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Title: iOS 8 to launch on September 17 Post by: HCK on September 10, 2014, 09:00:16 pm iOS 8 to launch on September 17
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple on Tuesday announced that the next version of its mobile operating system will officially launch on September 17th, just ahead of the company's new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handsets.</p><p> Speaking at today’s special event, held at Cupertino’s Flint Center for the Performing Arts, vice president Phil Schiller showcased some of iOS 8’s new tricks, including support for a new landscape mode on the company’s iPhone Plus, as well as a new one-handed mode to help users better interact with the larger screens that will make their appearance on new handsets.</p><p> Originally introduced during this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference back in June, iOS 8 offers only incremental changes over its predecessor’s design language, but introduces a slew of new technologies that are destined to have a significant impact on Apple’s mobile ecosystem, such as Handoff (http://www.macworld.com/article/2358625/eight-os-x-yosemite-features-we-wish-we-could-use-right-now.html), which allows users to seamlessly transfer their work between all the devices they own, and Extensions (http://www.macworld.com/article/2602967/extensions-could-be-the-app-stores-next-gold-rush.html).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2604734/ios-8-to-launch-on-september-17.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: iOS 8 to launch on September 17 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2604734/ios-8-to-launch-on-september-17.html#tk.rss_all) |