Currently all mobile devices in the Big Apple (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) carry with them iOS, the mobile operating system of the big apple. Many times I have been a participant in discussion groups where I argued that the iPad was evolving at a much higher rate than iOS was doing. And with the launch of the 12,9-inch iPad Pro, things were not getting any better, but it was plausible as the iPad was lagging behind with iOS. As Apple boasts, the power and performance of its current iPads surpass many current PCs. The launch iOS 11 has meant, or at least for me, a change of perspective between iOS and the iPad.
Diversification was not an option: the iPad stays on iOS
A huge leap for the iPad
This is how Apple defines iOS 11. A change of perspective, understanding that the iPad has stopped being what it was, that millions of people have changed the way they use their mobile devices. A 12.9-inch screen, and now another 10.5, they have to have more possibilities at your fingertips, especially if the power of the terminals require it.
There are some aspects of the new operating system that I want to highlight. First, the new dock it is a wonder. It allows a perfect synchronization between devices and even with the Mac. It allows the user to have the latest apps open on our Mac or our iPhone within a few taps (and also in the multitasking of the iPad itself, of course) and quick access to each of them.
I have to say that the elimination of multi-touch gestures I have not liked anything on the part of Apple, but evolution is what it has: changes that must be accepted. Apple, however, has wanted to give much more importance to versatility when working, developing more Split View and Slide Over, tools with which we were happy until now, but with iOS 11 productivity on our iPad it will be a basic pillar on which Apple will rely to defend the operating system.
I cannot finish this article without mentioning the drag and drop, key in any desktop operating system such as macOS or Windows, with which we can touch and move anything to be more efficient and avoid the eternal "copy and paste" between applications.
For these and other reasons I defend that iOS 11 is mutating, for good. The unbundling in the operating systems are good, make no mistake. Apple has chosen to disaggregate iOS in two ways: iPhone and iPad, they do not want more operating systems. But the leap that the iPad has made in iOS 11 it means more than just a change in number.
