iOS7: This Time They Will Make It or Break it

iOS6 was launched last year and the technology market was not kind to this product. It has to face lots of criticism and disapproval. Apple Inc is working constantly to launch a product which is creative and innovative, in order to challenge Android. This user interface is now six years old and while it has been repeatedly polished in every revision so far, it was decidedly starting to look out-of-date. Whether it’s about the UI or notification center, iOS was using the same old interface for it.



With iOS7, Apple is claiming that they are coming up with something which is robust, new and advanced. Whether it is physical-based wallpapers, or the iPhone or iPad lock screen, notification center and control center access, they have worked on each specific area to launch a product which is innovative and well conceptualized. But is it enough? Or they still have to compete? These questions will remain unreciprocated till the time the final product reaches in the hand of the users. As of today, it’s been assumed that iOS7 will be launched with coincide release dates of their new iPhone 5s or iPhone 6 in the fall or around mid of September 2013.



Apple is still not sharing any product details nor giving away the official release date. With the specifications and details given on iOS7, we have come to a conclusion of these given key features which are likely to be part of this new operating system. They are:



1. Complete UI face-lift with adaptive colors and system-wide Back swipe gesture

2. Dynamic wallpapers

3. Control Center with toggles, multimedia controls and shortcuts

4. You can customize multitasking feature

5. Updated Maps with Night mode and Turn-by-Turn walking directions

6. New system icons and folders, animated icons etc.

7. All apps multitasking with new card interface

8. Search apps which are based on location in the Appstore

9. If stolen, just turn off the Find My iPhone application then without giving the iCloud password it can’t be accessed

10. Updated Safari browser with unified search filed

11. iTunes radio

12. Camera filters with live preview and new square mode

13. New Photos app with better photo organization, picture editing

14. AirDrop file sharing (new feature)

15. Weather app with live weather animations

16. New Siri interface, new supported commands, new voices (with a male voice). In fact User can select Siri languages like French, German, and other languages too

17. Siri has also added support for Twitter, Wikipedia, and shows web search results direct from Bing.

18. FaceTime audio

19. Automatic app update

20. Contact Blacklist

21. Chinese-English, Italian, Korean and Dutch dictionaries

22. Inclinometer within the Compass app and many more. You can find more about their features at here

These features looks promising, with the iPhone 5s or iPhone 6. Technology market is also buzzing with the rumor that it has 13 megapixel camera, which is much higher than the 8 megapixel which Apple is currently offering with iPhone 5. iOS7 indeed has gone flat which brings the dynamic wallpapers and most importantly the parallax view to those flat icons, it means the screen will literally now give that 3D pop-up look. Even though they have tried to come up with really fascinating there are some loop-holes which can’t be ignored, which are–

1. No widgets

2. No open file system i.e. you often have to duplicate files

3. Air Drop works only between selected iOS7 and later versions and for iPhone 5, iPod touch 5G, iPad 4 and iPad mini

4. Limited integration of 3rd party social networks and services

5. iTunes radio only works in the US

6. Very basic camera UI with limited features and settings

7. Filters in Photos app are not supported by the iPad 2

The beta of iOS7 will be accessible only for iPhone 4 and up, iPad 2 and up, iPad Mini, and fifth-generation iPod Touch in the coming weeks. The final version is coming this fall. It’s still something which is not certain, we hope they come up with some real innovations for which Apple is famous for. The competition is way higher in the market where each and every mobile operating system are playing a cut-throat game for the #1 position. Let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best.

IBM Worklight V6.0 - Robust, Innovative and Evolved

IBM Worklight capabilities

There is no doubt that IBM has given a new direction to enterprise mobile application development with IBM Worklight. This is an exceptionally advanced product which has been well planned, and well conceptualized. It’s a technology which almost every application developer wants.




Leaving the previous version of IBM Worklight behind, IBM has now launched IBM Worklight V6.0 with its superior technology and innovative advancements, this is a platform which is set to take the market by storm, as IBM Worklight Developers benefit from all the best, improved, features.



With the new version of IBM Worklight, organizations can:

• Build applications which are supportable with multiple mobile operating environments from a single shared code.


• Enhance the form of mobile security at application, device and layer level to give better user ability to consumer.


• Effortlessly connect and synchronize with applications, cloud services and enterprise data.


• Govern the data and maintain mobile application portfolio from one central location.


• Facilitate consumers to have better accessibility towards stored data.

IBM Worklight Version 6.0 can revolutionize security standards of global organizations around the world. As this platform has been launched to support application podium, user validation, encoded client-server communication, and offline availability. Some of the features also facilitate enterprise application solution providers to do on-device encrypted, and offline validation of the user, before launching the application platform.



This 6.0 version of IBM Worklight can provide a comprehensive environment for cross platform mobile application development. This will help organizations to:

• Build new platform applications: Companies will be able to build applications for even the newest mobile application environment such as iOS, Android, Blackberry, Microsoft windows phone, windows 8 etc. 




• Explore different platforms: Now developers can also build applications for set-top boxes, mobile phones and other embedded system with Java ME.




• Reuse codes: Now companies can maximize the reuse of the codes among different mobile operating systems.




• Simplify application development: Some of the features, like drag-and-drop, give access towards simplified application development using HTML5, Dojo Mobile or JQuery Mobile to enhance user experience.




• Have better application quality: IBM Worklight Version 0.6 is providing better application quality to the users. These features enable developers and testers to record, edit and play back-to-back codeless test scripts on physical and rivalled devices.

These are features which will lead your company on the path to success, and why more and more businesses are choosing IBM Worklight Version 6.0 Further key capabilities include:

IBM Worklight - server side development

• WY SIWYG UI Construction


• Drag and drop features


• Upgraded code usage


• Simulated preview on browser and devices


• SDK native integration


• Enhanced Rational Team Concert integration 

In today’s world it pays to be at the forefront of modern technology, so that you can provide the simplest and most innovative solutions to your customers. IBM Worklight version 6.0 has proved its value as its popularity with developers escalates. Put your company ahead of the game with IBM Worklight V6.0.



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