Apple Confirms iOS 6

Apple continues to install various banners inside San Francisco’s Moscone West, the latest of which confirms one key announcement about to be made at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference this next Monday.

“We have a great WWDC planned this year and can’t wait to share the latest news about iOS and OS X Mountain Lion with developers,” said Philip Schiller (Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing), in April, when Apple announced the WWDC schedule. Apple’s sales guy added, “The iOS platform has created an entirely new industry with fantastic opportunities for developers across the country and around the world.” By giving workers the green light to hang banners that read “iOS 6. The world’s most advanced mobile operating system,” Apple has now indirectly (and prematurely) announced the next major version of the underlying software powering iPhones and iPads everywhere.

It is not often that this happens, and it most likely wouldn’t have happened under Steve Jobs’ lead. But, what’s been done cannot be undone. There’s a very good chance Apple will at least hand developers a beta of iOS 6 at Monday’s ceremonious unveiling of the latest technologies crammed behind a small blue icon filled with ripples and a giant six right smack in the middle. At the other end of the spectrum, there is little to no chance of a public release - Apple will most likely hold that off until the next iPhone is unveiled. That’s not to say there isn’t a slight possibility Apple has plans to introduce its next iPhone next week. They’ve done it a few times before at WWDC, which set a trend for the Cupertino giant - a trend we shouldn’t necessarily regard as obsolete.

The company’s iPhone 4S announcement in October last year could simply be an exception. Of course, with all the rumors swirling around about a new line of Macs, an Apple TV SDK, and the confirmed Mountain Lion showcase, topping it all with the iPhone 5 would be an overkill for Apple’s annual, developer-centric event.

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