A new study by Chitika Research claims that “despite its hype, iPhone OS 3.0 had very little to offer iPod Touch users. Push notifications? MMS? Tethering? Essentially useless on a device that relies on WiFi for a connection. iPod Touch users are essentially asked to pay for copy/paste, in-app purchases, and the ability to buy… →
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Microsoft: Windows Mobile 6.5 vs. iPhone
Windows Mobile 6.5 will include Internet Explorer to reportedly provide a “better web experience” than the iPhone. How’s that? Simple: they are including Flash support. Microsoft compromised on Flash adoption in Windows Mobile 6.5 recognizing Adobe’s dominant position in the Web’s multimedia market, accepting not to push for adoption of its own Silverlight technology that… →
Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 update to fix SMS exploit
Firmware 3.0.1 is now available for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS through iTunes. The update is around 300MB. Apparently, there is no new features or fixes other than the text message exploit patch. The technique involves sending only one unusual text character or else a series of “invisible” messages that confuse the phone… →
iPhone OS 3.0 adoption rates: how many iPhone and iPod Touch users are upgrading?
During the WWDC keynote, Apple stated that more then 40 million iPhone OS devices are around, which obviously includes the iPhone and iPod touch. Of those 40+ million devices, according to Apple’s announcement dated June 22, six million had the new OS installed within the first week after its release. That is about a 15… →
iPhone OS and iPhone SDK 3.1 beta released tuesday night
The first beta for iPhone OS 3.1 and a matching SDK were seeded to developers on Tuesday night, with around a dozen new extensions for the OpenGL ES graphics library that developers can use to improve graphics exclusively on the iPhone 3GS. Among the new features the ability to select video recording quality and a… →
iPhone GPS Apps flood the market: TomTom, AT&T Navigator, Navigon MobileNavigator turn-by-turn navigation systems
Driven by the widespread adoption of iPhone OS 3.0 on the iPhone 3G and the successful launch of the iPhone 3GS that includes a digital compass along with the GPS system, all major players are now proposing their route planners to iPhone users. Most apps will provide voice-guide and 3D on-screen navigation with automatic rerouting… →
iPhone Tethering How-to, the 3G Internet Sharing minor mystery
It all started around 1 year ago, when the $10 NetShare app appeared on the App Store. It was a SOCKS proxy that linked an ad-hoc WiFi network to the iPhone’s 3G or EDGE connection. Users of the iPhone 3G have wanted to use the handset’s high-speed connection with a laptop or desktop for a… →
Rhodes vs. iPhone SDK, which is better for me?
In case your target is to deploy your mobile app to several mobile platforms — such as iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Symbian and Windows Mobile — we can provide custom mobile development and design your application so that it works well on all these mobile platforms with very little additional effort, using a new cross-platform mobile… →
Model-View-Controller (MVC) in iPhone OS 3 thanks to Core Data
By managing your application’s data model for you, Core Data significantly reduces the amount of code you have to write for your application. The Core Data framework (CoreData.framework) is a technology for managing the data model of a Model-View-Controller application. Core Data is intended for use in applications where the data model is already highly… →
iPhone OS 3.0 Golden Master seed available to developers today
Today, Apple announced at the WWDC ’09 that the new iPhone OS 3.0 Golden Master with over 100 new features will be made available for download today for all developers. If you didn’t yet, now it is a good time to upgrade your device and SDK and start working with the new SDK and OS…. →
Bricked iPhone? Say it ain't so…
I have a few suggestions for developers using bleeding edge systems on iPhone. 1. The OS will expire. Be sure you update to the latest available system before you, say, go out of town to Railsconf. We’ve been warned you don’t use OS3 on a production phone, but that’s easy advice to ignore when things… →
Can't build for iPhone OS 2 or 2.2.x after iPhone SDK 3.0 beta 3 upgrade
After upgrading to iPhone SDK 3.0 beta3, I found all my Xcode projects only had two build options remaining: iPhone OS 3 Device and iPhone OS 3 Simulator. I still need to build for multiple systems to test all the custom iPhone development we do at Surgeworks, but I also need iPhone OS 3.0 so… →
iPhone os 3.0 beta intrigue
iPhone os 3.0 sdk improves connectivity like bluetooth and usb