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May 7, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:47 AM ET
iPhone SDK beta five is alive
Another week, another beta version of the iPhone SDK. We know—you can hardly contain your excitement. We were all aflutter over here, so we eagerly tore open the release notes to find out what we can expect in this latest and greatest iteration. The fifth beta fixes bugs and adds...
May 5, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:45 PM ET
All the news that's fit to read on your iPhone
I, like plenty of other iPhone users, spend a lot of my time surfing the web. Besides my compulsive Twitter-checking/updating and Wikipedia fact-checking, it’s usually so I can get updated about what’s going on in the world. Now, the Associated Press has made that task even easier by launching an...
Apr 24, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:58 AM ET
iPhone SDK hits beta 4
Another week, another beta version of the iPhone SDK. I haven’t seen this many sequels since the Rocky franchise. So, what does Beta IV bring to the table (sadly, not an appearance by Dolph Lundgren)? Most importantly, the iPhone Simulator (the app you can run on your Mac that makes...
Apr 21, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 3:21 PM ET
Now hear this: voice memos on the iPhone?
Doug, a fellow resident of the greater Boston metropolitan area, wrote in to ask about the state of voice memos on the iPhone. You’ve long been able to buy an add-on for your iPod that attaches to the dock-connector port and lets you record messages that are then transferred to...
Apr 18, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 1:45 PM ET
Picture this: ViPR recognizes books, music, DVDs
I consume what an expert might call “way too much media,” but even I only have so much time. More often than not, I need to keep a list—a queue if you will—of all the books, movies, TV shows, music, video games, etc. that I want to check out. Sure,...
Apr 15, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 3:54 PM ET
VoIP on iPhone not home yet (leave a message)
Support for Voice over IP on the iPhone is one of those features people have been discussing since the iPhone’s announcement at Macworld 2007. Heck, I said as much in an interview at the time. While an official client will likely still have to wait until the App Store goes...
Apr 8, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 5:51 PM ET
iPhone SDK goes for lucky beta three
A number of iPhone developers apparently ran into issues today with the beta version of the iPhone OS expiring (yielding what some dubbed a “pink screen of death”). Perhaps someone tripped over an Ethernet cable in Cupertino that controls the expiration dead man switch? Fortunately, it seems to have been...
Apr 3, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 1:27 PM ET
Linux and iPhone could be happy together, with your help
I'm not sure how large the intersection between Linux user and iPhone owner really is, but you might blame at least part of that on the fact that there's no way to use your iPhone with a Linux box. At least, yet. But Linux users are a hearty sort—they're not...
Mar 27, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:11 PM ET
iPhone SDK: now with 100% more Interface Builder
At the special event earlier this month where Apple laid out the future of developing software for the iPhone, the company said that it would be providing the full suite of its existing development tools, such as Xcode, for creating iPhone applications. However, in the first version of the SDK...
Mar 25, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:08 PM ET
Microsoft eyeing iPhone development
Given their long-standing rivalry, you might think that Microsoft would be wringing its hands over the iPhone. But if there's one thing the Redmond-based company knows, it's where the money is. With the announcement of the iPhone SDK, combined with Apple's support for Microsoft's Exchange email protocol, the iPhone has...
Mar 20, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 4:00 PM ET
Adobe's Flash plans go up in smoke
Annnnd big software companies are now 0-for-2 when it comes to their iPhone development plans. First it was Sun, who backpedaled on its promise to bring Java to the iPhone faster than a kid doing a 180° on a Big Wheel. And yet, even having seen that, Adobe still went...
Mar 20, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:56 PM ET
Developments in iPhone-land
I was away at the end of last week, so I missed much of the hubbub about Apple's letters to the would-be iPhone developers. The poorly-phrased missive was initially interpreted by some as a rejection, but later assessments suggested that it was intended more to keep devs in a holding...
Mar 19, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:02 PM ET
Adobe says your iPhone isn't Flashy enough, proposes fix
Miss watching hours of random embedded videos on your iPhone? Frustrated by interactive sites that show up blank in Mobile Safari? Well, you can thank Adobe: they're bent on bringing Flash to the iPhone, come hell (read: Steve Jobs's wrath) or high water. So says CEO Shantanu Narayen:"Flash is synonymous...
Mar 13, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:38 PM ET
The iPhone gets in the game
If there's one area of software that will likely benefit most from the iPhone SDK, it's probably gaming. To the surprise of many, myself included, Apple decided not to include even a single game on the iPhone or iPod touch (even the very first iPod had a hidden version of...
Mar 11, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 4:48 PM ET
Developers petition Apple to lift SDK restrictions
With the iPhone SDK out in the wild, developers are starting to peruse Apple's superfine print. While Steve Jobs discussed some of the major restrictions in the initial presentation, it was clear that questions, as the songwriter wrote, lingered on. Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis, who I talked to for...
Mar 10, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:25 PM ET
Sun says the best part about waking up is Java on your iPhone
Update 3-11-08: In light of restrictions in Apple's terms that do not allow running interpreted code, Sun has now apparently retreated on the Java promise, saying: "we really do want to deliver a JVM if at all possible." I know precisely what you were thinking when the news about the...
Mar 7, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:52 AM ET
iPhone 2.0 makes Mail weapon of mass deletion
Yesterday's iPhone event may have seemed like it was all SDK all the time, but Apple's press release on the forthcoming iPhone 2.0 firmware update points out that there are a couple other features that'll be riding App Store's coattails, particularly in the phone's workhorse Mail application. According to the...
Mar 6, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:17 PM ET
iPhone Event: App Store brings apps aplenty
Now that we've got that fancy shmancy new software development kit, what to do with it? Apple invited a few handpicked third-party developers onto the stage at today's iPhone Event to give a taste of what kind of programs we'll be seeing. First up was Electronic Arts, which demoed a...
Mar 6, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 1:57 PM ET
iPhone Event: Developers, start your engines
Enterprise support notwithstanding, the big news for today's iPhone event was undisputedly the software development roadmap, including the SDK. Jobs spent the bulk of the presentation discussing what the SDK would offer. The APIs that developers will get access to are the same ones that Apple uses to build its...
Mar 6, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 1:42 PM ET
iPhone Event: iPhone Exchanges information with ActiveSync
As was hinted in the invitation that Apple sent out about today's iPhone event, there were some special enterprise features unveiled to entice you business users into an iPhone-scented paradise. For Apple, that means support for ActiveSync, Microsoft's syncing protocol. And yes, friends, that means support for Microsoft Exchange: you...
Mar 6, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:10 AM ET
Live from the iPhone SDK event...it's Thursday morning/afternoon
Alright, we have to admit we're pretty psyched. We've been waiting since the iPhone's release for third-party developers to have the opportunity they so richly deserve, to take advantage of the best mobile platform on the planet and create all those applications that Apple didn't think we wanted. Today, we...
Mar 5, 2008 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:55 AM ET
iPhone probably not getting Flashy
The lack of Flash on the iPhone is one of those omissions that lots of users point to when asked what their iPhone is missing. Steve Jobs acknowledged this during yesterday's shareholder meeting, and made some comments about why Adobe's technology isn't on the iPhone (and, if you read into...
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