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An Apple fan who is eager to know what the community thinks about the upcoming iOS 7 (which Apple is yet to confirm), has kicked off a thread titled “iOS 7.” User “arunaatk” asks “will ios 7 be a revolutionary design?” Nothing wrong with that, except curiosity like this is frowned... |
17 May 2013
10:43 GMT |
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When some people say they expect iOS 7 to be completely re-imagined, they’re not kidding. Take for instance Jürgen Ulbrich of Apfellike.de. He sees iOS 7 as a radical departure from what we know to be Apple’s mobile operating system. Granted, Jürgen’s concept doesn’t re-imagine the ... |
17 May 2013
09:20 GMT |
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Martin Hajek is at it again. The Dutch designer has released yet another iConcept, this time envisioning an iPhone mini running the “flat” iOS 7 everyone keeps hoping to see at WWDC.
“After seeing some cool new iOS 7 concepts on Gizmodo I just had to see what they would look like in my budget iPhon... |
15 May 2013
08:26 GMT |
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If you think Apple will “completely” change the look and feel of its mobile operating system with the release of iOS 7, think again.That’s the key takeaway from a new blog entry signed John Gruber, a reputable pundit with connections at Apple.His post talks about a widely reported new iOS 7 concept ... |
10 May 2013
18:16 GMT |
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Simply Zesty has commissioned its art director, Philip Joyce, to create a concept of the forthcoming iOS 7 based on the rumors that it will have a “flat” interface. The result is astonishing.
Embedded above is the clip in question, which should make both Simply Zesty and Jonathan Ive (Apple’s desig... |
10 May 2013
10:52 GMT |
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With WWDC 2013 drawing closer, Apple has begun heavier testing internally, according to Onswipe, a company that turns whole sites into HTML5 web apps.
As reported by Tech Crunch, Onswipe has recorded a big spike in traffic to its partner’s sites coming from devices running iOS 7 in the last week.
Onswipe repo... |
8 May 2013
11:15 GMT |
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A video is making the rounds featuring some interesting concepts that Apple could implement in its next release of the iPhone/iPad OS. It also shows what could be the official iOS 7 icon.
Ran Avni’s “iOS 7 Multitasking Concept” video (embedded above) begins with a mashup of the WWDC 2013 logo and a... |
8 May 2013
08:37 GMT |
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According to reports from several trusty sources, Apple will push out its newest version of the iPhone/iPad operating system this fall.Specifically, people familiar with the development of iOS 7 tell All Things D that “While the company still expects to release iOS 7 on time as soon as September, internal deadl... |
4 May 2013
09:59 GMT |
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With only a month to go 'till WWDC 2013, there’s still time for Apple to include new stuff in iOS 7. In fact, considering the rumors about its delay, there may be more time for changes to take place than previously thought. Let’s say Apple has already laid down the basics of iOS 7. We hear it’... |
2 May 2013
12:41 GMT |
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A report by Bloomberg the other day sounded the alarm that iOS 7 could be delayed, but several people with knowledge of the situation say the software is actually still on schedule, despite a few skipped deadlines.
We relayed Bloomberg’s story yesterday noting that Jonathan Ive is currently overseeing two team... |
2 May 2013
02:34 GMT |
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Tim Cook’s executive shakeup from September 2012 is taking its toll on the development of iOS 7. Apple hopes to polish and finalize the software by September, people with knowledge of the matter said. Bloomberg reports that Apple’s strive to clean up iOS of skeuomorphism, along with the regrouping of its... |
1 May 2013
09:07 GMT |
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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is set to kick off on June 10, featuring six major tracks spanning over 100 technical sessions.
The Media track will probably be extremely important, given the fact that Apple will upgrade its Apple TV offerings alongside iOS 7.
The Cupertino giant provides platform-opt... |
1 May 2013
03:38 GMT |
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Sources familiar with Apple’s iOS 7 development are beginning to leak details regarding the company’s plans with the software, including car integration.
