If the majority of new products and services from wireless carriers and handset manufacturers recently seems to be an answer to something from Apple, it’s probably because it is. Sure, Apple’s iPhone, iPhone 3G, iTunes integration, and AppStore may not be directly responsible for all of the wireless industry’s recent advancements, but Cupertino’s entry in…
New iPhone 2.1 OS SDK beta brings background notification tools to developers – Push background notification coming soon
Forget multi-tasking, push background notification is where it’s at. With the limited resources available to mobile devices, running multiple applications in the background can tax the CPU, drain the battery faster, and lead to system instability as multiple applications fight for memory allottment and CPU cycles. Apple has seeded a new iPhone 2.1 OS SDK…
AppStore boasts 1,001 iPhone applications – Buying iPhone apps isn’t too painful
Steve Jobs seems to think that the AppStore “is a grand slam,” and we can’t find any reason to not agree. With unrivaled platform integration and third-party applications that readily take advantage of the iPhone’s multi-touch interface and various sensors, the AppStore has proven to be a boon for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and even iPod…
Installer 4 coming to a jailbroken iPhone near you
With the iPhone and iPhone 3G jailbreak released in to the wild and ready to open read/write access to the iPhone’s filesystem from any Mac or PC, many have likely been scratching their heads as to where the AppStore alternative, Installer.app, has gone. Pwnage Tool 2.0 and WinPwn 2.0 both allow for custom firmwares to…
iPhone 3G baseband gets hacked – iPhone 3G unlock on the way
The venerable iPhone Dev Team released their new Pwnage Tool 2.0.1 jailbreak solution for all iPhone and iPhone 3G (iPod Touch, as well) handsets. First generation iPhones were fully supported with jailbreak, activation, and unlock software. Unfortunately, The Team wanted to hold off on releasing an iPhone 3G unlock solution until they were able to…
GarageGames brings Torque to iPhone – 2D and 3D game development made easy
The iPhone as a gaming platform. Who knew? Well, Apple probably foresaw their iPhone’s huge multi-touch display and capacitance-based touchscreen as perfectly suited for the mobile gaming environment, but the iPhone’s tremendous appeal as a mobile gaming platform has been somewhat of a surprise to many. Nevertheless, mobile game developers has embraced the iPhone, as…
Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin has a new tool – Swf2Jar 1.0
Remember Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin which we covered back in May? Basically, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker developed a Java ME API that defines a bridge between the Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite programming environments, making it possible to use Flash Lite tools while still having access to all phone services through Java ME. Now…
Stanford to offer “iPhone Application Programming” course
We all know how Apple is popular these days and it doesn’t surprises to see many of the well established institutions trying to affiliate themselves with Cupertino boys. That being said, we’ve just found out Stanford will be offering a course in the Autumn entitled “iPhone Application Programming.” Apparently, the course will be taught by…
Apple iPhone 2.1 beta firmware points to turn-by-turn GPS navigation, background push notification
The recently released iPhone 2.1 firmware beta has, like many beta firmwares before it, been a rewarding source of potentially upcoming iPhone features and functionality. Previous iPhone firmware betas have led to the speculation, and eventual implementation, of iPhone features like the iPhone iTunes remote, geo-tagging photos, and character-recognition, just to name a few. With…
iPhone Copy & Paste hiding right under our noses
While the iPhone enthusiasts throughout the blogosphere were busy lamenting Apple’s failure to deliver a working, system-wide copy-and-paste feature in the iPhone 2.0 OS, it seems Apple was busy building their copy/paste framework in to new iPhone 2.1 OS and iPhone 2.1 SDK. Apple just last night released their newest iPhone OS revision, iPhone 2.1…