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Video walkthrough of iPhone OS 4.0 shows up

by Michael Rose (Apr 9th, 2010)

Who knows how long this will stick before Apple's lawyers learn to speak Polish, but Makowe ABC has uploaded a walkthrough video of an iPhone running beta OS 4. The captioning should help you figure out which features are being discussed. We're ...

Apple iPhone OS 4 Event now posted for QuickTime streaming

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 8th, 2010)

It's been a day of excitement surrounding the iPhone OS 4.0 event, and now you can relive the keynote at your convenience. Apple has posted the iPhone OS 4 Event keynote on its QuickTime site. Watching Steve wax on is always a good time, but be ...

iChatAgent process shows up in iPhone OS 4.0 -- video conferencing coming?

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 8th, 2010)

As expected, Apple didn't introduce any new iPhone hardware today; knowing Steve Jobs & co., they still want to save some surprises when they unveil the 4G iPhone later this summer. Could one of those surprises be a front-facing camera with iChat ...

iPhone OS 4.0 dev agreement blocks using Flash or Unity as IDEs?

by Chris Rawson (Apr 8th, 2010)

UPDATE: We've heard directly from Unity Technologies themselves, and the company's CEO, David Helgason, has been in contact with Apple over the matter. Helgason says that so far Unity has "no indication from Apple that things are going to change." ...

iPhone OS 4 Secrets: Some early glitches reported by devs

by Steven Sande (Apr 8th, 2010)

Well, it's a few months away from release, so fortunately Apple's engineers will have a chance to fix some bugs that are already being reported by an anonymous tipster. Dave installed 4.0 on his iPhone 3GS and noted that the following items don't ...

iPhone 4.0 OS: Now with iAds

by Kelly Guimont (Apr 8th, 2010)

Today at the iPhone 4.0 preview event, Apple announced that one of the new features coming in 4.0 is the iAd network. According to Steve, an average iPhone user is on their phone using apps about half an hour a day. So at one ad every three minutes, ...

iPhone OS 4.0: No multitasking for iPhone 3G and second gen iPod touch

by Sang Tang (Apr 8th, 2010)

While Apple will be serving up a hearty meal with iPhone OS 4.0, not all iPhones and iPod touches will be able to offer up the full experience. Only the iPhone 3GS and third generation iPod touch will be capable of handling all seven features ...

iPhone OS 4.0: Unified inbox, threaded messaging and more

by Aron Trimble (Apr 8th, 2010)

Apple announced today that the iPhone's Mail application is going to receive several new features as part of the iPhone OS 4.0 software to be released later this year (summer for iPhone/iPod touch and fall for iPad). The first big feature is the ...

iPhone OS 4.0 SDK ready for download

by Erica Sadun (Apr 8th, 2010)

And...it's LIVE! The 4.0 SDK for the iPhone OS is now available to developers. Head on over to Apple's iPhone Developer site (login credentials needed) to download the SDK disk image and get started. As with previous beta releases, the new ...

Audible.com downloads: there's an app for that, just not on the iPhone.

by TJ Luoma (Mar 24th, 2010)

There are very, very few things I miss about my Treo, but one of the few is my favorite app: AudibleAir. AudibleAir is an application from Audible.com that would download audio books from your Audible Library directly to your mobile phone. It is ...

iTunesConnect now allows automated release dates, price changes

by Chris Rawson (Mar 18th, 2010)

Back in the bad old days of the App Store, it was anybody's guess when a submitted app might get blessed by Apple and show up in iTunes. It might be three days, three weeks, three months, or never. Recent improvements in the approval process have ...

Steph Thirion, creator of Eliss, annouces Faraway

by Mike Schramm (Mar 8th, 2010)

Steph Thirion is an excellent game designer who I've had the good fortune to meet a few times. He first released a great game called Eliss on the App Store and he's now announced the second game he's been working on, called Faraway. Eliss was a ...

iPhone dev center down today

by Michael Rose (Mar 4th, 2010)

Developers who try to log into the iPhone dev center, the Mac dev center or iTunes Connect this afternoon are being greeted with the traditional yellow sticky note or the Sorry! note above, indicating that some sort of update effort is underway. ...

Apple creating "explicit" category for App Store

by Steven Sande (Feb 24th, 2010)

After all of the kerfuffle earlier this week about Apple shutting down racy apps in the App Store, it appears that the company might be creating a special place for all of that suggestive and sexy content. We received a tip and a screenshot (seen ...

iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 3 available now

by Erica Sadun (Feb 23rd, 2010)

The new beta version of the 3.2 SDK (beta 3, for those of you keeping track) is now available for download. The Apple developer site will likely be getting slammed over the next hour or two, so plan your downloads accordingly. The beta is available ...

Hints of video chat for iPhones and iPads

by Chris Rawson (Feb 23rd, 2010)

UPDATE: Engadget confirms video support, file downloads and local storage, plus more text tools (user entries in Dictionary, for example), location-aware ads in Maps, the ability to draw to external displays and prototype support for a "handwriting ...