Overview of Apple's Global Developers Conference

WWDC 08 Announces iPhone 3G and MobileME During the just-concluded first half-day of WWDC 08', iPhone 3G and MobileME were officially announced. Although Jobs came a little late today, it didn't affect everyone's enthusiasm. The first topic is iPhone 2.0 firmware, SDK/API, enterprise applications and applications developed by third parties. Among them, third-party developers including Yi Bei, Sega and 6A all demonstrated their own applications. The first process ended and MobileME appeared.

MobileME is the replacement. Mac services, including storage (iDisk), calendar/email, synchronization and other applications. Among them, ActiveSync is quite powerful, which can synchronize between any client, including iPhone, Mac computer or PC, and can also support different applications of different operating systems across platforms, including Microsoft Outlook.

The price of MobileME has not changed much. It's 99 dollars a year, and Hong still has four months' service. You can try this thing first. I originally planned not to renew it. After upgrading the firmware version 2.0, it seems that iPhone users can try it for 60 days for free.

The firmware of the iPhone version is expected to be released in early July, during which we have also seen many rumored new features, including handwritten Chinese support. Third-party developers of iPhone applications will receive 70% of the revenue.

Of course, Hong Lei is most concerned about the iPhone 3G. An hour and a half later, Jobs came back and began to introduce this next-generation iPhone.

The new iPhone 3G looks thinner than the previous generation, with built-in GPS and two cameras. The battery life of IPhone 3G will be better, with 300 hours of standby, 5 hours of talking time in 3G network environment, 5-6 hours of high-speed internet browsing, 7 hours of watching videos and 24 hours of listening to music. Jobs also announced that the new iPhone will be sold in more than 70 countries and regions including China within a few months.

In terms of pricing, the iPhone 3G with 8GB storage capacity is 199 USD, and the iPhone 3G with 16gb storage capacity is 299 USD. The 8GB version of iPhone 3G will be officially released in one month.

The morning session ended at 1 1: 50. Generally speaking, the surprise is really not big. Most of the previous rumors have been realized one by one, and the meeting process seems to be somewhat withered. Until finally, the iPhone advertisement was actually played several times to delay the time. During the meeting, Apple's share price showed a downward trend.

The theme of the afternoon is the next generation Mac OS X operating system, Snow Leopard 10.6. Hong has something to do this afternoon. I wonder if I can broadcast the pictures on Plurk in time.

However, as long as there is a little time, Hong will try to broadcast in detail. On March 28th, 20 1 1 American local time, Apple officially announced that this year's World Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held at the Moscone West Convention and Exhibition Center in San Francisco from June 6th to 10. This year's Global Developers Conference will include demonstrations of various new applications and more than 100 technical activities organized by Apple engineers.

Philip Schiller, senior vice president of Apple's global product market, said that at the Global Developers Conference, Apple will reveal the future of iOS and Mac OS; Therefore, for iOS or Mac OS X software developers, this activity should not be missed. 20 1 1 The main activities of the Global Developers Conference will include more than 100 technical activities organized by Apple engineers, more than 1000 Apple engineers to help developers, opportunities for thousands of developers around the world to get in touch, and the award of Apple Design Awards. Apple held the World Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on the morning of June 12/Beijing time. CEO Cook delivered a keynote speech and released iOS 6, Mac OS X Mountain Lion operating system and a new generation of MacBook products.

Apple's latest and coolest products will appear, but unfortunately they don't include the new iPhone.

WWDC 2065 438+02 was first published in the post-Jobs era. Although the ticket price was as high as 1599 USD, 5,000 tickets were snapped up by developers within two hours, which also set a new record for WWDC tickets to be sold out within 10 hour.

The protagonist of 2065 438+02 WWDC is iOS6, and the new generation iPhone that has received much attention may not be available to the public until autumn. Among many possible new functions, the map function of iOS6 is the most concerned, because Apple gave up Google Maps in the new system and replaced it with the map technology independently developed by Apple.

Apple will showcase the new version of the iOS mobile operating system at the Global Developers Conference. As in the past five years, this five-day event will be held in Nishi, Moskau, where more than 65,438+0,000 Apple engineers will attend more than 65,438+0,000 technical meetings.

