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Apple Products iPhone, iPad & iOS

Prepared by: Assistant Lecturer Sama Salam Samaan iPhone

o The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple. The first iPhone was unveiled by Apple's former CEO on January 2007. The 5th generation iPhone, the iPhone 4S, was released on October 14, 2011. o An iPhone can function as a video camera ,a camera phone, a portable media player, and an Internet client with email and web browsing capabilities, can send texts and receive visual voicemail, and has both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. o The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard rather than a physical one.

oThe apps have diverse functions, including games, GPS navigation, social networking, security and advertising for television shows, films, and celebrities. o There are five generations of iPhone models. The original iPhone was a GSM phone that established design precedents like screen size and button placement that have persisted through all models.

oThe iPhone 3G added 3G cellular network capabilities and A-GPS location. The iPhone 3GS added a faster processor, and higher resolution camera, including video recording at 480p.

oThe iPhone 4 has a rear facing camera (720p video) and a front facing camera (at a lower resolution) for FaceTime video calling and for use in other apps like Skype. o In 2011 the iPhone 4 was voted the Best Mobile Phone On Earth. The iPhone 4 featured a higher-resolution 960x640 display; it was released on June 2010. o On October 2011, Apple announced the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 4S added a higher resolution camera (8 megapixel) with 1080p video recording, face detection, and video stabilization, a faster, dual core processor, world phone capability (allowing a single handset to operate on networks based on both GSM/UMTS and CDMA ), and a natural language voice control system called .

Jobs demonstrating the iPhone 4 to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on June 2010. Internet connectivity o Internet access is available when the iPhone is connected to a local area Wi-Fi or a wide area GSM or EDGE network, both second-generation (2G) wireless data standards. oThe iPhone 3G introduced support for third-generation UMTS . o By default, the iPhone will ask to join newly discovered Wi-Fi networks and prompt for the password when required. The iPhone will automatically choose the strongest network, connecting to Wi-Fi instead of EDGE when it is available. o The iPhone 3GS has a maximum download rate of 7.2 Mbit/s. Furthermore, email attachments as well as apps and media from Apple's various stores must be smaller than 20 MB to be downloaded over a cellular network. o Larger files, often email attachments or , must be downloaded over Wi-Fi (which has no file size limits). o If Wi-Fi is unavailable, one workaround is to open the files directly in Safari. o Safari is the iPhone's native web browser, and it displays similar to its Mac and Windows counterparts. oThe maps application can access Google Maps in map, satellite, or hybrid form. It can also generate directions between two locations, while providing optional real-time traffic information. o iPhone users can and do access the Internet frequently, and in a variety of places. According to Google, in 2008, the iPhone generated 50 times more search requests than any other mobile handset. iOS o iOS (formerly known as iPhone OS) is Apple's mobile . Originally developed for the iPhone, it has since been extended to support other Apple, Inc. devices such as the iPod touch, iPad and Apple TV. o Apple, Inc. does not license iOS for installation on third-party hardware. o Recently, Apple, Inc.'s contains more than 500,000 iOS applications, which have collectively been downloaded more than 18 billion times. oThe user interface of iOS is based on the concept of direct manipulation, using multi-touch gestures. Interface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons. o iOS is derived from Mac OS X, and is therefore a Unix-like operating system by nature. o In iOS, there are four abstraction layers: • Core OS layer, • layer, • Media layer, and • Cocoa Touch layer. oThe current version of the operating system (iOS 5.0) uses roughly 774.4 megabytes of the device's storage, varying for each model. included applications Primary The iOS home screen contains these default "apps". Some of these applications are hidden by default and accessed by the user through the Settings app . • Phone: Telephone, FaceTime video calling. • Mail: E-mail client. • Safari: web browser. • iPod: portable media player. Secondary • Messages: Text messaging, MMS, iMessage . • Calendar: Calendar. • Photos: Photo viewer • Camera: Camera, Camcorder • Clock: World clock, stopwatch, alarm clock and timer • YouTube: YouTube video streamer • FaceTime: Video calling • Siri: Voice control assistant • Maps: Google Maps • Notes: A simple note-taking program • App Store: To buy iOS apps & more than 500,000 app. Multitasking o Before iOS 4, multitasking was limited to a selection of the applications Apple included on the devices. Apple worried that running multiple third-party applications simultaneously would drain batteries too quickly. o Starting with iOS 4, on 3rd-generation and newer iOS devices, multitasking is supported through seven background APIs: 1. Background audio - application continues to run in the background as long as it is playing audio or video content. 2. Voice over IP - application is suspended when a phone call is not in progress. 3. Background location - application is notified of location changes. 4. Push notifications 5. Local notifications - application schedules local notifications to be delivered at a predetermined time. 6. Task completion - application ask the system for extra time to complete a given task. 7. Fast app switching - application does not execute any code and may be removed from memory at any time. iPad oThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, movies, , games, and web content. o Its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and computers. oThe iPad runs the same operating system as the iPod Touch and iPhone —(iOS)—and can run its own applications as well as iPhone applications. oWithout modification, the iPad will only run programs approved by Apple and distributed via the Apple App Store. o Like iPhone and iPod Touch, the iPad is controlled by a multitouch display—a departure from most previous tablet computers, which used a pressure-triggered stylus—as well as a virtual onscreen keyboard in lieu of a physical keyboard. o Apple released the first iPad in April 2010, and sold 3 million of the devices in 80 days. During 2010, Apple sold 14.8 million worldwide. o By the release of the iPad 2 in March 2011, more than 15 million iPads had been sold. Connectivity oThe iPad can use Wi-Fi to provide location information to applications such as Google Maps. o The 3G model supports A-GPS to allow its position to be calculated with GPS or relative to nearby cellphone towers; it also has a black strip on the back to aid 3G reception. o The 3G iPad can be used with any compatible GSM carrier, unlike the iPhone, which is usually sold 'locked' to specific carriers. A SIM lock, network lock or subsidy lock is a capability built into GSM phones by mobile phone manufacturers. Network providers use this capability to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and network providers. Power and battery oThe iPad uses an internal rechargeable lithium-ion polymer (LiPo) battery. Apple claims that the battery for both generations of iPad can provide up to 10 hours of video, 140 hours of audio playback, or one month on standby. o Like any rechargeable battery , the iPad's battery loses capacity over time. Storage o The iPad was released with three capacity options for storage: 16, 32, or 64 GB of internal . All data is stored on the internal flash memory, with no option to expand storage. o Apple sells a "camera connection kit" with an SD card reader, but it can only be used to transfer photos and videos.

