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What was GameStore? Looks like sample code

by Erica Sadun (Jan 2nd, 2012)

Earlier today, Kelly posted about GameStore, a new Apple app that appeared on the App Store right before the New Year and was pulled several minutes ago. I forked over my dollar and downloaded a copy to see what the app was all about. It turns out, that there wasn't a lot of there there, and ...

iPhone OS 4.0 SDK Beta 4 available for download

by Erica Sadun (May 18th, 2010)

Apple is now 4 for 4. Or at least Beta 4 for iPhone OS 4.0. They have just posted the latest and greatest iPhone OS 4.0 beta. As with previous beta releases, this new beta update provides firmware for each of the supported devices (namely the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 3G, and the 2nd and 3rd ...

When Steve says "No" we hear "Maybe." Here's why.

by Erica Sadun (May 18th, 2010)

In a recent TUAW post, I wondered whether a closed Mac system might be in Apple's future in addition to the standard Mac offerings. Despite the existence of Apple TV, some are dubious. After all, Steve Jobs said no (or, more accurately "nope") to a correspondent who recently asked about a Mac App ...

iPhone OS 4.0 SDK Beta 3 available for download

by Erica Sadun (May 4th, 2010)

Apple just posted its latest iPhone OS 4.0 beta. As with previous beta releases, this new beta update provides firmware for each of the supported devices (namely the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 3G, and the 2nd and 3rd generation iPod touch). As usual, the details of this release remain behind the NDA ...

iPhone OS 4.0 SDK Beta 2 available for download

by Erica Sadun (Apr 20th, 2010)

Good news on the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK front. Apple has just posted a brand new beta, ready for you to download. The new beta comes complete with firmware for each of the supported devices (namely the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 3G, and the 2nd and 3rd generation iPod touch). As usual, the details of this ...

iPhone Dev conference exclusive promo code for TUAW readers

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 9th, 2010)

The Pearson Education's Voices That Matter Conference series will be holding their second iPhone Developers Conference on April 24-25 in Seattle. Leading authors and experts (including our very own Erica Sadun) will converge for two days to share their knowledge about developing for the iPhone OS. ...

iPad support for hardware Dvorak keyboards in latest SDK beta

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 19th, 2010)

A few months ago Macworld asked where's the iPad's Dvorak keyboard? Well, in the iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 5, which was released on Tuesday, there's support for hardware Dvorak keyboards in the OS; however, still no sign of a soft keyboard layout for Dvorak fans. A source sent us the above screen shot ...

SDK devsugar: Re-signing applications

by Erica Sadun (Feb 9th, 2010)

TUAW's devsugar series helps introduce developers to tools and tricks that they might not yet be familiar with. Today's tip centers on signing already-compiled and already-signed applications with a new custom signature. A while back, I posted about a way to sign already-compiled applications ...

Xcode 101: Installing the 3.2 SDK alongside the 3.1.1 SDK

by Erica Sadun (Feb 4th, 2010)

Are you doing production work and beta work at the same time? Need to install more than one SDK at once? If you've downloaded the 3.1.3 SDK and need to install it on the same system as the 3.2 beta SDK, you'll want to use the Xcode installer's destination chooser. When given the option of where ...

iPhone 3.1.3 SDK now available

by Erica Sadun (Feb 2nd, 2010)

Time to update your iPhone SDK to 3.1.3! It's a required update, otherwise Xcode will not recognize or work with your 3.1.3 device. Head on over to the iPhone dev center (developer credentials needed to log in) to download the latest version. As always, the iPhone SDK includes Xcode, the iPhone ...

iPhone devsugar: Working with tablet resolutions

by Erica Sadun (Jan 4th, 2010)

Rumors are hitting the ground hard and strong about exactly what to expect in the upcoming (yeah, yeah, possibly mythical) Apple tablet device. And the most important of those rumors, the fact most consistently cited, is the introduction of extra pixels. You might roll your eyes and say, "of course ...

Found Footage: Sudoku Grab goes Augmented Reality

by Erica Sadun (Dec 30th, 2009)

When it comes to the iPhone, Augmented Reality refers to applications that integrate live camera feeds with data generated either directly from those camera images or from related data linked to the user's real world location. Over the past year, we've seen a number of augmented reality ...

iPhone devsugar: Improved Network Reachability routines

by Erica Sadun (Dec 30th, 2009)

Apple makes it clear: when applications rely on network connectivity, they must always test for a valid connection and report those results to the user. If the app cannot reach the Internet, the user needs to know. App Store reviewers regularly reject applications that do not test, and when a ...

Beta 4 of iPhone SDK 3 is out

by Michael Rose (Apr 29th, 2009)

Just a quick heads-up on the flood of tips in our inbox this morning: Beta 4 of the iPhone 3.0 SDK is available now, along with a preliminary build of iTunes 8.2. New features noted by readers include support for additional over-the-air PIM synchronization sources (including Google and Yahoo in ...

iPhone Dev Camp 2

by Steven Sande (May 17th, 2008)

If you lost out on the chance to attend WWDC 2008 and your development focus is the iPhone, you're in luck. iPhoneDevCamp 2 is scheduled for August 1 - 3, 2008 at the Adobe offices in San Francisco. A follow-up to the first iPhoneDevCamp held in early July of 2007, iPhoneDevCamp 2 is a non-profit ...