Tickets for the Global Developers Conference will go on sale on Thursday, April 25th at 10 Pacific time and 1 eastern time. Tickets for previous years were sold out within minutes after they were put on sale.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president in charge of global marketing, said: "We look forward to meeting with iOS and OS X developers at the 20 13 Global Developers Conference. In the past year, our developers have achieved the best results so far. We are very happy to show them the latest development of software technology and development tools and help them develop innovative applications. We look forward to handing over the new version of iOS and the new version of OS X to them at the Global Developers Conference. "

In addition to holding technical meetings, this year's Global Developers Conference will also include hands-on experiments to help developers integrate new technologies. This year's conference will also present the annual Apple Design Award to showcase some of the most outstanding applications in the iOS and Mac app stores.

According to Apple, the activities of the 20 13 Global Developers Conference will include:

More than 100 technical conferences attended by Apple engineers, with the theme of developing, deploying and integrating the latest technologies of iOS and OS X;

More than 65,438+0,000 Apple engineers supported more than 65,438+0,000 hands-on experiments, providing code-level help for developers, helping developers to deeply understand development technologies and providing guidance for them to make full use of iOS and OS X technologies in their applications;

Show the latest innovations, the functions and performance of iOS and OS X, and how to enhance the functions, performance, quality and design of applications;

Provide opportunities to communicate with thousands of iOS and OS X developers from all over the world. The participating developers come from more than 60 countries around the world;

Hold an exciting luncheon, inviting thought leaders and heavyweights from the scientific and entertainment circles to participate;

Won the Apple Design Award for the iPhone, iPad and Mac applications that demonstrated technological advantages, innovation and excellent design.

On the morning of June 3rd, 20 14 Beijing time, Apple held the 20 14 Global Developers Conference in San Francisco, USA. The conference is divided into three parts: the release of a new desktop operating system Yosemite, and the launch of the latest generation of mobile operating system iOS 8 and developer applications.

The new MAC OS x10.10 Yosemite.

WWDC released a brand-new OS X Yosemite on 20 14 as scheduled. Like the original iOS 7, OS X Yosemite adopts a flat design style: Dock bar like iOS, all redrawn application icons, and ground glass effects everywhere. The overall design of OS X is exactly the same as that of iOS.

In the whole function, OS X Yosemite draws on many elements of iOS and further integrates seamlessly with iOS. For example, the completely redesigned notification center has newly added calendar reminders, weather, stocks and other common notification columns in iOS; For the first time, it realizes the airdrop connection function between OS X and iOS; Even with the Handoff function, Apple has integrated the SMS and call functions of iPhone on OS X, and can make calls directly through the Mac.

In addition, OS X Yosemite has also brought many functional enhancements, such as the redesigned mail client and the cloud middle school function supporting oversized attachments; The newly upgraded Safari browser, according to the official data given by Apple, has defeated Chrome in almost any test session, bringing a new browsing experience; OS X Yosemite also brings a new iCloud Drive client, which allows users to synchronize data between Macs, iPhone, iPad and even PCs.

More functional improvements in iOS 8

Just experienced a major upgrade of iOS 7, iOS 8 did not bring us too many surprises in the interface design, and still continued the flat style of iOS 7, but it still brought many surprises in function. The relatively simple and rude summary is that iOS is ahead of Android. ......

IOS 8 further enhances the function of the notification bar, which is not only a functional change, but also an open interface, and third-party applications can use IOS 8.

Interface and create widgets; Directly in the notification center; After receiving the message reminder, iOS 8 can reply to the message directly in the message notification bar; Common contacts are integrated in the multi-tasking interface, and you can make phone calls, send text messages or make Facetime by clicking on the avatar; Family sharing can build a "private cloud" among family members and so on.

IOS 8 has also been optimized specifically for China, such as adding vector maps, point-to-point navigation functions, and increasing support for the China Lunar Calendar. The QuickType function in iOS 8 also supports Chinese input.

It is particularly worth mentioning that the new version of iMessage, iMessage in iOS 8 has added multi-group chat, which supports sending voice messages, supporting sending videos, and supporting sending geographical locations. Pictures in chat records can be archived and viewed.

