What happened to the Passbook in iOS 7?

One of the key features of iOS 6, of which not a word is said in the presentation iOS 7. Perhaps Apple's ready for something more serious ...

At WWDC 2012 Passbook positioned as almost the most interesting new feature in iOS 6. For a number of people it is quite revolutionary looked virtual wallet that can not only store all your tickets, bonus cards, discount coupons, concert tickets and gift certificates, but also timely announce associated with all of the above events. But a year later, during the main presentation of WWDC 2013 did not hear a single word about the digital wallet. It is obvious that Apple decided not to talk about the development of this function in two ways: either the function does not develop, or we see something really impressive this fall.

Developers who are already lucky enough to become users of Apple's new creation called iOS 7, say that 2013 sample Passbook app, virtually identical to the options that are part of iOS 6. Among the changes noted only the appearance of the built-in barcode scanner, and slightly modified in favor of the new style of iOS design.

But why at the presentation even silent about this? Perhaps the fact that the company is now clearly wants to escape away from the legacy of Scott Forstall (Scott Forstall), and Passbook demonstration in this form does not fit into this strategy. But there another opinion. The other day, Tim Cook (Tim Cook) said that the iTunes tied already 575 million of bank payment cards, and this, according to him, is a record for the online store. And it is quite logical to look to use a strong user base for your very own payment service.

According to the author's humble opinion, Apple is uniquely present in the autumn of this year, its new flagship smartphone, which will Fingerprint's scanner. Development Passbook into a powerful payment service is more than logical, because such technologies as the NFC, has long been used by other manufacturers, but extremely shy. In Cupertino are used to change the world, successfully synthesizing existing solutions, but did not do it for a couple of years. It's time to ...