Apple iOS 4 brings users a new experience and functionality, including iPhone's 4 FaceTime and multi-threading for last years iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch third generation.
iOS 4 does not support previous generations of 2007 and cannot be installed on the iPad although Apple promises to expand their software to these platforms. Apple sees the update as a major step through unlike Google's smartphones which require users to wait for months for an update for a particular device and a particular model.
Here are some screen shots of iOS 4 and its functionality. iOS 4 will transfer its functionality of iPhone OS 3.2 (which appeared in iPad) to users of iPhone and iPod Touch.
- new and improved interface which reminds us of Mac OS X desktop;
- function to split files in iTunes, which will copy accociated files with appropriate applications and their devices during synchronization with iTunes.
- Safari - improved suggestion and recommendation search options;
- HTML5 video clips now may be played right in the browser;
- included application Apple iBooks for reading books and reading PDF files as well;
- support for Bluetooth keyboards and grammar spelling everywhere;
- now users are able to block automatic change of application orientation between album and portrait;
- new pictogram in the menu which shows active applications in use with GPS or Wi-Fi
- multi-threading, which is the most important in the new OS;
- video conferencing FaceTime, exclusively for iPhone 4;
- organizing applications on the screen, all you have to do is drag the item where you want it to be and the icons will group themselves;
- support for Microsoft Bing in Safari as an alternative search engine;
- new function to use Spotlight for launching search through Safari or in Wikipedia;
- support for search in SMS-messeges;
- improved email box for personal posting;
- improved picture/album functionality;
- ability to focus the camera by pressing on the area of the screen while recording (for iPhone 3GS and new phones), improved digital zoom and improved LED-flashlight;
- support for pin code longer than 4 numbers;
- support reading for the blind, connecting through Bluetooth and sound output virtual keyboard;
- support for viewing YouTube in portrait format;
- improved functionality with favorites;
- support for IPv6 and SSL VPN network;
- new ways of accessing the camera: improved HTTP Live Streaming viewing;
- CoreMotion for indepth use of the compass in iPhone 4;
- support for built-in calendar through Calendar Event Kit;
- built-in advertising iAd, deeply into the OS, nothing but another way of mobile advertising;
- support for improved and extended OpenGL ES for hard shadows and full screen smoothing;
- new Game Center also is included in iOS for developers to be able to deploy it later on this year;
- new, improved and faster APIs present hundreds of mathematical functions optimized for iPhone and iPod.
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