iPads Running iOS 6.0 at Apple's Campus Showing Up in Web Logs

[MacinDoc]

So people at Apple read Ars Technica... Interesting.

That's probably the biggest news in this story, and even that is hardly a surprise. Seriously, I would be positively shocked if Apple wasn't working on iOS 6 for the iPad 3, because if it wasn't, then we wouldn't be seeing it any time in the next 12 months.

 

[mgsarch]

From Ars Technica:

Update: This post is now being picked up by a number of publications that seem to be conflating the two pieces of evidence. The screen resolution numbers aren't necessarily connected to the iPads running iOS 6; they could be completely unrelated. The only thing we're sure of is that there are iPads that claim to be running iOS 6 browsing Ars Technica from Apple's campus in Cupertino. Whether those exact iPads are iPad 3s with "retina" displays remains unknown.

 

[charlituna]

Wait you mean Apple is working on iOS 6!!?

In the immortal words of Dr John H Watson 'no **** Sherlock'

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iOS is a yearly event at this point. There are no doubt a dozen or more devices around Apple running that stuff at this time.

Exactly. They likely don't care if folks figure out they are working on it since there are no details being revealed

 

[Hawkeye411]

Wait you mean Apple is working on iOS 6!!?

I thought for sure they would stop at 5!! However, I was also worn about OS9!!

 

[adder7712]

Apple seems to be fond of visiting Ars Technica.

 

[Navdakilla]

interesting.. i wonder what apple has up their sleeves for this one

 

[the8thark]

seriously......this is the most ****** rumor ever. I would rather believe the drop on the 64gb ipad 3 then to believe this.
You know how relativly easy it is to make such a website report trick youre visitting the site wich those settings?

Now who's going to fake iOS 9.3 and visit a website? ^^

easy traffic now for that article.

MacRumors do write a lot of terrible garbage unbelievable articles. But this one is not one of them. This one is at least semi-believeable.

 

[bharatkhanna29]

iPad is going to be similar like Microsoft 8 tablets (in software not in hardware) & similarly in iOS 6 they are bringing all these things with snap (Windows 8 Feature) feature especially... this is the reason for so high resolution they are putting. they don't want to loose the position of tablets in market by windows 8 OS & hence they have changed from inventors to copiers. Anybody will do if person wants to hold their position in market

Believe me or not these are the reasons for
1) high resolution
2) iPad coming with iOS 6 while iOS 5 has come few months ago only

 

[Clete2]

So people at Apple read Ars Technica... Interesting.

You seem to be implying that people at Apple are not part of the general population. It seems to me that a good number of people in the general population read Ars Technica.

 

[Lesser Evets]

They just stopped charging for it and made their desktop OS upgrades only $30. Why would they reverse course?

Are you serious?

Ever heard of bait-n-switch? Sure, they might do free iOS, but sooner or later it will be obvious that they can make $5/person every year. Who would complain? You wouldn't gladly drop $5 for iOS updates which are useful? That's a LOT of money when you have hundreds of millions of devices on the market. Apple IS in business for MONEY, never fool yourself; they just realize that you make money when you supply innovation and superior product that engages customers.

Give free iOS until they peak market, then charge a little for the updates. Prudent way to make amazing cash.

 

[jwdsail]

hrmph

I was really hoping they'd fix the location reminders in iOS 5.x.

1. user-selectable geo-fences. I need to be reminded to buy milk before I'm about to drive past the store, not when I've already remembered and am walking into it..

2. Let users set reminder location on a map! I shouldn't have to have every grocery store, office supply store, pet store in my address-book. In-fact, let me select a stretch of road close to a store, so I'm reminded when I'm going a specific direction on that stretch of road.. (remind me to get vitamins when going west, cat food when going east, on the same stretch of road)

3. Let me set multiple locations for a reminder. Milk is milk, a ream of paper is a ream of paper.. Reminders should be able to remind me to buy milk, ink, paper, etc when I'm close to any appropriate location.

4. If I'm say an hour drive away from the nearest reminder location, stop checking location constantly, and power down the gps for say 30 minutes.. save some battery life.


If they wait until iOS 6 to add features to Reminders app that would make it useful, I hope it still runs on older iPhones..

If anyone thinks these would be good improvements, go to apple.com/feedback and tell them!!! Maybe if we're lucky we won't have to wait until iOS 6 for them...

 

[mossme89]

lol I don't know about some of you guys, but seeing this post makes me feel old (even at 18). I remember when iOS 2.0 was the big thing and there was only 1 generation of iPhone. Now we're talking about iOS 6 and the 6th generation iphone

 

[twoodcc]

looking forward to iOS 6

 

[DeathChill]

I wonder if iOS 6 will include Apple's own maps system. John Gruber hinted at it on his blog. I wonder if he knows anything or was just thinking out loud?

 

[chrmjenkins]

Are you serious?

Ever heard of bait-n-switch? Sure, they might do free iOS, but sooner or later it will be obvious that they can make $5/person every year. Who would complain? You wouldn't gladly drop $5 for iOS updates which are useful? That's a LOT of money when you have hundreds of millions of devices on the market. Apple IS in business for MONEY, never fool yourself; they just realize that you make money when you supply innovation and superior product that engages customers.

Give free iOS until they peak market, then charge a little for the updates. Prudent way to make amazing cash.

I hope you never run a business.

 

[scottrichardson]

Maybe this is a sign that apple is going to do away with the silly scaling/zooming paradigm it has for addressing pixel densities and web page content.

It would be much simpler if us web guys could just treat the iPhone as a 960 x 640 display, and adjust the content sizes as required, rather than treating it as a 480 x 320 device that is twice as detailed.

Just saying.

 

[bennettave]

I bet you think the moon landing was faked too.

This rumor is likely...but getting a trip to the moon and back right on our first try? What if we'd've failed?

...we'd all be speaking Russian, no doubt.