Apple adds new mobile protocol handlers

The cool thing about this that all of you seemed to neglect in your comments is the callto:// handler, which is used for linking to Skype usernames, which when clicked, will call that person in the Skype application.

I hope this means that Skype is coming to the iPhone.

I find this adding of pseudo protocols a bad thing: those are supposed to be transfer protocol, so ftp, http, tel, mailto are ok. But feeds is not. The protocol for feeds is http:// (well in fact it could also be file://, but safari 2 is unable to handle it) the fact that it is a feed is the mime type, not the protocol.

The same goes for youtube and maps. Apple is breaking the standard of naming when doing this, and it is really a hassle (at least with a computer) when they modify a URI to the kind only apple apps will understand out-of-the-box.

I just wanted to mention that the proper form of the 'tel:', 'mailto:' DO NOT include double slashes.

ie: it's 'tel:611', not 'tel://611'.

tel:// isn't new either. If I click a "tel" link on my mac, MacDialer opens up. I suppose it could work with VOIP apps too.

#3: While that is true, mailto: doesn't launch the iPhone Mail app on any desktop computer. ;)

I think "iPhone only" referred to the fact that there isn't a Mail app on the iPod touch, but I could be wrong.

Don't forget about brick://

I am 1.0.2 Jailbreaked but NOT Unlocked, using an AT&T GoPhone SIM. Looks like Erica bricked her iPhone calling via baseband corruption with similar configuration.

Could THIS be why the Dev Team hasn't released the Jailbreak yet? There are a number of possible configs on the iPhone, some which may still lead to bricking via the update.

Erica has been AWESOME keeping us COMPLETELY updated on the state of the jailbreak. It's not freakin' ready yet, be patient and APPRECIATE what Erica is doing for us.

Or go hang out in IRC and try to figure out the issues for yourself.

-Pie

I wish TUAW had the voting buttons on comments like Engadget. It's meaningless and petty, I know, but it would still be interesting to see. I'd like to low rank the people who bother to comment in areas they claim to have no interest in.

BTW... I agree with 19: They are the ones working on this and when they are ready to let the freeloaders have it, such as myself, then they will release it. I will gladly thank them.

So basically, other people did all the work and now you want them to tell you how they did it so you can decide FOR YOURSELF whether it's too technical?

With that attitude, you can jailbreak it yourself and tell us how it's done.

You've done nothing.

Um, perhaps the method's not been released because nobody's written the instructions yet?

…or is that too easy for you people?