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   iWork, iPhoto, and iMovie Free with New iOS Devices

   Adam C. Engst

   Along with the major announcements of the iPhone 5c and 5s, Apple CEO
   Tim Cook threw in a brief bit of back-patting for the company's iWork
   suite for iOS ' [1]Pages, [2]Keynote, and [3]Numbers ' along with the
   iOS versions of [4]iPhoto and [5]iMovie. And then he raised the bar
   significantly for competing apps by announcing that all five would be
   free for purchasers of all new iOS devices from now on, with the option
   to download appearing during the initial device setup.

   Oddly, [6]GarageBand for iOS was not included in the announcement, even
   though the iLife suite of iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand is bundled
   with all new Macs.

   Given that the iWork apps cost $9.99 each and iPhoto and iMovie are
   $4.99 each, Apple just added nearly $40 worth of software to every new
   iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch sold, a non-trivial bonus for relatively
   inexpensive devices. Presumably, those who currently own iOS devices
   but don't yet own these apps must still buy them.

   Since the announcement was focused entirely on iOS and iOS devices, it
   wasn't surprising that Apple failed to say anything about iWork for the
   Mac, which has seen no significant updates for nearly five years while
   Apple focused on bringing the suite to iOS. Perhaps iWork for Mac will
   get some attention at the forthcoming release of OS X 10.9 Mavericks,
   although we've already happily switched from Pages to [7]Nisus Writer
   Pro for Take Control.

References

   1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8&&at=10l5PW
   2. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8&&at=10l5PW
   3. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/numbers/id361304891?mt=8&&at=10l5PW
   4. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iphoto/id497786065?mt=8&&at=10l5PW
   5. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8&&at=10l5PW
   6. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8&&at=10l5PW
   7. http://www.nisus.com/pro/

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