HTML5 Client Side Database Storage + iPhone = ???

Will the next iPhone firmware release support client-side database storage? That's what TUAW reader Jorge believes. Way back in October, we saw the HTML5 standard promising client-side persistence for Webkit-based browsers. Jorge apparently ran a client-side SQL check on the new Simulator-based Safari and found that it ran properly. Of course, simulator tests do not mean actual 1.2/2.0 implementation and we have no way of verifying whether this functionality extends to the actual iPhone firmware.

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Will the next iPhone firmware release support client-side database storage? That's what TUAW reader Jorge believes. Way back in October, we...

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Christopher Lyon Anderson

For those interested I've blogged about this feature at http://www.lyonanderson.com

April 30 2008 at 8:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

aj_robins

I'd be happy with google gears for the iPhone ... ;-)

March 31 2008 at 7:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Christopher Lyon Anderson

If you try the following page on the iphone:

http://webkit.org/misc/DatabaseExample.html

Create a few notes, then go to the settings menu you'll see in Safari a new section called Database!

Cool!

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Christopher Lyon Anderson

I meant to say that I tried this on the emulator and not the real phone...

March 31 2008 at 7:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jehel

Next step for Google: no need to install google gear, simply use a web browser compatible with HTML 5. After Gmail, Google docs is already available offline
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/03/bringing-cloud-with-you.html

March 31 2008 at 4:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Neil

Yeah, this feature was confirmed long ago on iTunes with the "iPhone SDK for Web Developers" video. Along with a client-side databases, there will also be full-screen web apps (no chrome), new CSS3 features, SVG support, and better Javascript support.

See here: http://ajaxian.com/archives/iphone-sdk-for-web-developers

March 31 2008 at 4:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I believe in the "iPhone SDK for Web Developers" video, they talk about this being included.

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Erik Madsen

The video "iPhone SDK for Web Developers" at http://developer.apple.com/iphone/ covers numerous new features in Safari to be released with the 1.2 update.

March 31 2008 at 3:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply