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BREAKING: New iPhone SDK & Firmware released
Word is out: new versions of the iPhone SDK and firmware are available for download. Word about the details are still trickling in from developers. This is Apple's fifth beta release since the iPhone SDK was released in March. There's just under a week left until the end of the Apple Design Awards submission period. No word if iPhone developers who submitted under earlier firmware will be able to re-submit outside the 72 hour period that Apple allots for "re-dos".
Readers report that this is a smaller download (just over 1 GB) and details are trickling in through the comments.
Thank you everyone who sent this in!
Apparently the changes can be found here if you have an online SDK account.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Jerm said 4:25PM on 5-07-2008
This release is Intel only. It won't install on my Powerbook G4...
drewgaren said 12:50AM on 5-07-2008
confused, where is the new firmware in this sdk?
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Dreamwriter said 1:38AM on 5-07-2008
Sucks, they changed the EAGL stuff and input stuff so our code has to be redone. In other news, this SDK hints at a future iPhone that can support OpenGL ES 2.0.
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p2rjade said 1:57AM on 5-07-2008
The Rumored Search feature in the contacts is in the latest Iphone Simulator. Thats the only thing I have seen new so far. I find it hard to get the Cocoa touch app to send to the simulator though... You can now test the app without sending it to the Simulator.
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website design said 5:25AM on 5-07-2008
could be general compression and the above.
But in any case it's a good thing! Dev downloads are evil.
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Erik Dasque said 9:47AM on 5-07-2008
I never understood, is the new iPhone 2.0 beta firmware in the SDK or only the simulator is there ?
You can't download your new apps onto the phone anyway, right ?
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yorgle said 2:09PM on 5-07-2008
The SDK contains the developer tools (XCode), documentation, example code and the simulator.
Once you've been accepted into the developer program, and have paid the $99/year, you will get access to the beta firmware as well, and also the ability to sign code to be run on your test devices (iPod Touch/iPhone).
Ray said 10:17AM on 5-07-2008
Anything in there about bluetooth profile support?
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mark said 11:19AM on 5-07-2008
@TUAW: "Word about the details are still trickling in...."
With all due respect, it should be "Word about the details is still trickling in...."
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Rybo said 6:01PM on 5-07-2008
Yes, DRM music is working! Even though it said in the release notes that it would not. Interesting. Any one know why?
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drewgaren said 6:13PM on 5-07-2008
I am a developer and I do not have a download link at the developer site for the new firmware, is the new firmware located in the sdk and I'm missing something?
Please reply back, I deserve drm music too. :)
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