Tabletele iPad sunt livrate de catre compania Apple fara aplicatia Calculator care este oferita utilizatorilor de terminale iPhone si multa lume s-a intrebat ce anume i-a motivat pe cei din Cupertino sa evite sa ofere o aplicatie atat de utila pentru utilizatorii din lumea intreaga.
Ei bine povestea este veche si dateaza din anul 2009, deoarece cu doar o luna inainte ca tableta iPad sa fie prezentata de catre Steve Jobs, fostul CEO al Apple a luat decizia ca aplicatia Calculator ce era oferita in prototipuri sa nu fie livrata in versiunea finala a software-ului pentru tableta.
Inginerii celor de la Apple nu au creat o aplicatie Calculator speciala pentru iPad, ci doar au modificat-o pe cea pentru iPhone pentru a-i extinde interfata astfel incat ea sa acopere intregul ecran al tabletei, insa Steve Jobs nu a fost nici pe departe multumit de rezultatul final.
Chemandu-l pe Scott Forstall, pe atunci vicepresedinte senior al diviziei ce dezvolta iOS, pentru a afla care va fi versiunea finala a aplicatiei Calculator pentru iPad, Steve Jobs a aflat ca acea aplicatie cu design precar este ceea ce au gandit inginerii companiei sale si a cerut ca ea sa nu fie oferita utilizatorilor.
It is actually a funny story. When they were prototyping the iPad, they ported the iOS calc over, but it was just stretched to fit the screen. It was there all the way from the beginning of the prototypes and was just assumed by everyone at apple that it was going to be shipped that way. A month before the release, Steve Jobs calls Scott Forstall into his office and says to him, “where is the new design for the calculator? This looks awful” He said, “what new design?” This is what we are shipping with. Steve said, “no, pull it we can’t ship that”.
Desi in prima versiune a iOS pentru iPad nu a existat o aplicatie Calculator dedicata, compania Apple nu si-a facut o prioritate din a dezvolta o versiune speciala pentru tableta sa, alte proiecte avand prioritate, iar asa iPad a ramas fara o aplicatie calculator nativa pana acum.
Scott fought for it to stay in, but he knew he had to get their UI team involved to design a new look for the calculator but there was no way they could do it in that short time frame, so they just scrapped it. It has been such low priority since then that no one cares to work on it since there is more important things to work on. (Source: I worked at Apple).
