The look and feel of the iPhone is set to change with a major software overhaul, according to reports. Source: AFP
APPLE appears set to completely change the look and feel of its operating system that drives iPhones and iPads, according to media reports.
Bloomberg yesterday reported that Apple senior vice president of industrial design Sir Jonathan Ive is making a sweeping software overhaul of its iOS operating system that risks a long delay in the availability of iOS7 due around September.
The move to overhaul iOS, if confirmed, would be no surprise, given the fierce competition Apple faces from the Android ecosystem. Some apps such as the email and calendar app haven't undergone a change in years.
Bloomberg reports that Ive is overhauling iPhone and iPad applications including the email and calendar apps, but despite tight deadlines, is seeking to avoid any repeat of the embarrassing Apple maps debacle, where the app went to market half-baked and full of errors.
Ive has fostered cooperation between Apple's hardware and software divisions and has coopted staff from Apple's Mac team to do the job, Bloomberg reports.However Bloomberg says that it's possible Apple might first release a less ambitious version of iOS before embracing the major changes.
Ive, an English designer, was elevated to his current position following the dramatic departure of predecessor Scott Forstall in October last year.Meanwhile 9to5Mac reports that on June 11, Apple will be rendering a host of its devices including the original iPhone as "obsolete" or "vintage".
Apple won’t be offering support or service to those devices from that date, it said.
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