Reliable blogger Mark Gurman is stepping back from some of his earlier claims regarding rumorediOS 8features like Healthbook and public transit in Maps.
Apparently, the blogger’s sources have had a change of heart, now cautioning that some of the headline features planned for iOS 8.0 (code-named ‘Okemo’) could be moved to iOS 8.1.
As a result, Apple could place a larger emphasis on the next major release of its desktop operating system for Macs, code-named ‘Syrah’ after the wine.
It is speculated that the company’s been allocating iOS user interface teams to OS X as Apple races to finalize a brand new OS X design in time for WWDC, which kicks off with akeynote on June 2…
Gurmanwrites that the new OS X 10.10 design will incorporate some streamlining while borrowing more features and design cues from iOS 7, resulting in more white space between UI elements,“sharper”window corners and“more defined”icons across the system.
Familiar OS X features like the Finder, multi-window multitasking and Mission Control won’t be removed to make OS X look more like iOS, he writes.
As for iOS 8, some of the headline new features Gurman previously broke – such asHealthbook, an improved Maps app withpublic transit directionsand acar-finding feature(as evidenced in anApple patent), astandalone iTunes Radio app, VoLTE calling support,TextEdit and Preview appsand more – are said to have been potentially moved to iOS 8.1.
Again, assumedly because concurrent development of major new iOS and OS X versions has spread Apple’s development teams thin. Sources now claim that Apple is“still racing”to enable public transit directions in iOS 8 Maps in time for WWDC 2014, but at the same time cautiously point out that this feature is“certainly in the mix to potentially be pushed back.”
“Some significant changes”to iCloud are on the table as well, Gurman writes. He also corroborated Bloomberg’s earlier report calling for aSiri song identification featurein partnership with Shazam.
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So, what do you guys make of this?
