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.
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SignificanceUsing a well known desktop operating system as its basis let many third-party Mac developers write iPhone software with minimal retraining. 1 Classification
LicenseProprietary (Closed Source) 2 Connections
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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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In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple for its iPhone line of smartphones.
View the Source2. Wikidata: iOS
- Wikidata Q48493, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
- Wikidata Q48493 P275 (license)
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