Where do iPhone and iOS fit in after half a decade of operations? – Part 3

The home button received updates to multi-tasking/recent apps, go-to-home-screen and search functionalities. The screen embraced Retina Display with an unprecedented pixel density of 330 ppi. The pictures were sharper and text was paper-like.

The operating system introduced multi-tasking to mobile devices for the first time. The user could free up internal memory by closing various applications, updates over-the-air were introduced in iPhone 3.0 eliminating the need to connect the device to a PC or Mac. App Store now had hundreds of thousands of apps, both free and paid, and iTunes added television shows and movies to the package.

Seeing the original iPhone OS and the upcoming iOS 6 and comparing them lists differences in stark contrast. iOS has made way for mobile computing, the iPad has impressed the likes of Google and Microsoft to build main stream, desktop operating system around touch-screen interaction.

iOS is undoubtedly the operating system that has made way to the evolution of mobile computing. Experts are of the opinion that the likes of iOS, Android and Windows 8 are the future of computing, both personal and mobile.

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