iPhone, iPod Touch SDK Details March 6th

[aznkid25]

kind of off-topic....

but did anyone see the new ipod touch ad tonight on American Idol?
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/27/new-ipod-touch-ad

 

[Telp]

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Why am I the only one posting from a iPhone?

Why was that even worth saying? Haha. 🙂

 

[Zmmyt]

Finally!

 

[iAlan]

Wow, Apple must be watching my iCal. Macworld Keynote was during one of my wife and mine's baby appointments (admittedly my own fault for scheduling that one), and now this event is during our 20 week ultrasound. The hospital does have wifi, so I could sneak updates on my touch, BUT...

I think my wife would kill me. And I am really excited about the ultrasound.

Congratulations. Who knows, maybe there will be an ultrasound app for the iPhone/iPod Touch 😀

All I need know is for the iPhone to be launched in Japan (Have an iPod Touch, a a hold over....)

 

[CalmEnvy]

Good, atleast we know when it is. Let's see what Apple's gotta say about it all and what they have done for us.

 

[alecapple]

alright so my iPhone crashed about 2 minutes ago, and then a couple of my friends called and said that theirs had also, I fixed it with a hard reset, but I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this as well?

 

[obeygiant]

but did anyone see the new ipod touch ad tonight on American Idol?
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/27/new-ipod-touch-ad

yes, i saw it. great new ad. very cool.

 

[rtdunham]

well, apple offers plenty of 3rd party apps, for leopard, and they are mostly all free, and the free ones arent just P.O.S's either...

so i believe most will be free, just like on leopard

first, the obvious Leopard apps: the adobe and microsoft and filemaker and others from major software companies.

then there's BBEdit. Audio Hijack Pro. SnapZProX. Slick Motion. Fetch. Quicken. Delicious Library. Toast. SuperDuper. Those are just some of the ones I use. Others here will have a different set but you get the idea: These are APPS. The fella who posted in this thread, wanting an "app" so he could change the color on his chat balloons, well... 😱

I know there are a lot of apps in between the balloon toys and my list. But you get the idea. Some apps offer great value, and they're not free for Leopard and they won't be free for the iPhone. (personally, i don't think apple vets the OSX apps and i don't see how it can for the iPhone apps either. march 6 is gonna be interesting. I don't think it's gonna answer as many questions as we hope it will. On that, i hope i'm wrong.)

 

[julianewus]

actually if he read any further he would have seen that i said that the balloon was ONE app i wanted only one there are a list of apps i want for it

 

[AHDuke99]

Hi,

Why so many people think Apple will charge for every apps ? Do they charge for iphone WebApps ? look at the whole directory: well done, nothing is charged to any one ! Everything gets promoted ! So, What will Apple tell us on march 6th ?

Welcome word
SDK is officially announced
SDK will be available in beta form
Final release for the next Apple WWDC this summer
First few apps shown: Lotus Notes Support, Exchange support
Those two will be sold thru the iTunes Store
That brings us to the distribution model (iTunes)
Free apps
Paid Apps
All apps will need to qualify
Upgrade to newer version very easy to "deploy" (look at the invitation: Software Updates)


And, for those who think Apple won't let any body crash the iPhone... they should look at themselves... I'm sure quite a few people had to reboot their device quite a few times to make things works fine after weird behavior of the phone... and there is not even a single third party app on the iphone for this to happen... so this is a bad argument... that Apple no longer use anyway !

Come on ! They want to make this a plateform, a big one, a serious one. They'll open things up... If you thing the iPhone was big last year, wait t'ill you see what will be the iphone landscape in the next few months with all those apps...

My 2 cents worth opinion.

If this is the case, I will be pissed. Enough of this delaying by Apple. It's about time they release this SDK so the iPhone can gain some much needed functionality. It's a solid phone and all, but it doesn't compare to the Blackberry. Pushing it back till June would cause a big uproar, imo. I'd sell my stock because delayed are becoming coming around Apple. You don't say February and then release it in June. I hope you're wrong. I also hope Apple has some apps out when they launch it. WHy hold an event just to post a download link?

 

[graymccarty]

The Exchange support needs to be really, really good. If it is, Apple will be able to grab a good chunk of RIM's market. If not, the iPhone will remain a niche enterprise device. I sincerely hope that Apple put its best resources on this, because if the Exchange support isn't great, they may not get a second chance.

Don't forget though that Apple hasn't even opened up their product to RIM's native market - CANADIANS. It will be sad if more Canadians use unlocked iPhones in Canada than do official and legit Waterloo-based BlackBerries.

 

[rtdunham]

actually if he read any further he would have seen that i said that the balloon was ONE app i wanted only one there are a list of apps i want for it

i concede your point. if you'll concede mine, we'd be in harmony, and the world would sing as one.

 

[cloudnine]

I'd sell my stock because delayed are becoming coming around Apple.

W.T.F.?

You don't say February and then release it in June?

A week delay isn't June. If they release the SDK next week, they'll probably start hosting applications (probably on iTunes) as early as the same day. There *are* developers who already have applications completed (a la Jailbreak) and who are ready to have their apps tested and hosted via Apple.

