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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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I suspect The Sarbanes-Oxley Act...
Remember when Apple had to charge $1.99 for QuickTime upgrades and to unlock software features in units already sold like $3 to activate a higher speed Wi-Fi capablity in iMac and Macbooks that was never announced at the time of sale. They had to do it this to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley financial reporting obligations in that it was difficult task to report the opportunity cost of distributing free product vs being able to include a free products actual cost as a part of product offering.
So I guess new customers can easily have their "free" software cost covered and accounted for as being associated as a component part of the device sold with a new iOS device sale.
This is just my guess...
Is Sarbanes-Oxley Forcing Apple To Charge You To Upgrade Your WiFi?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070115/163130.shtml
So now the question is...."Is Sarbanes-Oxley Forcing Apple To Charge You For iLife and iWorks On iOS?"
iWonder...
Remember when Apple had to charge $1.99 for QuickTime upgrades and to unlock software features in units already sold like $3 to activate a higher speed Wi-Fi capablity in iMac and Macbooks that was never announced at the time of sale. They had to do it this to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley financial reporting obligations in that it was difficult task to report the opportunity cost of distributing free product vs being able to include a free products actual cost as a part of product offering.
So I guess new customers can easily have their "free" software cost covered and accounted for as being associated as a component part of the device sold with a new iOS device sale.
This is just my guess...
Is Sarbanes-Oxley Forcing Apple To Charge You To Upgrade Your WiFi?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070115/163130.shtml
So now the question is...."Is Sarbanes-Oxley Forcing Apple To Charge You For iLife and iWorks On iOS?"
iWonder...
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Simply because there are better options out there that are easier to use and produce a better end product. Google We Designer, Rapidweaver, and Sandvox all come to mind.
If he bought the device a after Sept 1st then they would be free. If not, he still has to pay for the apps anyway. It is not free for everyone, just new devices. It's likely a SOX law issue about how they account for software sales or something.
I agree with you but wouldn't it be even cooler if they used the iCloud technology to actually sync images and edits you made to one picture across you iOS photo libraries, as well as iPhoto/Aperture photo libraries so that you can seamlessly edit and manage your photos, from your iPad or iPhone or your mac?
This is something I found very disappointing with iPhoto for iOS and I really hope they find a way to make it possible!
Another serious improvement, which I think they will add, is to be able to transfer of photos with the filter effects applied to them in iOS 7. Currently, the photos are transferred without any effect. The only way to preserve the photo with applied filter is to email them to myself, and that's not user friendly!
In any case, I hope they have made more changes than just cosmetic ones!
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People will complain about everything!
Just be happy we don't have to pay for software updates!
Since when is Apple hardware free?
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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
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.
yes, once you have downloaded it will show them as purchased and you can download from any other device.
I downloaded them onto my 5S, and I can now download them for free on any of my other devices.
Pages icon
Pages is the app, I am using on a regular base and do not want to hide inside a folder. So I am actually happy, that at least a nice orange color was chosen.
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Indeed.
Pages is the app, I am using on a regular base and do not want to hide inside a folder. So I am actually happy, that at least a nice orange color was chosen.
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Indeed.
he is saying that you have to buy new apple hardware to get Garage Band for free.
It is not free for any user, you have to purchase a NEW apple device.
This is the equivalent of complaining because you bought a phone and a case, and now best buy is having a sale where you get a free $5 case with the purchase of the phone and so you are mad that you didn't get the free case.
I am talking about it from the point of view of an app developer (in the App Store). If Apple themselves make their apps for free with IAP, then it is a clear signal to everyone else.
Right, and if I DL it with my new device, can I DL it to my older ones on the same account?
Probably not....
Yes, actually you can.
Why is it everyone assumes the worst all the time? Same with the overwhelming attitude towards the Garageband IAP. Nobody even knows the details about the update and there are still tons of people going off on a rant about having to repurchase current functionality on the assumption that the free version will be gimped and the IAP will just get you back to where you are now. Much more likely is that the functionality you have now will be intact on the new free version and the improvements will be IAP, such as the increase from 8 tracks to up to 32, new instruments or intrument variants, etc that are not currently available at all.
Relax, you'll probably find out tomorrow, but until then, how about not wasting energy on ranting about something based on an assumption that probably isn't even accurate.
It's a mixed bag. Some smart re-thinking, some things you'll think are bugs, but are "working as designed."
I'm not mad about anything and I am not complaining about anything. All I said in my original post is that what you get for free is usually free for a reason. I.e. it's value is low to nil if it is given away; either as valued by Apple the supplier or as valued by the demand of the user. It is a fairly common saying/phrase (or variant of it) so I am not raising anything hugely controversial here. Anyway, we all see different value in different apps so it is not worth going on about it.
Stay cool.
The most interesting thing to take away from all this is how (or if) Mavericks will be updated to provide more continuity. It's pretty obvious that next years OS X will be the official 'iOS 7-ification', but are Apple really going to wait a year before updating its icons? A tough one.
At least we know that the OS X iWork suite will get an update to ensure compatibility. That's probably the most exciting part about Tuesday's event!
At least we know that the OS X iWork suite will get an update to ensure compatibility. That's probably the most exciting part about Tuesday's event!