People close to Apple are telling 9to5mac that Apple is talking to car makers regarding consoles that could attach to iOS devices to bring up an optimi... |
30 April 2013
10:40 GMT |
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Sources familiar with Apple’s iOS internal testing say we’re in for some radical changes, especially on the UI side. The interface is said to be as flat as Windows Phone’s Metro.
One source tells 9to5mac that the new iOS 7, set to be unveiled at WWDC in June, is “very, very flat.”
The ... |
30 April 2013
02:57 GMT |
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WWDC 2013 promises to yield a new iOS version with several UI upgrades, but none of us know what Tim Cook and Jony Ive have in store for us.
So we hope they’re cooking up something like Velox in their iOS labs for the next big upgrade.
Coded by Apex Development, Velox is a neat jailbreak tweak that enhances e... |
28 April 2013
13:47 GMT |
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A new iOS 7 concept video is making the rounds featuring a completely revamped user interface with face-lifted stock apps and a fully customizable lock screen. Apple’s design guru, Jonathan Ive, this year is expected to pull out his magic wand and strip iOS of all its skeuomorphism replacing it with a flatter ... |
25 April 2013
04:30 GMT |
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In announcing WWDC 2013 today, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Philip Schiller, gave a brief statement confirming new versions of iOS and OS X.
In Apple’s press statement regarding the WWDC 2013 timetable, Philip Schiller confirmed that the company would unveil new versions of ... |
24 April 2013
10:33 GMT |
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Atom, an upcoming Cydia tweak that lets you unlock your iPhone to six different apps just by dragging a slider over to their icons, deserves more than just our attention.
It deserves Apple’s attention as well. Set to become available on the BigBoss repository in the Cydia Store this week, Atom puts a lock icon... |
22 April 2013
09:17 GMT |
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With WWDC 2013 approaching we're beginning to notice new activity coming from Apple's Cupertino campus involving iOS 7 testing. The company is yet to produce a public beta for developers.A bunch of developer logs submitted to TNW in January reportedly indicated that Apple was actively testing new iOS s... |
16 April 2013
05:00 GMT |
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It has become increasingly apparent that Apple’s fans want a certain enhancement more than any other new feature in the next major release of iOS. Namely, quick-access settings.A new concept video by Federico Bianco includes a lot of propositions for what Apple could include in the upcoming iOS 7, such as widge... |
6 April 2013
12:21 GMT |
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In a discussion on Branch, Apple pundit John Gruber shared his thoughts about Apple’s potential iPad 5 launch event this month, noting that even if it gets pushed to May, it would not witness the unveiling of a new iOS version as well.
Dropping a bit of a bombshell in a discussion spawned by a Wall Street Jour... |
3 April 2013
10:44 GMT |
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A Branch conversation among tech pundits was kicked off yesterday after the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple’s next iPhone was entering production in Q2 2013. Numerous interesting tidbits emerged. As John Gruber had just dropped the bombshell that iOS 7 was getting delayed, TechCrunch columnist MG Siegl... |
3 April 2013
05:15 GMT |
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Apple pundit John Gruber reveals in a Branch chat that the delayed iOS 7 boasts a “significant system-wide UI overhaul,” adding that the engineers working on it actually have to carry special displays that prevent outsiders from peeking at the software.
Kickstarting a wave of speculation that Apple is ha... |
3 April 2013
03:33 GMT |
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Daring Fireball’s John Gruber claims to have heard that Apple is moving developers from OS X 10.9 over to iOS 7, in an effort to get the new mobile OS back on track for its summer debut.
Apple generally rolls out a major new version of its mobile operating system every summer but, this time around, the launch ... |
3 April 2013
02:59 GMT |
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Great news from Joshua Hill today, the internationally-known iOS jailbreaker has issued a couple of tweets informing the masses that we’re in for a new jailbreak. And we’re pretty sure he’s referring to iOS 7.
“Well, so far it looks like the next jailbreak might be created entirely by me,&rdq... |
29 March 2013
09:23 GMT |
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Apple may or may not revamp iOS to look like the concepts hanging around the web like eye floaters. But one thing is certain. The Cupertino giant has a lot of examples to draw some inspiration from.
