What we have here today are first screenshots of the upcoming iPhone AppStore. While we’re not sure whether the images are legit or not, they certainly look real. Scrap that, basically it’s what we’ve been expecting for – a bit tweaked Installer.app. Then again, the “Genres” menu in the navigation somehow sounds strange, to say…
Google releases APIs to work with iPhone
Ahh, Google and Apple. It’s nice to see these two tech innovators continuing to work together in harmony. Google has just released a set of APIs in their GData Objective-C Client Library that will allow iPhone developers to use Google APIs alongside Apple’s APIs in the iPhone SDK. Of course, all applications written in Objective-C…
Apple may ban development of music player application for iPhone
Talk about lockdown. In a move that should make anti-trust litigators foam at the mouth, Apple has reportedly banned the development of any music player application for the iPhone. The new iPhone SDK apparently restricts applications from accessing iTunes functions, effectively prohibiting developers from accessing the iTunes music library or expanding on the iPhone’s music-player.…
Apple’s iPhone AppStore digital application signatures explained – developer costs lowest in industry
We already know that Apple plans to lockdown the development environment for iPhone applications made with the iPhone SDK and distributed through the AppStore. But, the question is, just how does Apple plan to keep such a tight leash on all those oncoming applications, and how does that play into the plan to charge a…
iPhone users hitting the web with fury
Corroborating the StatCounter statistics that puts the iPhone at the top of the mobile browser market (No. 1 in the US, and No. 2 in the UK), M:Metrics, our favorite web-usage statistics firm, has released new research that indicates that iPhone users are hitting the web with a fury. Virtually every single iPhone user is…
Apple iPhone has hidden screenshot utility – who knew?
Why were we fussing around with third-party screenshot utilities all this time? Probably because there wasn’t anyway to enable the hidden screenshot function in iPhone firmwares v1.1.3 and after. Well, thanks to the work of RipDev, we have news that the hidden screenshot functionality is a simple matter of editing /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist. Screenshots can be taken…
Adobe working on Flash for iPhone
There’s been a good amount of talk about Flash hitting the mobile space recently, and it looks like the iPhone will get to taste some sweet, sweet Flash support soon enough. Adobe CEO Shanatanu Narayen has announced that Adobe has begun developing a Flash-solution for the iPhone, using Apple’s official iPhone SDK. “We believe Flash…
Apple iPhone takes the lead as No. 1 mobile browser in US, No. 2 in UK
Browsing the web on the iPhone is a dream. The experience is unrivaled by any other mobile browsing platform. So, it’s no wonder that the iPhone’s Safari browser has already climbed to the No. 1 spot among mobile browsers in the US. What makes it so great? Sure, there’s multi-touch, capacitance touchscreen, Safari, and tabbed…
Watch embedded YouTube videos on your iPhone – Flash be damned!
Aside from the iPhone’s YouTube application, there aren’t too many other options to satisfy that YouTube craving. So, it’s a good thing that there’s at least one other option on the table. With the same kind of bookmarklet magic that allows iPhone users to copy and paste text and URLs, any embedded YouTube content can…
Apple gets another business suit for iPhone – Sybase iAnywhere
Apple’s iPhone is getting seriously gussied up for its new role as an enterprise smartphone. With Apple bringing Microsoft Exchange support to the iPhone with the next iPhone update and Cisco already branding iPhone features with their VPN technology, not to mention IBM’s Lotus for iPhone, the iconic handset is sure to fire up corporate…