cat-like” will tend to be aligned to the look and feel of its mobile variant.
it’s so fake.
iOS seems stupid, I’m all for OS X
Besides, Apple really needs to stop putting “i”s on their product names. It was cool once, but now its starting to get silly.
Whoever made that video better switch to decaf.
Deus Ex, the OS X name “problem” does not “need to be addressed” … ever. As we have discussed several times in this forum, the version naming convention is NOT a “decimal” number. It is entirely possible Apple could go to OS X 123.456 – that would be 10.123.456 – without breaking the “system”. OS XI – eleven – shows up when there is a major break in code … a new CPU, for example. It will happen when Apple decides it will happen, not one minute earlier.
iOS … not precisely the same as IOS, but too close to argue. They won’t use it without an agreement with Cisco.
I like OS X Touch better personally.
But I also didn’t like the name change from Powerbook and iBook either, so this could be real we’ll know very soon!
Thanks for your write-up. I also believe laptop computers are becoming more and more popular these days, and now are usually the only kind of computer used in a household. This is because at the same time that they are becoming more and more reasonably priced, their processing power keeps growing to the point where these are as effective as pc’s through just a few years back.
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….2-3 years later, I’m looking at these comments and had to chuckle. iOS has almost become a household name with Apple now.