“Apple is making sweeping changes to its mobile operating system in iOS 7, and developers are left in a situation where updating applications accordingly is effectively demanded,” Joe White reports for AppAdvice.
“According to a new study conducted by Twitterrific developer Craig Hockenberry of The Iconfactory, 95 percent of iOS developers are presently working towards adding support for iOS 7, while more than half of all apps – 52 percent – will require iOS 7 in order to run on an iDevice,” White reports. “As a reminder, iOS 7 will not support the iPhone 3GS, the fourth-generation iPod touch, or the first-generation iPad. If you own one of Apple’s ‘legacy’ iDevices, an upgrade – either to one of the company’s anticipated next-generation products, such as the iPhone 5S or iPad 5, or to a slightly older, less expensive model – may indeed be a wise move.”
Read more in the full article here.
Cannot upgrade an iPad 1 to iOS 7, thank god. At least iOS 6.1.3 will not cripple the speed like the 4.3 upgrade basically destroyed the 3GS I put it on.
The original iPad was not supported by iOS 6 either …
No thanks. I don’t want to be stuffing shit on my iPhone.
Well, BLN, you’d better get used to using Android, or Windows Phone pretty soon, ‘cos you’re not going to be able to upgrade your iPhone without having ‘that shit on your phone’
Sucks for you, especially if Apple finally bring out the large-screen iPhone that you’ve been bleating about for what seems like an eternity.
The rest of us will be glad to have some peace and quiet; don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out…
Until Apple offers the iPad mini with retina and telephone capabilities… i am going to just continue with my other devices and hardware from Apple. The latest offerings do not appeal to me – sorry. iOS7 isn’t radical enough change to worry much – yet happy for a free upgrade – thx.
Which reminds me that I need to check out using Google Voice for telephone calls on my iPad.
Stick with your samdung phone, I’m sure you’ll be happier.
Hopefully you have used it in making this statement of hatred.
… but MDN fanboys won’t use the word “fragmentation” with any Apple product, no matter how much planned obsolescence Apple rams down our throats.
From the standpoint of both hardware and software, “fragmentation” is most commonly used to describe either variance of screen sizes and resolutions, or variance of operating system features and APIs.
Apple has only ever had 2 screen sizes and 3 resolutions for phones, and 2 for tablets. They release major new software every year, once per year. Older devices are naturally not supported by more demanding software. There are limitations to what hardware can do as software increasingly demands more.
In this context, to say Apple pushes “planned obsolescence” frames the issue as though Apple is either advancing software technology too much or retarding hardware technology, when they are clearly advancing both in parallel. When you buy a *hardware* device, you buy it with the expectation of its ability to run current *software*. No guarantees are made governing its ability to run *future* software. None.
If I buy a 2013 Ford Focus, and it has a single-disc CD player, and then a 2014 Ford Focus comes out that has a multi-disc CD player, I have no right to complain to the Ford Motor Company that they have wronged or deceived me in any way.
Apple is not fragmented, and in comparison to the rest of the industry, to claim as such is laughable.
Mike, piss off. Your pathetic attempts to appear controversial by using big words like ‘obsolescence’, or ‘fragmentation’ ignore what pretty much everyone on here, and anyone who’s taken an interest in tech knows; that is the simple fact that the ongoing development and improvement of technological devices dictates that early ones will become left behind, and be ultimately obsolete, although they will retain a degree of usability. I’ll throw some names in here, see if you recognise them: 8-Track, wax cylinder, LaserDisc, Compact Cassette, MiniDisc…
When I bought my iPhone 3G, I knew FOR A FACT that it would be superseded, and I relish and applaud the fact.
It means that the technology isn’t being allowed to stagnate, and is undergoing a continual and on-going process of development and refinement.
Which is as it should be.
Idiots like you, who try to use that as a way of criticising Apple should immediately go back to your Nokia 3250 dumb-phone; it’s clearly obvious that its the level of tech you’re most comfortable with, and understand.
Uh, Mike? “Obsolescence” prevents fragmentation. “Fragmentation” means that there are a large number of devices running different OS versions and hardware specs, and developers have to support them all. “Obsolescence” gets those old devices out of the install base by prodding people to upgrade, thereby reducing fragmentation.
As the meme goes, “not sure if trolling, or just stupid”.
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If you serious want to call iOS ‘fragmented’ then you’d need a new term for android. I suggest ‘disintegrated’ or even ‘vaporized’.
What a sad troll.
I’ve been beta testing iOS 7 for over a month and so far it’s been great. No issues with apps at all. Wasn’t sold on the new icons at first, but I gotta tell ya, they look vibrant and crisp. The way they “float” over the background definitely looks better. I think alot of users will be pleasantly surprised.
And so, Apple jams the sissified iOS 7 down our throats. Pathetic.
As are you, Jay, as are you.
Apple is obviously pushing iOS 7, their latest operating system. The choice to adopt its design patterns and APIs, or to require it as a dependency is entirely left up to developers.
This article covers choices made by the developer community, not by Apple.
I have no intent on buying the ugly love child of Windows 8 Phone and a bad Android Skin that is iOS 7. In very little time that me too flat UI will look as dated as a George Michael record because it is redesign for redesign’s sake.
I had no objection to the removal of fake felt and all the other ridiculous shit, but the flat, cheesy cartoonish shit Ive approved for iOS7 shows he needs to leave the software alone. iOS 7 visually is a turd in the punchbowl.
Darwin, just like BLN, you’d better ditch your iPhone now, and get used to Windows 8 Phone, and shitty Android skins, because any iPhone you buy in the future will have iOS 7 installed.
I, for one, will be glad to see you gone. Might as well make it sooner rather than later.
Sionara, loser.
iOS 7 looks fine, and actually looks like a better interface than AndyBot, WindBloze, and BelchBerry. You are all free to choose from any of the above if you don’t like iOS 7.