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New iOS developer betas posted

by Erica Sadun (Sep 28th, 2010)

Apple has posted several new betas for members of the paid iOS developer program. Point your browser to the developer site, and use your credentials to log in. You'll find new betas for iOS 4.2 as well as several other items that we're not sure we can specifically mention without breaking NDAs. ...

devsugar: Understanding iPhone 4 backgrounding

by Erica Sadun (Jul 6th, 2010)

If you're looking for a simple and easy-to-follow introduction to iPhone 4's new backgrounding abilities, head on over to Oliver Drobnik's weblog and check out his latest write-up. You'll find a lovingly crafted graphic that walks you through the iPhone application lifecycle, showing how an ...

First day thoughts on iPhone 4

by Mel Martin (Jun 24th, 2010)

The day has finally come. After 2 1/2 hours in the reserved line, I was able to walk out with the iPhone 4 up and running, albeit without contacts, music, videos or my app collection. Getting it home and synced was uneventful. iTunes detected the new phone and dutifully restored everything. A ...

iOS 4 Gold Master Release Candidate almost ready for download

by Erica Sadun (Jun 7th, 2010)

Finally! The iPhone OS 4.0 SDK iOS 4 SDK is almost (but not quite) ready to roll for all members of Apple's developer program, not just the paid App Store developers. However it's likely to be a week or two before everyone gets access to the GM release. Right now, it's still going to be a release ...

devsugar: A better way to share ad-hoc builds

by Erica Sadun (May 23rd, 2010)

Hey, Dave Howell. This post is for you. Dave's company Avatron is in the midst of a beta program for its newest application, Air Display. Steve Sande took a first look at Air Display not too long ago, and I've been messing with it too. The thing is this: Avatron is still sending out zipped ...

Apple patent details workflows, social networking links for iPhone

by Steven Sande (May 18th, 2010)

When we're working with our iPhones and sharing information with other people, it sometimes takes more steps than it should to perform a task. Patently Apple recently published information about an Apple patent application describing a new icon and process to make multi-step workflows easier to ...

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 ...

Rumor: Apple building Facebook into iPhone OS

by Mike Schramm (May 14th, 2010)

Business Insider says a source has told them that Apple is working on integrating Facebook directly into the next iPhone OS. This would mean the use of Facebook Connect to bring contacts directly into the phone (which we've heard as a rumor before, and which would make sense, considering that the ...

Marking out iPhone app icons on the iPad

by TJ Luoma (May 10th, 2010)

David Frampton has an interesting idea for how to display non-universal iPhone apps on the iPad: put a black border around them, much like how iPhone apps will display if they are not scaled-up. I think it's a brilliant idea. It makes them distinguishable, but at the same time seems not too ...

Apple to drop support for 1st gen iPhone

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 12th, 2010)

You could see the writing on the wall when Apple announced iPhone OS 4. Apple said most of the features will run on the iPhone 3G, and all would run on the iPhone 3GS. At no point did they mention the first generation iPhone. Steve Jobs has now confirmed what many assumed. MacStories has ...

Apple ditches "Rate on Delete" in iPhone OS 4

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 11th, 2010)

MacRumors is reporting that Apple has removed the "Rate on Delete" feature from the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 release. "Rate on Delete" is a pop-up notice that appears when a user deletes an app from their iPhone. The user is able to select a 1 to 5 star rating for the app or to refuse rating it by ...

Poll: Will you be upgrading your iPhone hardware to take advantage of multitasking?

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 11th, 2010)

Multitasking is the number one requested feature since the iPhone launched almost three years ago. With the introduction of iPhone OS 4 SDK, Apple has finally brought multitasking to the iPhone and iPod touch. The catch is that you need to have a 3rd gen iPod touch (released in 32 and 64GB ...

Dear Apple, you're half-way there

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 10th, 2010)

In January you told Apple what you wanted in iPhone OS 4.0. Did the development team heed your advice? Well, even though iPhone OS 4 is only in its first beta release, Apple has already added 50% of the major features you wanted. What was delivered? Vertical swiping, app switching, ...

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 sure to come back here for the latest in-depth ...

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 support? Close TUAW reader AW sent us this ...