Hi,

Sure.  But if only 10% of all devices are running IOS 6 in say 3 months, why 
would a developer bother with 10% of his potential user base?

Ricardo Walker
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On Sep 29, 2013, at 1:07 AM, eric oyen <[email protected]> wrote:

> most of the devs might have to maintain some backward compatibility as there 
> are those of us who have older devices that won't support iOS 7. Sure, I have 
> an iPhone 5, but I also have a 3GS here as well. I use the 5 as a portable 
> hotspot and the 3 has all my music and navigational apps on it. seems 
> ridiculous, but the 3GS has far more memory available to it. So, there you go.
> 
> -eric
> 
> On Sep 28, 2013, at 10:03 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> Hi Mary,
>> 
>> I think it depends on what we mean by support.  I don’t think there will be 
>> any more updates for IOS 6 if that’s what is meant here.  In a week, the 
>> adoption rate for IOS 7 has already gone over 50%  In a month or 2, this 
>> rate will more than likely be around 90%.  At that point, I don’t 
>> thinkdevelopers will really care about making sure their apps work with IOS 
>> 6 or not.  So in that way, I can be IOS 6 not being supported in the not too 
>> distant future..
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
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>> www.appletothecore.info
>> 
>> On Sep 28, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Christopher,
>>> I don't believe it is true that Apple no longer supports iOS six. There are 
>>> too many devices out there that still use it. For example, the iPod touch 
>>> fourth-generation. I still have an old iPad that I can't upgrade past iOS 5 
>>> thanks to Apple. There are certainly apps I can't use anymore, but many 
>>> many apps still work fine on the iPad. So until I see something from Apple 
>>> that says they will no longer support iOS 6 at all, I'm not going to 
>>> believe it.
>>> Mary
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Sep 28, 2013, at 7:12 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I don't think this is the only reason to or the only criteria to use to 
>>>> determine to upgrade or not. Apple isn't supporting IOS 6 any more, so you 
>>>> won't be getting updates or security fixes for IOS 6. I haven't seen a 
>>>> statement on this, but I doubt you'll continue to get Apple support if you 
>>>> keep running IOS 6. App developers will also stop supporting IOS 6.
>>>> 
>>>> On 09/28/2013 01:02 AM, Aman Singer wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Sieghard and all.
>>>>> I don't think that iOS 7 is particularly bad, but that isn't, IMHO,
>>>>> the standard I would judge it on. The only reason to upgrade, at least for
>>>>> me, is that the upgrade will be better than what came before. If it's
>>>>> better, and I mean better on the whole, taking everything into account, 
>>>>> then
>>>>> it's worth the upgrade no matter what bugs are in the system. The bugs 
>>>>> just
>>>>> reduce the quality, if other things raise it, the update is fine. As it
>>>>> stands, I think the question is whether iOS 7 is better for any particular
>>>>> user than iOS 6.x. That's something each user will have to determine for
>>>>> himself, and it's something which is specific to him. That is, iOS 7 is
>>>>> worth the upgrade to me because things work better with my Bluetooth to
>>>>> hearing aid bridge. For someone who doesn't use such a bridge but who's 
>>>>> like
>>>>> me in everything else, it may not be worth it. For someone who hates the 
>>>>> old
>>>>> app switcher, it may be great, and for someone who loves the way mail is
>>>>> displayed in the old mail program it may be horrible... You get the idea.
>>>>> Aman
>>>>> --Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>>>>> Of Pablo Morales
>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 4:54 PM
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Re: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 
>>>>> 6
>>>>> holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, I just have a complain about Ios 7. It makes my iPhone 4, a old 
>>>>> iPhone
>>>>> of 16Gb, a little bit slow. Also, some times I try to open apps, and they
>>>>> just doesn't open, and I guess is it because the Ios 7 is too heavy for 
>>>>> the
>>>>> processor of my old iPhone 4.
>>>>> But in my iPhone 5, it works much better, and the slow thing  that I feel 
>>>>> in
>>>>> my iPhone 4, is imperceptible. Also, the last update, fixed the issue 
>>>>> that I
>>>>> had with the time, or it is that I am feeling so far. Also I have to  say
>>>>> that Ios 7 brought  many new things, things that will be so helpful for us
>>>>> using voice over, and every body who uses Ios 7.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> chaltain at Gmail
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