Hours ago, the Apple Developers Conference WWDC ended, in which Apple revealed several new products such as the new Mac system 10.9, the update of the Mac Air and Pro, the provision of iWork on the Internet, and the most important for us is the iOS 7 system, which came with a completely new design and a large number of advantages that users dreamed of, and this It is the summary of the conference.
The Apple conference started with Tim Cook's rise on the stage and revealed some important points for Apple:
- There are 6 million developers registered with Apple, of which 1.5 million registered in the last year.
- Apple has 407 stores around the world in 14 countries and has more than XNUMX million visitors daily.
- Attendees for this year's conference came from 66 countries and 64% of them attended for the first time.
- Tickets sold out in 71 seconds.
- There are 300 million accounts registered on the iCloud Cloud.
- There are 240 million Game Center users.
- There are 900 apps, 93% of which are downloaded monthly, and there are 375 iPad apps.
- Apple has 575 thousand accounts and is thus the largest company on the Internet with accounts linked to credit cards.
- Apple paid developers $ 10 billion, including $ 5 billion, last year.
- 76% of the proceeds from the software stores for the various systems are to the Apple Store.
Company "Anki"
Then Tim Cook talked about a new company called Anki that works on designing products that work with Apple devices, and the company presented its first product, which is called AnkiDrive, which is a real race track in which game cars are placed and controlled by Apple devices, and the wonderful thing about this product is that the track Without limits or breaks, but cars do not leave the track because they have artificial intelligence to drive alone, and this also allows you to play solo, and you can put other cars and race them with your device and the devices of your friends.
Mac OS:
- There were 72 million Macs sold last year.
- Mac computers achieved an average annual growth rate of 15% during the past five years, compared to 3% for Windows.
- The number of Macs has increased 100% in the last 5 years, compared to 18% for Windows.
- 28 million copies sold Mountain Lion System 10.8.
- 35% of Apple users updated to 10.8 compared to only 8% for Windows 8.
Apple reviewed the upcoming operating system 10.9 and its most important points are:
- The system will be called "Maverick"
- Provide tabs for Finder.
- The possibility of making a crown in different files.
- A major update in Safari performance.
- Reducing energy consumption.
- Instant reply to notifications.
- Add maps and books applications.
- Sync passwords and credit cards (which will also work on iOS 7).
- Calendar update to make it more interactive.
- The system will be available this fall.
MacBook Air:
- A new version that includes the fourth generation of Intel processors, which is characterized by 40% faster graphics performance.
- Great energy consumption, as the Mac Air 11 inch will work for 9 hours and the Mac Air 13 inch will work for 12 hours continuously.
- Support for advanced 802.11ac Wi-Fi networks.
- It will be available for sale at a price of $ 999 for the 11-inch 128GB version and $ 1099 for the 13GB 128-inch version.
* The device did not come with the Retina screen as expected.
Mac Pro:
Mac Pro got a comprehensive update and it says:
- A completely new design that has become cylindrical.
- Two new generation Intel Xeon processors.
- Memory type 1866 MHz DDR3 and a hard disk drive SSD reading speed of 1.25 GB and write 1 GB, 10 times the speed of the previous version.
- The new telegraph port.
- 4K screen support.
- 1/8 the size of the previous generation.
It has also updated some of its sub-devices as follows:
- An entirely new version of AirPort with a new design.
- A new version of Time Capsule with a capacity of 2 and 3 TB.
iWork
- Now the iWork package works on the Internet and you can create and modify files online.
- You can watch a K-Note "PowerPoint analog" and play files from the Internet.
- A new interface for iWork.
- You can use it from Mac or Windows computers, and it supports Chrome and Internet Explorer.
- Available to developers from beta.icloud.com
iOS
- Tim Cook revealed that the iPhone and iPad got first place in the evaluation of users for the ninth time in a row, and this achievement is unprecedented.
- 600 million iOS devices have been sold so far.
And he presented some statistics of the iOS system, and they are as follows:
- IPhone usage is 50% more than Android.
- The percentage of users' satisfaction with the system is 97%, of whom 73% are completely satisfied.
- Compared with the satisfaction rate for Android 49%, an increase of 25%.
- The iPad takes 82% of the tablet's internet usage.
- 93% of Apple users updated iOS 6.
- The most popular version for Android is gingerbread, which was released in 2010 and accounts for 37% of the users.
iOS 7
The new iOS system came in a completely different way, and the most important things mentioned in it are the following points:
the design:
- New, simpler interface.
- All icons have been redesigned.
- An interface that works on the system of layers (Layers), when you tilt the device to the left or right, the icons and backgrounds are tilted slightly to give a wonderful appearance.
- Transparent design for most of the interface elements, so that any slight change to the device's background affects the entire design
- Notification Center has been redesigned so that it now shows you notifications of today or of late or all notifications.
- The Weather app has been redesigned to contain cool moving wallpapers.
- All-new design for stock exchange, newspaper kiosk, compass and clock app.
- Folders are displayed in a completely new way, and several pages can be added to the folder.
Control Center
The requirement that we have wanted from Apple has been fulfilled for years; Apple added the Control Center, through which you can turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, change the lighting and sound, turn on audio and flash, open the camera, and other services, just swipe from the bottom to the top from anywhere until the screen is locked to show you the control center.
Multitasking
A new form of multitasking, you can see open applications and their content, as it has become available to all applications in an intelligent way, as the application knows when to use it and updates the data inside, thus reducing your waiting time to update data and also saving energy as the update is done at times of use only.
Safari:
- The possibility of opening Safari in the full screen on the iPhone "vertically".
- Move between open locations by swiping left and right.
- One place to search or type in the name of the site.
- New look and impressive graphics.
- Parental control to block specific websites.
- Password synchronization and more.
- Unlimited number of websites unlock.
Peer-To-Peer Advantage:
Now you can choose the image from your device and send it to your friend who is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, and this feature works on iPhone 5, iPad 4, iPad mini and iPod touch 5.
Camera and photos:
- Now while shooting, you can swipe left or right to move to video, photos, panoramas, and more.
- You can add filters to photos.
- The device splits photos into albums automatically.
- You can share photos directly with your friends in the cloud and they can add photos to the album.
- You can see photos taken in a specific place, month, or year.
Siri:
- New voices added to Siri more quality and interactive.
- You can choose a male or female voice.
- Siri has new functions such as increasing the lighting, turning off Bluetooth, and others.
- Wikipedia and Twitter are integrated into Siri.
- The development of Siri features in the car.
- Siri did not support any new languages, Arabic or any other. :(.
Miscellaneous points:
- Software Store now includes automatic updating of apps.
- Folders now have more than one page, yes finally you will collect all the games in one folder: D.
- The alerts are synced, if you delete an alert from one device it disappears on the other.
- 800 billion messages were sent.
- 7.4 trillion "notification" alerts were sent.
- Apple unveiled iRadio for listening to songs.
- You can block a number from calling you, sending messages or FaceTime.
- FaceTime calls are now available with audio only.
- The software store shows you popular apps in the area you are in.
- Sync favorites to maps.
- Night mode in maps.
- Voice dictation for Korean, Italian and Dutch.
The update will be available in Fall-Sep / October- and will work on devices:
- IPhone 4 / 4S / 5
- IPad 2/3/4 and mini.
- IPod touch 5.