The latest such example comes from Sentry, a veteran in iOS conceptry who proposes a new way to switch through apps.
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28 March 2013
12:31 GMT |
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There’s no stopping these iOS concepts, is there? The latest one comes from Aussie Jesse Head, and this guy might have the most spot-on iOS 7 concept we’ve seen to date. Apple, grab a pen and paper. Jesse admits “this is another multitasking/app switcher concept video,” and he also admits tha... |
26 March 2013
07:51 GMT |
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Apple has unveiled major new versions of its mobile OS every summer for the past few years, and we have every bit of indication that the company is sticking to that tradition in 2013.
Also traditional are the changes we should expect in iOS 7, according to a number of developers who have spoken to Apple, the Wall St... |
22 March 2013
07:11 GMT |
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If there’s one thing people want from iOS 7, it’s a more user-friendly lockscreen on their iPhones. The latest concepts flying around YouTube are all singing the same song, and Jony Ive should do well to take some notes.
Now in charge of Human Interfaces at Apple, design guru Jonathan Ive is expected to ... |
21 March 2013
05:07 GMT |
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Apple has finally blocked the evasi0n jailbreak in iOS 6.1.3, patching an additional four exploits used by the software to circumvent the iOS security. The hackers behind the tool, however, have some exploits to spare.
Only problem is they’re not willing to burn them to re-enable jailbreaking in iOS 6.1.3 with... |
20 March 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Studiographic.ca has released Peekly, a 2-page lock-screen theme for iOS that begs to catch the eye of Sir Jonathan Ive, head of Human Interfaces at Apple Inc. In layman terms, iOS 7 needs this desperately. This is not the first concept / theme / jailbreak tweak that we’ve highlighted as a good iOS 7 addition,... |
11 March 2013
11:17 GMT |
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A designer making a name for himself on YouTube with some awesome iOS concepts has uploaded a new mockup that takes a jab at the next Home screen from Apple. The Cupertino giant should seriously consider implementing this elegant concept.
As of late, Jonathan Ive has been in charge of Human Interfaces across all of ... |
8 March 2013
04:01 GMT |
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Why go with a free download and hope for donations when you can sell it to the government for a cool half a million and live the high life? That’s what Kevin Mahaffey has to say about the next round of exploits to jailbreak future iOS versions. The cofounder and CTO of mobile security company Lookout, Kevin Ma... |
5 March 2013
08:41 GMT |
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As Apple prepares to unleash Jony Ive’s new designs on iOS and OS X, amateurs are taking stabs at what the Cupertino company could roll out next. iOS 7 is on everybody’s lips. Kyle Barnes has a cool iOS 7 concept showing how Apple (or Google) could reinvent the Contacts application to turn it into a full... |
20 February 2013
08:19 GMT |
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With iOS 7 likely to poke its head out at this year’s WWDC, numerous concept videos are beginning to (re)surface showing what Apple may bring new to the table in terms of functionality.
Uploaded months ago by Max Rudberg, an iOS Resizable App Icons Concept has been brought into light recently, showing what App... |
19 February 2013
19:41 GMT |
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Dozens of iOS 7 concept videos began to surface lately, even though some of them have been posted weeks, even months ago.
The latest such clip comes from uploader “almanimation” who has a nifty approach to how multitasking and Settings should be managed on iOS.
Among the flurry of iOS concepts aggregate... |
19 February 2013
14:11 GMT |
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Courtesy of imjeanmarc comes another iOS concept video proposing a lockscreen drawer that offers easy access to some useful options that are otherwise tucked away in the Settings panel.
This one stood out in a sea of iOS 7 concept videos aggregated by 9to5mac. Uploaded by a YouTube user identified as imjeanmarc, thi... |
19 February 2013
07:31 GMT |
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YouTube user s3ntry93 has uploaded a concept video showcasing what Apple could do with app switching (multitasking) in iOS 7.
