"The wait is over," was the theme of many stories covering Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) launch event on Sept. 10, but for developers and their customers, the prospect of holding out another week for iOS 7 felt like almost too much to bear.
Apple confirmed iOS 7 will be available on Sept. 18 and, with the promise of many additional features and functionality since it was first discussed in June, the overall sentiment among devs on Twitter seemed pretty positive.
I'm really excited to see all of the changes to apps after iOS 7 launches next week.
— Matt Galligan (@mg) September 10, 2013
A few savvy developers seemed to be taking FierceDeveloper's recent advice on app marketing and tried to cash in on all the attention:
Best news about #iOS7 and the #iphone announcements today. Shape Shuffle will be compatible with all of them - https://t.co/zMugnByICN
— Adrian Phillips (@adrianlikesbeer) September 10, 2013
Others were more focused on getting an early look at the platform, and reported good things...
Here we go. #iOS7 files uploading quick, 5mb/s. Should be done in 20, all is http://t.co/NC2vE6zlHf hosted.
— Arturas Rosenbacher (@Arturas) September 10, 2013
...and a few glitches...
So far successful #iOS7 update percentage is 50%. 2 machine crashed during update and iTunes forced a wipe and re-install. Ouch. #iosdev
— David HM Spector (@dhmspector) September 10, 2013
And while many consumers on Twitter sounded like they were chomping at the bit for iOS 7, those in the know warned that the transition may need some preparation on the developer side.
Do you know what will happen to your app next week when your users hit "update to #iOS7"? http://t.co/qZsCQ5a4L5
— Kurt McIntire (@KurtMcintire) September 10, 2013
And even though iOS 7 boasts many new features, there were at least a few developers still holding out hope they could one day take advantage of the iPhone 5S's biometric capabilities.
I hope Apple will open up Touch ID API in 7.1 or so. Hello new, simple touch auth services across the interwebs. Yay! #iOS7 #TouchID
— Péter Kovács (@_kwep) September 10, 2013
For the time being, however, the biggest issue may be how safe Apple devices and third-party apps on the new platform will be.
Since everyone loves updates: @evad3rs have now started to actively look at iOS 7.
— planetbeing (@planetbeing) September 10, 2013