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GarageBand for iOS 7 to Become Free with In-App Purchases as Apple Reveals Full Set of New iLife and iWork Icons
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So wait did I hear you guys correctly? Apple is greedy for giving away it's apps when the market has dictated that these apps should be free?
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Yep. That's right OR Apple sees them as loss leaders.
iOS6, iOS7 was free and I am sure iOS8?
Also do you consider the current pages app to be worthless? They are simply upgrading the current pages?
Just because it has a price tag does not make it better.
Apple is using their software to sell their hardware.
The icons are already done, they are putting extra effort in to make the icons looks like ****
Skeuomorphism is more than just texture and layout though. It is about retaining superfluous elements of an original work that were a necessary part in its physical but not virtual form. For instance, a guitar needs to have strings which you can strum to produce a noise. A computer can produce the same noises without them, yet Garageband retains the design and limitations of a real guitar by creating a virtual guitar. But it can be found at much deeper levels of iOS 7 too. This whole idea of the layered OS based on motion and physicality is a skeuomorph itself. The zooming in and out of apps, the parallax effect, the tab view in Safari, are all examples of that. Jony Ive may have gotten rid of the more obvious part of skeuomorphism, but actually implemented a lot of new ones too.
Because Steve Jobs is dead and can't stop them anymore... That is why... why... Why this happens.
The only problem with Apple is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste.
And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. - Apple is the new Microsoft.
Put your glasses on and you'll see they are all about a million times better.
You actually do not need to purchase an new iPhone to get the apps for free.
I was curious as to whether or not it would be possible to get the iWork apps for free just by doing a restore. The morning of the iPhone 5s launch, prior to going to my local Apple Store to get the 5s, I did a restore and set it up as a new iPhone. When I opened the App Store it popped up asking if I would like to download the apps for free.
The simplified icons work with the layered effect of ios 7 where the wallpaper colors effect the appearance of folders and what not.
Ever heard of New Coke? Believe me Classic iOS is right arround the corner.
In the short run, the reintroduction of old Coke saved Coke's sales numbers and brought it back in the good graces of many customers and bottlers. Phone calls and letters to the company were as joyful and thankful as they had been angry and depressed ("You would have thought we'd cured cancer", said one executive). (wiki)
In the case of iOS 7 eye cancer.
iOS isn't free, it is built into the cost of an iPhone.
But you are right, Apple are using the 'freebies' to sell their hardware.
Folders also look extremely ugly in iOS 7 and are less functinal showing only nine apps at once. Despite individual preferences for more or less detailed icons, all people like good icons and all people hate bad icons. Most of these new icons are not only simple and clean but also very bad designs. So bad even that it is not quite clear if any real designer was actually involved in the design process?
Jony Ive Put Apple's Marketing Team in Charge of iOS 7 Icon Design
Wow. Do all people whine like this. Get over it already. Circumstances change. Prices change. Things change. Now how about some cheese for that whine.
"GarageBand will, however, include in-app purchase content from Apple, with additional instruments and sounds available for a fee."
I bought it a long time ago. These IAPs better not be for things that already exist in the paid version! Upgrade GarageBand and BAM, stuff you paid for is gone.
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Why? I do it all the time
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These aren't all bad besides the gradients being once again inconsistent, but the rest of the iOS 7 icons (and most of the GUI) are, especially the Music app. They just did it because that's what people think innovation and updates are all about.
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What's wrong with iWeb? I can't teach my mom HTML code, sorry.
I bought it a long time ago. These IAPs better not be for things that already exist in the paid version! Upgrade GarageBand and BAM, stuff you paid for is gone.
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Why? I do it all the time
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These aren't all bad besides the gradients being once again inconsistent
, but the rest of the iOS 7 icons (and most of the GUI) are, especially the Music app. They just did it because that's what people think innovation and updates are all about.----------
What's wrong with iWeb? I can't teach my mom HTML code, sorry.