The 23-second animation is a mockup of an experimental app switching mechanism that s3ntry93 has invented. Apple could pay attention to the feedback on this video and decide to buy the guy&rs... |
19 February 2013
05:40 GMT |
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A source deemed as “very reliable” by iOSDoc reportedly revealed that Apple’s iPhone 5S would ship with an improved A7 processor, beefed up graphics and twice the memory of the iPhone 5, as well as iOS 7 with an enhanced version of Siri. iOS 7 is pretty much a given this year. Apple rolls out a new... |
19 February 2013
03:02 GMT |
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Asked about the next possible jailbreak from the evad3rs, hacker David Wang (@planetbeing) notes that Apple is making it more and more difficult to hack iOS.
Wang says, “Apple has successfully mitigated many vectors of attack in iOS 6. In this current jailbreak, we ‘evaded’ Apple’s mitigation... |
15 February 2013
02:58 GMT |
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Apple is planning to beef up the next major version of its mobile operating system with a bunch of new APIs (application programming interface) and frameworks that will pave the way for the best mobile apps.
Apple has posted an advertisement on its Jobs site announcing that the Cupertino giant is seeking a software ... |
24 January 2013
04:25 GMT |
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There’s an ongoing discussion in the blogosphere that future iOS versions – with designer Jony Ive now in charge of Human Interface at Apple – will do away with skeuomorphism. John Gruber agrees.
While avoiding to name a specific iOS iteration when the faux textures will disappear into oblivion, Daring Firebal... |
21 January 2013
07:04 GMT |
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Apple is out to hire a creative person to help the company “evolve and enrich Siri,” the virtual personal assistant originally introduced in iOS 5 with the iPhone 4S. The new Siri could make its way into iOS 7, or the iPhone 5S/iPhone 6.
Apple describes Siri as a witty pool of cultural knowledge, referri... |
17 January 2013
13:41 GMT |
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Designer Adrian Maciburko believes Apple needs to ditch skeuomorphism in favor of a cleaner design of its apps, including Notes and, more recently, Game Center. Maciburko’s latest iOS 7 concept involves the same Crystal Interface he envisioned for his Notes app concept. However, the discrepancies are far more ... |
16 January 2013
04:02 GMT |
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We kick off 2013 with an exciting discovery from a developer who is familiar with Apple’s software and hardware testing, reporting new activity coming from the company's Cupertino campus that points to tests carried out using a new-generation iPhone and iOS 7.
An unnamed developer showed TNW that Apple ha... |
1 January 2013
12:07 GMT |
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A neat iOS 7 concept is doing the rounds with creator “brentcas” putting a new spin on the iOS Home / Lockscreen. His idea is to make more use of the iPhone display in “locked” state, as well as to create shortcuts – similar to the Camera grabber – for apps like Twitter and Faceboo... |
5 December 2012
03:43 GMT |
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iOS 7 is not even in beta, but that’s not stopping us from speculating on its potential new offerings, especially with Jonathan Ive (Apple SVP of Industrial Design) at the UI helm. iOS concept whiz Sentry writing for The Verge thinks the same. After designing an application switcher concept that’s curren... |
26 November 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Financial analyst Gene Munster with investment bank Piper Jaffray is out with a new research note forecasting Apple’s entire 2013 product roadmap, which includes exciting software previews, new iPad revisions, a modest iPhone upgrade, and the much-rumored iTV.
Munster’s research note includes estimates t... |
22 November 2012
03:54 GMT |
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There’s a new app switcher concept on the web that Apple could well implement in iOS 7. Posted by Verge user Sentry, the concept shows how Apple could leverage the extra vertical space on the iPhone 5 and iPod touch (fifth-generation).
As the image above shows, instead of showing just the application icons, th... |
10 October 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Apple usually keeps a close eye on the concepts flying around YouTube, especially those that claim to enhance the iOS experience. Notification Center was born this way, and, if history is any indication, iOS 7 could well include the latest Spotlight concept by designer Cody Sanfilippo.
Cody is proposing a Spotlight ... |
19 September 2012
13:11 GMT |
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