Information function upgrade

The newly released new information service of iOS 8 mobile phone operating system not only adds the group chat function, but also can directly send audio and video messages.

First of all, the information of iOS 8 introduces the concept of "group", which can directly "pull" many friends to chat together, or remove someone, or name the conversation or quit the group chat, and this conversation supports naming.

Secondly, it supports geographical location sharing, can realize real-time location sharing among many people, and can enjoy direct calls or Facetime with friends.

Third, iOS 8 information supports voice messages. Similar to WeChat, you can directly press and hold the button to record audio or video messages. Voice messages can be displayed in conversation messages through audio waveforms of real time.

Fingerprint identification function

20 14 In the early morning of June 3rd, Apple held the 20 14 Global Developers Conference in San Francisco, USA. Apple announced that the fingerprint identification function Touch ID launched on 20 13 will be open to developers.

Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president, said that since the launch of the Touch id function, it has been loved by many users. He said that Apple will ensure the security of users' fingerprints and will not disclose fingerprint information to any third party. At this year's World Developers Conference (WWDC), although Apple released the updates of iOS 9, OS X and Watch OS 2 in one breath, all the comments and opinions of major media on this conference can be summarized in one sentence: "Not satisfied+no unexpected surprises". However, Apple's global developer conference has brought us a general direction, that is, the era centered on smart wear is coming.

Smart watches will eventually get rid of mobile phones.

Apple launched an independent smart watch operating system, Watch OS, which can be said to be a major focus of this conference. This shows us that the smart watch that has been attached to the mobile phone as a "mistress" finally understands the value and significance of its existence. It is only a matter of time before smart wear replaces mobile phones as the center of the world, and it will soon be realized.

The release of Watch OS will accelerate this process. On the one hand, it tells the current smart wearable practitioners that it may be time to change their concepts and think about the technical path of smart wearable devices from the perspective of independent smart wear. On the other hand, Apple smart watches based on Watch OS will attract more developers and bring more application exploration, which is obviously a thing full of expectations for smart watch users.

Wearable banking is coming.

The era of mobile banking has not been officially opened, and will soon be replaced by wearable banks. After Google launched the Android Wear operating system for smart watches last year, some banks, including United Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank of America and Online Bank of Canada, intend to develop related applications on this platform, hoping to help bank customers check the balance, receive fraud reminders and complete other banking services by touching the watch.

Especially with the integration of biometric technology and wearable devices, and the application of payment technology based on NFC in wearable devices, on the one hand, the core problem of financial payment, namely security, is solved; On the other hand, it brings convenience to payment transactions, and we don't have to worry about complicated passwords.

According to the data released by Apple, 70% of credit cards and debit cards in the UK will use Apple Pay this autumn, and more than 250,000 stores in the UK will accept Apple Pay. Apple also announced at the meeting that its iOS app Passbook was renamed Wallet. After the name change, the contents of the wallet become richer, such as credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, boarding passes, coupons and so on. Can be stored on this App.

Currently, Apple is accelerating the global layout of Apple Pay. Britain will be the first other country where Apple Pay will be launched in the United States. And it can be seen from Cook's many visits to China that Apple wants Apple Pay to enter China. This means that the payment method based on NFC is being accepted by people and will soon replace the current credit card transaction method as the mainstream. And smart watch wearable devices integrated with NFC technology will replace POS machines, and wearable banks are coming soon.

Smart homes with smart wear as the core are taking shape.

Apple said at this conference that Homekit in iOS 9 introduced iCloud connection function for the first time, and in the future, users will be allowed to remotely control Homekit-related smart home devices through iCloud. At the same time, the Watch OS system is independent, which means that in the near future, users can directly access HomeKit through smart watches to control smart devices at home.

In today's fiery smart home, it can be said that smart watches, smart bracelets, smart glasses and smart shoes based on the human body will be the core of the whole smart home, and can also be understood as the key to smart home. Whether it is to realize the automatic control of equipment or the automatic decision-making of equipment and people based on smart wear, in short, smart home based on smart wear will make home really smart.