Apple to combine OS X and iOS in 2012, analyst says

By on Aug 3, 2011 at 11:20 AM
mobile August 3, 2011

Apple will begin to merge its OS X and iOS operating systems in 2012 according to predictions made by Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek.”We believe Apple is looking to merge iOS (iPhones/iPads) with OS X (Macs) into a single platform for apps and cloud services starting in 2012-13,” Misek said. He believes that the A6 processor is “capable of PC-like strength,” and that Apple will implement it into its iPad 3 during the first quarter of 2012, into the iPhone 5 next summer, and into the MacBook Air in 2012 or 2013. “Users want to be able to pick up any iPhone, iPad, or Mac (or turn on their iTV) and have content move seamlessly between them and be optimized for the user and the device currently being used,” Misek said. “We believe this will be difficult to implement if iOS and OS X are kept separate.” There have been rumors that Apple has considered building its own TV, which Misek refers to as the “iTV,” although that has been pure speculation.

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  • http://twitter.com/Vision77 Vision77

    I don’t think that will happen…..you might see more integration of iOS elements within OSX but a complete merge would probably piss folks off. 

  • Anonymous

    “He believes that the A6 processor is “capable of PC-like strength,” and that Apple will implement it into its iPad 3 during the first quarter of 2012, into the iPhone 5 next summer, and into the MacBook Air in 2012 or 2013.”

    This site just lost ALL credibility. It’s official, My Gawd! Where the fack are the REAL exclusives I started liking BGR for?!?! “Apple Genius Report”

  • http://www.facebook.com/searchandbuild Delcio Acosta

    that’s going to suck 

  • http://lovegenius.tumblr.com Johnson Tran

    Anybody that doesn’t see a Mac OS X and iOS merger coming is blind. LaunchPad, “natural” scrolling, the horrible looking Calendar and Address Book apps, the window panes in Mail. Old people will finally be able to use computers like regular folk.

  • jay_max

    So Apple has decided to take the Microsoft approach… interesting.

  • Anonymous

    In another news this was hoax just like IE story.

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  • Dudewtf

    Wow, get my posts deleted is bullshit.  Pansie ass bitches can’t take the heat…………

  • Anonymous

    Analysts are the worst !    No way a Macbook with an ARM chip (even one of the quad-core 2.5GHz Krait Qualcomm Snapdragons) will ever outperform an Ivy Bridge (or the follow on Haswell) Core i5 — not going to happen.  Also with the process shrinks to 22nm, then 14nm, then 10nm (or is it 7nm?),  power consumption will continue to decline. Yes, ARM will have process shrinks to, but ARMs wont outperform Intel on MacOS

  • http://twitter.com/kaydpea chris moore

    if anyone wants to write a book about the decline of apple, start it off with the release of final cut x, lion, then this.

  • Leo August

    I remember when the iPhone first launched.  Steve Jobs specifically said, “It runs OS X!”  Talk about hype!

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