![]() ![]() That’s purely my hunch, however, and an 8th-gen iPod touch with a processor upgrade and not much else is totally possible! Maybe Apple would even bring its new midnight and starlight colors to the iPod touch. Who knows! Not me, but it’s fun to think about. ![]() The iPod touch was legendary when it premiered in September 2007. The iPhone was brand new, priced at $499 and up with a two-year contract, and limited to select carriers globally. The first-gen iPod touch, however, was $299 for 8GB (compared to $599 with a two-year contract for the iPhone) and disconnected from the complexity of carriers. It was also the most advanced digital music player by leaps and bounds at a time when the iPod and iTunes were still revolutionizing the music experience. For context, Apple was celebrating 100 million iPods sold and 1 million iPhones sold during the same week that the iPod touch debuted. Apple announced iPhone OS 1 at the iPhone keynote on January 9, 2007, and it was released to the public alongside the first-generation iPhone on June 29, 2007.The iPod lineup that year also included a new iPod classic and an iPod nano that played video on a two-inch display. No official name was given when the iPhone was released, and Steve Jobs just said "iPhone runs OS X". During the development phase of iPhone OS 1, "probably 16, 17 different concepts" were developed. Many on the team were skeptical of the feasibility of a touchscreen keyboard, and believed that users would prefer hardware keyboards. A number of different user interfaces were prototyped, including one that involved a multi-touch click-wheel. IPhone OS 1 was criticized for its lack of support for Adobe Flash web content, copy and paste, and Bluetooth stereo headphones. It also lacked support for third-party native apps, and only supported web apps, which was criticized by reviewers and developers, including John Carmack. IPhone OS 1.1 was the first version supported by the first generation iPod Touch. iPhone OS 1.1.4 is the final version of iPhone OS 1 for the first generation iPhone, with iPhone OS 1.1.5 being the final version of iPhone OS 1 available for the first generation iPod Touch. It was succeeded by iPhone OS 2 on July 11, 2008. iPhone OS 2Īpple announced iOS 4 in April 2010, and released it to the public on June 21, 2010, alongside the iPhone 4. It was the first version of the operating system to be called "iOS", due to the iPad being released. ![]()
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