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Jan 26, 10 - 08:42 pm Comment from: pwntbywombat

i doubt it will be called ios...thats what cisco uses on their routers

Jan 26, 10 - 08:44 pm Comment from: pwntbywombat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_IOS

"Jan 26, 10 - 07:42 pmComment from: pwntbywombat
i doubt it will be called ios...thats what cisco uses on their routers"

cisco also had "iPhone" too prior to Apple.

Jan 26, 10 - 08:48 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

If so, it's long overdue. Let's hope this is accurate.

I get tired of writing iPhone/iPod touch platform.

Jan 26, 10 - 08:50 pm Comment from: pwntbywombat

thats true...but cisco never really did anything with iPhone from what i recall. IOS is still used on all their routers and switches

Jan 26, 10 - 08:52 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

May be the first in many steps to move away from a numbered OS naming scheme for all products. "OS X 11.x.x" is a clunky and confusing reference. It's a problem that will need to be solved in the next few years, so perhaps this is the beginning....

Jan 26, 10 - 08:52 pm Comment from: Connor MacBook

First it was OS X iPhone, then iPhone OS. Hope they choose a name and stick with it!

Jan 26, 10 - 08:53 pm Comment from: macspec

Why no sound on this video?

Jan 26, 10 - 08:55 pm Comment from: pwntbywombat

cause its FAKE! IOS is owned and used by cisco...its not real

The text isn't within the orange circle. I call bs

Jan 26, 10 - 08:56 pm Comment from: macspec

Let me restate: FAKE. Apple does not use an emboss effect on type. Plus, the color splotches do not match Apple's invitation.

...some frigtard just lost his job. And benefits. With extreme prejudice. Serves him right for using his iPhone during the rehearsal.

Doesn't anyone know the meaning of the word "surprise" any more?

Between this twat and Terry McGraw (who is in the process of grabbing his ankles as I write this), Americans don't know how to keep their pie holes shut.

Losers.

Jan 26, 10 - 09:04 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

@macspec

"Let me restate: FAKE. Apple does not use an emboss effect on type. Plus, the color splotches do not match Apple's invitation."

Good observation. But sometimes, when a large-format banner or poster is involved, subtle emboss effects are used for contrast purposes. It's a general design technique when dealing with large signage viewed from afar.

One can surmise from the shakiness of the image that a long lens was used to get the image, which would support the "large banner" theory.

That's not to say that it isn't BS, but that there is a plausible alternate explanation for your acute observation.

FAKE… Look carefully and you'll see it's superimposed atop an existing Apple desktop picture. Also, the typography isn't kerned the way a pro would handle it. Thoughts?

Jan 26, 10 - 09:07 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

@ Deus Ex Technica

Not only the name... I think this is the beginning of a big change in how we think of operating systems. The days of buying a boxed copy of an OS are soon to end.

Jan 26, 10 - 09:11 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

@ChrissyOne

"Not only the name... I think this is the beginning of a big change in how we think of operating systems. The days of buying a boxed copy of an OS are soon to end."

Agreed. The NC data center and other recent cloud investments certainly point that way.

Jan 26, 10 - 09:19 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

@erock -

Good call. It's also interesting that with all the shaking, you never really see the "edge" of whatever the media is. And, the shaking itself seems a little mechanical. Either the movie was cropped in to avoid seeing the edge of the banner or display, OR the skakiness was added with Motion or some equiv (which would have scaled the image to achieve the effect).

We need only wait a few more hours to find out....

Jan 26, 10 - 09:20 pm Comment from: TigerCliff

I don't know if they're renaming iPhone OS... but I do know that's a fake. Weak.

Jan 26, 10 - 09:29 pm Comment from: Seaman Stain

that is so friggin fake. without any doubt.

I think someone made a movie on their computer and posted it.

Jan 26, 10 - 09:55 pm Comment from: TowerTone

I think MOS for Mobile OS makes more sense.
Not that that matters....

Jan 26, 10 - 10:03 pm Comment from: petelozzi

The "shake" is an effect. It's not even really a shaky camera. It's an effect that someone applied. This is a boring fake. Move along, nothing to see here.

@erock

" Look carefully and you'll see it's superimposed atop an existing Apple desktop picture. Also, the typography isn't kerned the way a pro would handle it. Thoughts?"

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.

Though if you want my opinion, it appears it's put on top of the "Welcome to OS X" intro video that plays when you first run a mac laptop. Which either lends to it's credibility (Maybe we see this on the tablet) or dismisses it as fake.

Either way, I'd rather it be called iOS, I like it.

Wasn't it just plain OS X?

think from the same dude

http://www.flickr.com/photos/artmach1/4307663572/in/pool-macrumors/

Jan 26, 10 - 10:30 pm Comment from: bkire

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.

Jan 26, 10 - 10:37 pm Comment from: ken1w

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.

Jan 26, 10 - 11:24 pm Comment from: Ampar

The code name is:

0100110101101001011000110111001001101111011100110110111

0110011001110100001000000110100101110011001000000110011

011101010110001101101011011001010110010000101110

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...

Jan 27, 10 - 12:58 am Comment from: DogGone

@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.

Jan 27, 10 - 01:29 am Comment from: Willie G

@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...

Jan 27, 10 - 02:50 am Comment from: Macrelated

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.

Jan 27, 10 - 03:19 am Comment from: almux

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.

Jan 27, 10 - 09:37 am Comment from: DLMeyer

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.

Jan 27, 10 - 11:28 am Comment from: TheConfuzed1

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!