Software o Like the iPhone, with which it shares a development environment (iPhone SDK, or software development kit),the iPad only runs its own software, software downloaded from Apple's App Store. oThe iPad runs almost all third-party iPhone applications, displaying them at iPhone size or enlarging them to fill the iPad's screen. oDevelopers may also create or modify apps to take advantage of the iPad's features. Application developers use iPhone SDK for developing applications for iPad. Usage Business o While the iPad is mostly used by consumers it also has been taken up by business users. Some companies are adopting iPads in their business offices by distributing or making available the iPads to employees. o Examples of uses in the workplace include attorneys responding to clients, medical professionals accessing health records during patient exams, and managers approving employee requests. o A survey shows that iPad usage in office workplaces is linked to the goals of increased employee productivity, reduced paperwork, and increased revenue. Education The iPad has several uses in the , and has been praised as a valuable tool for homeschooling. oThe iPad has also been called a revolutionary tool to help children with autism learn how to communicate and socialize more easily. Sports In sports, new technology proposes the viewer to choose its alternative angles while watching the game. Music The iPad is able to support many music creation applications in addition to the iTunes music playback software. Second Screen The iPad has introduced a new way watching television. The second screen expression is a consequence of the media multitasking which is exploding. Steve Jobs o (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American inventor . He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. o He became a member of the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company in 2006. In the late 1970s, Jobs — along with Apple co- founder , and others — designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. o He became permanent CEO from 2000 onwards, spearheading the advent of the iPod, iPhone and iPad. o From 2004, he fought a seven-year-long battle with cancer, eventually leading to his resignation as CEO in August 2011. o Jobs earned only $1 a year as CEO of Apple, but held 5.426 million Apple shares, as well as 138 million shares in Disney . oForbes estimated his net wealth at $5.5 billion in 2010, making him the 136th richest man on Earth. o On October 5, 2011, Jobs died at his home in , aged 56, six weeks after resigning as CEO of Apple. allaboutstevejobs.com Thanks for listening