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iOS is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple for its iPhone line of smartphones. It was unveiled in January 2007 alongside the first-generation iPhone and released that June, with major new versions issued annually since.

Facts
Year
2007 1
Significance
Using a well known desktop operating system as its basis let many third-party Mac developers write iPhone software with minimal retraining. 1
Sources
1. IOS - Wikipedia
  • Opening paragraph
    It was unveiled in January 2007 alongside the first-generation iPhone, and was released in June 2007.
  • History section, OS X basis paragraph
    The decision enabled the success of the iPhone as a platform for third-party developers: using a well-known desktop operating system as its basis allowed the many third-party Mac developers to write software for the iPhone with minimal retraining.
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