Chill. If you're so furious with Apple, then Jailbreak your phone and do it the way everyone else has been doing it for months now. You really don't have reason to wait for the SDK unless you're awaiting better developed applications by people who have been waiting for the SDK... unless you think you can develop something better yourself. 🙄

 

[Mackan]

I am pretty sure the SDK will bring limits in terms of what you can develop. For example, VoIP.

 

[ammdc7]

alright so my iPhone crashed about 2 minutes ago, and then a couple of my friends called and said that theirs had also, I fixed it with a hard reset, but I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this as well?

that is really freaky..

I was playing with the camera and it blinked off and went through a hard reset. I didnt think much of it until you said this. It was the exact same time as you said yours went done

creepy

 

[jfull15]

can't wait! i wonder how long it will take developers before they start releasing apps? Will Apple release it's own array of new apps to demo the SDK? Like iChat perhaps... oh please! haha. Well, late or not at least its here, and we'll have the power of new apps at our fingers soon! 🙂

 

[jfull15]

alright so my iPhone crashed about 2 minutes ago, and then a couple of my friends called and said that theirs had also, I fixed it with a hard reset, but I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this as well?

it's probably just too happy to control itself, that it's getting some amazing new apps 🙂

haha. I haven't had that problem.. do you have the 8gig?

 

[jfull15]

I see (and respect) what you're saying, but something tells me this will be a little different. Honestly, I probably don't have any idea what I'm talking about, but it sounds as though Apple is going to have to do some quality control on these applications (to make sure they're void of any destructive coding) before they allow developers' apps to be hosted (on what I'm assuming will be iTunes). This could possibly allow Apple to charge for each individual application, regardless on whether or not the developer originally wanted the app to be free.

Mind you, of course I hope I'm wrong, because obviously I'd rather the apps be free 🙂

Yeah, I'd love for the Apps to be free, but the developers certainly deserve some reward for the fruits of their labor, and as we've seen with the iPod touch apps, we're going to have to pay. My guess is that it will be like the iPod Games.. probably around $5.

 

[hbchad]

I can't find the roadmap!!!

I have been searching google maps on my iphone for the last hour and I can't find the iPhone roadmap anywhere!!!!


I tried searching for I-16 software update. I looked for route SDK and the Enterprise exit. Couldn't find any of them. I hope Steve isn't using maps on his iPhone to find his way through this. We could all get lost.


If you look close to the other roads on the map you'll see that the bridge was out on the way to G5 powerbookville. The only detour was down the intel expressway. I believe that takes you past the airport. Which is, of course the hub for apple's airline, macbook air.

 

[shigzeo]

i am hoping for very good dictionaries - portable oxford with touch support for individual word and root word search, thesauras, proverbs, full examples and history. i would think an app like that could be made cheaply and be had for 25-50$. i do hope so.

other wise, very good non-english dictionaries. it would be great to ahve the software that is available on my sharp e-deictionary but without that hardware, just my itouch. oh god i cannot wait. that and a good pdf and ebook reader! oh yes, and professional recording software and good recording equipment.

 

[MattInOz]

i am hoping for very good dictionaries - portable oxford with touch support for individual word and root word search, thesauras, proverbs, full examples and history. i would think an app like that could be made cheaply and be had for 25-50$. i do hope so.

other wise, very good non-english dictionaries. it would be great to ahve the software that is available on my sharp e-deictionary but without that hardware, just my itouch. oh god i cannot wait. that and a good pdf and ebook reader! oh yes, and professional recording software and good recording equipment.

Yep, Dictionary and speaking of God religous texts with search, i can see both those being big sellers.

 

[applemumba]

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Think they might be anouncing that intel will be the supplier of the new processor chips inside the iPhone, giving even more power.

Don't intel have some new mobile processors I remember them going on about. And with the latest resizing for the MacBook air anything is possible!!

 

[Evo-L]

alright so my iPhone crashed about 2 minutes ago, and then a couple of my friends called and said that theirs had also, I fixed it with a hard reset, but I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this as well?

The same thing happened to me, at the exact same time!! I had to hard reset it to get it to come back, then it did it again at about 11:30.

 

[pv2b]

I just had a thought.

If Apple is going to release an SDK, irrespective of the application validation procedures they'll want to use, developers have to be able to test out their applications on the iPhone during development without having to submit every single patch to Apple for validation -- unless they want to force developers to do all their testing on some kind of virtual machine.

This means that there has to be a way to bypass the application validation checks (assuming that there are any). That means, that as long as the development tools for the iPhone remain free (which is rather likely), users should be able to sidestep any future validation requirements simply by telling their iPhone they're a software developer.

From what I've heard from a friend, this is the same procedure used for loading unsigned applications on Symbian phones.

 

[Friendlyuser]

alright so my iPhone crashed about 2 minutes ago, and then a couple of my friends called and said that theirs had also, I fixed it with a hard reset, but I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this as well?

yea... Mine crashed after trying to open that page regarding the new I/t commercial. Did anyone open it sucessfully or is it just me?