iPhone History (By:- Mirza Ali Jawad)

IPHONE HISTORY

 By:- Mirza Ali Jawad  

The operating system was unveiled with the iPhone at the Macworld Conference & Expo, January 9, 2007, and released in June of that year. At first, Apple marketing literature did not specify a separate name for the operating system, stating simply that the "iPhone runs OS X". Initially, third-party applications were not supported. Steve Jobs' reasoning was that developers could build web applications that "would behave like native apps on the iPhone".On October 17, 2007, Apple announced that a native Software Development Kit (SDK) was under development and that they planned to put it "in developers' hands in February".On March 6, 2008, Apple released the first beta, along with a new name for the operating system: "iPhone OS".

Apple had released the iPod touch, which had most of the non-phone capabilities of the iPhone. Apple also sold more than one million iPhones during the 2007 holiday season.On January 27, 2010, Apple announced the iPad, featuring a larger screen than the iPhone and iPod touch, and designed for web browsing, media consumption, and reading iBooks.

In June 2010, Apple rebranded iPhone OS as "iOS". The trademark "IOS" had been used by Cisco for over a decade for its operating system, IOS, used on its routers. To avoid any potential lawsuit, Apple licensed the "IOS" trademark from Cisco.

By late 2011, iOS accounted for 60% of the market share for smartphones and tablet computers. By the end of 2012, iOS accounted for 21% of the smartphone OS market[5] and 43.6% of the tablet OS market.

Primary

Series              iPhone             iPod Touch                  iPad                 iPad Mini

Model   1st        3G        3GS      4          4S        5          1st        2nd      3rd       4th       5th       1st        2          3rd       4th            1st

Phone  Telephone        1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        5.0        6.0        N/A       N/A       N/A

Mail      E-mail client     1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        6.0        3.2        4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Safari   Web browser    1.1

Music   Portable media player  1.0

(iPod)   2.0

(iPod)   3.0

(iPod)   4.0

(iPod)   3.2

(iPod)   4.3

(iPod)

Videos Video player     3.2        4.3

SpringBoard    Home screen    1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0

Spotlight search           3.0        3.0

Folders            N/A       4.0        N/A       4.0        4.2.1

Home screen backgrounds       N/A       4.0        N/A       4.0        3.2

Secondary

Series              iPhone             iPod Touch                  iPad                 iPad Mini

Model   1st        3G        3GS      4          4S        5          1st        2nd      3rd       4th       5th       1st        2          3rd       4th            1st

Messages         Text messaging            1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        5.0        6.0        N/A       N/A       N/A

MMS    N/A       3.0

iMessage instant messaging    N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0        6.0        5.0        5.1        6.0        6.0

Calendar          Calendar          1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        1.1        2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        3.2        4.3

YouTube          YouTube video streamer (no longer integrated as of iOS 6)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A

Photos Photo viewer    6.0        6.0        6.0        6.0

Video viewer    2.0        2.0

Crop, red eye fix, auto enhance and photo rotate         N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0        5.0

Camera            Camera            1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        N/A       4.1        N/A       4.3

Camcorder       N/A

Auto-focus       4.0        N/A       N/A

HDR     N/A       4.1

Crop, red eye fix, auto enhance and photo rotate         5.0        5.0        5.0

Panorama        N/A       6.0        N/A       N/A       N/A

Take still photos while recording video            N/A       N/A

FaceTime         Video calling over Wi-Fi           N/A       4.0        5.0        N/A       4.1        4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Video calling over 3G/LTE       6.0        6.0        N/A       N/A       6.0

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)

Photo Booth     A camera application with added special effects          N/A       4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Stocks  Stocks provided by Yahoo! Finance     1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        5.0        6.0        1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1            6.0        N/A       N/A

Stocks Widget for Notification Center   N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0

Weather            Weather provided by Yahoo! Weather   1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1

Weather Widget for Notification Center N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0

Notes   A simple note-taking program  1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        3.2        4.3        5.1            6.0        6.0

Maps    Google Maps (until 5.1.1)         N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A

Google Street View (until 5.1.1)

Assisted GPS   N/A       6.0        N/A       3.2

(Wi-Fi + 3G)      4.3

(Wi-Fi + 3G)      5.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)

Apple-sourced maps (6.0 onwards)      N/A       6.0        N/A       6.0        6.0        N/A       6.0        6.0

Turn-by-turn navigation using Apple-sourced maps     N/A       6.0        N/A

Newsstand       A newspaper and magazine store         N/A       5.0        5.0        N/A       5.0        5.0        5.1        6.0        6.0

Reminders       A to-do list application

Voice Memos   Voice recorder 3.0        3.0        4.0        3.0        3.1.1     4.1        N/A       N/A

Calculator        Calculator        1.0        2.0        1.1        2.1.1

Scientific calculator (triggered by rotating to landscape)          2.0        2.0

Clock   World clock, stopwatch, alarm clock and timer            1.0        1.1        N/A       6.0        6.0

Settings           Settings           3.2        4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Contacts           Address/phone book    1.0

(Phone)

2.0

iTunes  Access to the iTunes Music Store and iTunes Podcast Directory          1.1

App Store         To buy iOS apps          2.0        2.0

Compass          Compass          N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A

Nike + iPod      Records the distance and pace of a walk or run; can connect to Nike + iPod sensor (turned off by default – can be enabled in Settings)   N/A       2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        6.0

Game Center    Play multiplayer games with other users, track in-game achievements, view leaderboards.     4.1        4.1            4.2.1     4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Voice Control   Simple voice control (disabling Siri may be necessary)           3.0        4.0        N/A       3.1.1     4.1        N/A            N/A

Siri       A personal voice assistant       N/A       N/A       N/A       6.0        6.0        6.0

Voice dictation 5.1

Passbook         A virtual wallet application for passes, tickets, coupons and loyalty cards       N/A       6.0        N/A       6.0            N/A       N/A