History of Apple iOS

• iOS is Apple's mobile operating system and is the foundation of the iPhone.
• It was originally designed for the iPhone but now supports iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV.
• It is updated similar to iTunes for iPods.
• As of October 2011, the Apple App Store contained over 500,000 iOS applications.

Apple's Founders

• Apple was founded on April 1, 1976 and released with the first APPLE (I) computer.
• The founders are Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.

What is Apple?

• Apple Inc., formerly known as Apple Computer Inc, is an American multinational corporation.
• It designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers.
• The company's best-known hardware products include the iPhone, iPod, and iPad.

History of iOS

• iOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc.
• It started in 2007 with the first iPhone 2G.
• It was extended to support other Apple devices such as iPod and iPad.
• It is programmed in C, C++, and Objective-C.
• Apple doesn't license iOS for installation on non-Apple hardware.

iOS Tools

• Xcode is an integrated development environment that provides multiple iOS app templates.
• Interface Builder provides drag-and-drop creation of user interfaces.
• The iPhone Simulator allows testing software on iPhone and iPad.

iOS Technology Layers

• There are four abstract layers in iOS: Core OS layer, Core Services layer, Media layer and Cocoa Touch layer.

Core O.S. Layer

• This layer manages virtual memory, threads, the filesystem, the network, and interprocess communication with the frameworks.

Core Services Layer

• This layer contains the fundamental interfaces for iOS and accessing files, network sockets, and is mostly C-based.

Media Layer

• This layer allows for the creation of the multimedia experience available on the mobile device and uses both C and Objective-C.

Cocoa Touch Layer

• The implementation of a graphical event-driven application in iOS using the frameworks is performed here, using Objective-C.

Apple (iOS) Products

• Apple (iOS) products include the iPhone, iPod shuffle, iPod touch, iPad, iMac, Mac, Mac mini, Macbook, iBook, Apple TV, etc.

Apple Software

• iLife suite is used for organizing, editing, and publishing photos, videos, and music.
• iWork is the easiest way to create professional-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• iTunes enables users to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, audiobooks, etc. through the iTunes Store.
• iCloud allows users to store music and iOS applications on a remote computer server.

iCloud Usage

• iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc., launched on October 12, 2011.
• As of July 2013, the service had 320 million users.
• It allows users to store data such as music and iOS applications on remote computer servers for download to multiple devices such as iOS-based devices running iOS 5 or later.

iOS Versions History

• iOS 1.1.5 was released on June 29, 2007.
• iOS 2.0 was released on July 11, 2008.
• iOS 3.0 was released on June 17, 2009.
• iOS 3.1.3 was released on February 2, 2010.
• iOS 4.2.1 was released on November 22, 2010.
• iOS 5.1.1 was released on May 7, 2012.
• iOS 6.1.3 was released on March 19, 2013.
• iOS 6.1.5 was released on November 14, 2013.
• iOS 7.0.4 was released on November 14, 2013.
• iOS 7.1 (Beta 1) was released on November 18, 2013.

iOS 6 Features

• It features Maps, Siri, Passbook, Facetime, Mail, Safari, Shared photo streams, and Accessibility.

iOS 6 Compatible Devices

• Compatible devices comprise of the iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4/4s, the new iPad, iPad 2, and iPod touch (4th Generation).

iOS 7 Features

• It includes blocking unwanted callers, auto-focus, air drop, iTunes radio, notification center, multi-tasking, gesture control, undelete emails, turn off automatic app update, and a look at most visited areas.

iOS 7 Compatible Devices

• Compatible devices consist of the iPhone 4 and later devices, iPod touch (5th generation), iPad 2 and later devices, and iPad mini.

Primary Applications

• Primary applications include Safari, Music, Mail, Phone, and Face Time video calling.

Secondary Applications

• Secondary applications include Camera, Camcorder, Photos, Calendar, Messaging, YouTube, Stocks, Map, and Clock.

Conclusion

• An operating system is needed to use various applications on a computer and wireless devices.
• Without iOS and its continual upgrades, there would be no way to operate today's trend-setting wireless Apple devices.