iPhone Software 2.0 : Revisited
iPhone 2.0…..Software
His holly Steveness first said he would talk about the iPhone 2.0 Software. Now we had heard a lot about the SDK from previous events such as the iPhone software roadmap. We all know that Apple are trying to push enterprise on the iPhone and also trying to make it a better experience for developers by, well, letting them develop for the thing!
Steve started by trying to push the iPhone onto new users with its (wait for it) PUSH capabilities (so sue me) push email, calendars, contacts are all prominent in the iPhone 2.0 exchange support.
Steve then handed over to one of his minions, or iPhone man Scott Forstall, to talk more about the iPhone SDK. When I say more he basically recapped everything that was talked about at the iPhone Roadmap event.
Some of the games that were previously demoed were again such as Super Monkey Ball which now has 100 levels. All the apps looked amazing and their will be plenty to choose from at around $9.99 US price.
The next main thing that Scott went to talk about is IM. The reason why applications aren’t allowed to run in the background is mainly for battery life and cycle use. So the iPod and Mail apps of course don’t take up either of these?
Apple’s solution anyway, is to use a service similar to texting. Apple will use a persistent IP connection with the phone and it will then have the ability to ping the server and download any badges, text, sounds and all the other fun novelties that an instant messaging service provides. The best bit is that all developers have access to this feature so we might not just see it in IM clients.
Steve took over the reins again and discussed iWork and Office support integrated in a fuller environment on the iPhone. You can also bulk delete e-mail and save photos from e-mails to the phone. Moving to clean up about the iPhone 2.0 Software, Steve spoke about the AppStore. As this is an International Mac Blog then I feel I should point out that the AppStore will be available in 62 countries and you can download applications through iTunes and WiFi and if under 10 megabytes then you can download over the cell towers.
The final way people can get the iPhone apps is if an enterprise wants to create a new app just for that company they can use iTunes to distribute it over their intranet. iTunes for business. Who would have thought of it.
That finished up the iPhone software powwow due out early July.
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