Everything’s a bit muddled in the iPhone firmware world. Will the iPhone v1.2 “Aspen” OS that’s used in the iPhone SDK emulator be released prior to the iPhone v2.0 firmware that’s due out in June? The iPhone v1.2 Aspen firmware could actually be the firmware that will serve as the iPhone SDK-compatible v2.0 firmware –…
Telstra prepping iPhone launch in Australia?
While we haven’t heard anything concrete from either Cupertino or Telstra as to when (or even if) the iPhone is coming to Aussie shores, there’s new speculation that leads us to believe that Telstra is preparing to receive the iPhone – possibly toting the new iPhone v2.0 firmware. Telstra has posted an employment listing for…
mobilePeople’s “liquid” empowers iPhone search
mobilePeople is bringing its award-winning “liquid” mobile search platform to iPhone. The idea is of course to get some media attention (they got ours), while “extending new monetisation opportunities for directory publishers and directory assistance companies” at the same time. That being said, users of the Apple’s shiny handset will be able to search Yellow…
GyPSii goes iPhone
Recently, mobile geo-location and social networking service GyPSii announced the iPhone-optimized version of their service/site. The new web-based GyPSii iPhone application integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone owners to “enjoy a wide range of new and exciting location-based features and services.” Some of the GyPSii for iPhone features…
Apple iPhone SDK downloaded 100,000 times!
You may like it or not, but iPhone keeps getting most of the media attention. Today Cupertino folks announced that a total of 100,000 SDKs were downloaded. It’s only fair to say not all of these people will actually ever make an iPhone application, but the number is impressive nevertheless. As a matter of fact,…
iPhone firmware 2.0 jailbroken!
iPhone firmware 2.0 is coming in June and some people are scared thinking they won’t be able to use their jailbroken iPhones any more. Luckily the great folks of iPhone Dev Team are there to help us all. They got ahold of the new firmware that ships with the SDK (1.2, which will be released…
Copy and paste on the iPhone!
Cut and paste is quite possibly the singularly most requested feature on the iPhone. Sure, the iPhone can recognize an phone number in any webpage/text message/email. And calling the number is a simple matter of tapping the phone number and initiating the call. But, what if you want to copy and paste a URL or…
What’s wrong with the iPhone SDK… and how to get it fixed
The iPhone SDK is great. I’ve talked it up enough in the past few days that it should be quite apparent that I think the iPhone SDK will bring a new wave of development for the iPhone’s Mac OS. Still, the glaring problem with the iPhone SDK is that the development platform is limiting iPhone…
Not so minor changes coming to next iPhone v2.0 – Bonjour, full-screen browsing, vector graphics, locally stored web-apps, PowerPoint, mass email delete, and possibly search
Well that sure was a mouthful. Sure, there are those minor changes to the iPhone UI that may or may not materialize, but there are also some serious changes in store for the iPhone v2.0. The iPhone SDK, freely downloadable from Apple, is proving to be an invaluable source of upcoming iPhone features. Remember, the…
iPhone SDK: iPhone emulator uses iPhone OS v1.2 firmware (codenamed Aspen); to be released?
The iPhone SDK includes an iPhone emulator that makes it easy for iPhone developers to test their code without having to risk corrupting a real-life iPhone. But, while the rest of us mortals will have to be satisfied with the current iPhone v1.1.4 firmware, the iPhone emulator gets to play with a newer, unreleased version…