Apple's iPhone SDK event

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So it's going on now, and the usual suspects have their liveblogs going on.

I'm hoping to see Exchange support (DirectPush please! Then I can get an iPhone)

I'd like to see what the SDK looks like. Being a developer at heart, I'm always interested in those things.

Any other predictions / wishes you guys would like to share?

Looks like we're getting Exchange / ActiveSync!

Hooray!
 
Customers want push email, global address lists, Cisco IPsec VPN, Certificates and identities, WPA2 with 802.1x, enforced security policies, and Device configuration.
Customers also want Remote wipe.
The iPhone is getting all these things in the next software update.
Microsoft Exchange support will come built into the iPhone's email app and work via ActiveSync directly with Exchange Server.
Exchange will also interface with the iPhone's Calendar and Contact apps. Exchange can be configured via the Mail app's configuration screen and will include on/off sliders for settings.
Apple is opening up the same APIs its been using to build its own iPhone applications. Third parties are getting the same tools, the same SDK.
All the core components of Mac OS X -- Cocoa Touch, Core Services, Media, CoreOS -- are being used to make up the framework. Core OS -- Lots of pieces, starting with the Kernel.
Core OS also includes Lib System, BSD TCP/IP, Sockets, Security, Power Management, KeyChain, Certificates, File System, and Bonjour.

Thats just a snippet. I'm watching it from appleinsider.com

I just read, spore for iPhone. EA is demoing it.
 
ugh charging ipod touch users for this application pack just like the last.. man I hate that.
 
Ok, waiting till June sucks but everything else in the presentation was great. Can't wait.
 
synergyo1 said:
From what I've been reading you can thank the Sarbanes-Oxley Act :(
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Can you provide resources of this info? I'd like to read as well.


On another note, I'm going to grab the sdk and see what it can do. I'll hold off on the $99 until I make something worth it.
 
I'm trying to grab the SDK but my connection keeps dropping.
 
Can someone fill me in with the 3g iphone support ppl were hoping for?

What benefits does 3g give the user and when will it most likly come out.
 
Nick_Leo said:
Can someone fill me in with the 3g iphone support ppl were hoping for?

What benefits does 3g give the user and when will it most likly come out.
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Nothing is known yet, nor anything anyone says is accurate.
For the benefits, 3G offers faster speeds over the network (viewing web pages, load times, etc.), but currently it will also reduce battery life much more than a EDGE phone. There have been reports of a better 3G chip that has improved battery life but I have not seen much more about it.
 
The developer site must be getting hammered right now, I can't even get it to pull up.
 
I'm getting 782KB/sec on the SDK. I don't think it's being hammered, unless I'm just special. Well of course I am, that's why I ride the short-bus. :D

With the SDK release iPhone/iTouch just became the most important new platform this year. Gaming wise I think there's a huge opportunity. Depending on what capabilities can be coaxed out we may see a third player in the mobile gaming market (Nintendo/Sony/Apple).

A couple years back I wrote J2ME apps for handsets on Sprint network. Development was a pain. Each handset has different specs and capabilities. You can't access anything remotely interesting, GPS. Performance was horrible. Debugging a nightmare. Development started in a VM on your PC, and you hope it actually worked on the target platform. BREW was more interesting but it required $$ upfront.
 
more exciting than anything else announced so far this year far as I'm concerned :)
 
Their SDK is looking far better (in terms of completion and documentation) compared to Andriod. I'm really excited for the apps people will be writing, I think some impressive stuff will be out there soon (soon being very relative, of course).
 
Nick_Leo said:
Can someone fill me in with the 3g iphone support ppl were hoping for?

What benefits does 3g give the user and when will it most likly come out.
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One big advantage of 3g is that I can be using the internet while on a phone call. My friend can call me up wanting to see a movie, and I can look up movie times and directions while on the phone. Also good for looking up directions on google maps for someone else and you can walk them through it over the phone.
 
Erfus said:
Their SDK is looking far better (in terms of completion and documentation) compared to Andriod. I'm really excited for the apps people will be writing, I think some impressive stuff will be out there soon (soon being very relative, of course).
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Yes I've been very impressed with Apple's documentation. Although they still deprecate documentation sooner than I'd like, e.g. doco for creating an IB plug-in for XCode versions prior to 3. You'll have to go digging for that. Supporting older code is generally a challenge.

Over the years I've watched MS completely tank in the documentation department. Take for example creating a custom panel for laying out vast amounts of data in WPF. You'll create a virtualizing panel, ideally you'd like to use an existing control like a list control for handle interaction (hey that's what MS promots is all the presentation). Problem is what's available in their documentation isn't remotely enough to solve problems you'll face integrating your panel with the list control. There are many gotachas, you'll be decompiling their control code for clues. All the example code (at the time I was woking on my project) forwent the list control and utilized single 100% mouse driven UI. That's great if you don't care about accessibility.

The companies I'm involved with are shooting for 6-8 weeks dev time for rev 1 apps.

Apple is rising, MS sinking, Google the great shadow. Only thing you can count on is change. :D
 
so ive been reading about this sdk...and theres gonna be a charge for ipod touch!? WTF? and im just wondering how big most of these games are gonna be im guessing round...1gb each maybe?
 
Version_3 said:
Can you provide resources of this info? I'd like to read as well.
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I don't have the exact resources, but if you Google the Act + ipod you'll find some. It has something to do about financial reporting. I believe the reasoning behind why the Touch users get charged and the iPhone users do not is that revenue from sales from the iPhone is over a one to two year time frame, while the iPod Touch is an 'all at once' sale. Thus, from this interpretation they can get around the SOx Act. But then again, if it is for accounting reasons, why not charge $1 for the last application update instead of the $20? Not trying to be an Apple apologists or anything, just regurgitating what I've read. I think it is complete BS they are charging Touch users for update, regardless if it is Apple's or the Gov'ts fault.
 
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