iPhone, iPod Touch SDK Details March 6th

[jfull15]

anyone one else think the coolest thing would be to use back to my mac on the iphone? screen sharing! would be nice

that would be cool too, but that would never happen in the iphone, at least not easily.. I would be cool if we could access our computers, like .Mac accounts and just our files and iSight, stream music, etc. But I don't know how well screen sharing would work... I personally am looking for a major .Mac upgrade to where it will sync with all of my apple devices, AppleTV, iPhone, iMac, etc. then I will be rushing immediately to the Apple Store to by my .Mac account.

 

[jfull15]

I will go absolutly sick and mental is they only release the applications (through iTunes) just for America! Like they do with everything else! America have has films for ages now and we still haven't gotten anywhere in the UK! It's just not fair, it's just bullying...

I have been waiting for this SDK for freakin' ages now, and I swear, I will personally fly over to Cupertino myself and scream at the iPhone team at head office!

Grrrrrrrrr!

just chill, you don't honestly think Apple doesn't want to give the UK video content? It's the studios, they're always the needle in the ass. The Apps wouldn't be US-Only, I think we're looking at apps as being too much like the content on iTunes, and it's going to be much more like the games, and still it's own category. Apple would have no reason to distribute it only to the US. Unless there's some odd law banning the from doing so, they dont have to go through studios to distribute apps..

 

[gusapple]

Alright, as it is about less than a day less than the event, I would like some speculation. (I tend to be un-original, so I need somebody else's cool ideas)

 

[grimjim]

Alright, as it is about less than a day less than the event, I would like some speculation. (I tend to be un-original, so I need somebody else's cool ideas)

What, not enough speculation for you in this thread already?

Okay, then, here goes [polishes crystal ball]:

I think that today's announcement will be, as the invitation suggests, the roadmap for application development and support on the iPhone and iPod touch.
I don't like to read too much into the pictures on Apple's invitations, but there do often seem to be clues in them, so on that basis, I would guess that we will be told that various enterprise-ready options for the iPhone will be available today or in the next few days. I would guess at improved Exchange server support, and possibly better VPN support. Possibly other stuff, but I will leave those with a better knowledge of mobile phone use in the enterprise to comment on that.

Jobs (or whoever) will say that the promised iPhone SDK will be made available in beta form for developers to download and start using. The SDK proper will be released in June, but the beta will give developers something to start using.

For the moment, apps will be distributed by means of iTunes. Each ADC member will have a digital signature, which will be added to the app at compile time. If anyone makes a malicious app, they can be traced. Apps can be free, or they can be chargeable. Apple will take a percentage cut of any monies from chargeable apps.

In the future, apps will be available "over the air", in much the same way as songs from iTMS are currently. This is the "software updates" element of the invitation. Possibly it will allow developers to make updates to their applications available over the air, or via Apple's own Software Updates mechanism.

In the meantime, several well-known Mac developers have had preliminary versions of the SDK for some months, and they've written apps that will be available for download today. Cue demo of a couple of games, plus one or two "sensible" apps.

And that's my prediction. That and that, 24 hours later, there will be a quarter of a million iPhone-based tip calculators on the iTMS.

Now, watch me be soooooo wrong.....

 

[ijerry]

Todays the big day!

well, in 4 and a half hours, good ol jobs will get on stage and either 1.) make us jump for joy over a SDK, or 2.) make us whine and cry over a BETA. Oh boy i cant wait!

 

[shaggymac]

From a long-time Windows Mobile user (still have a couple getting dusty from my move to the iPhone)...

an Enterprise would need/want:
- True Exchange support...
- Better security - remotely wipeable content, biometric support? - I know for sure that I can get a fingerprint on my screen rather easily
- 802.1x support - cert based wi-fi

And if you want to be in my enterprise, how about either iCal or Outlook task support? What good is the iPhone for productivity if you can't manage tasks?

I'd like to see more than that.

I'd like to see

Outlook Support
Hotmail Support
Lotus Notes Support

i'd like to see a Document editor (with spell check, grammer check) a way to sync and email documents.

I'd like to see "Wireless backups" to .Mac

I'd like to see Screen Sharing so I can control my Back to my Mac computers

I'd like to see iTunes WiFi with Movies, TV Shows and Podcasts (there should be a warning if you attempt to purchase items that may not fit on the iPhone)

I'd also like to see Notes sync.

 

[shaggymac]

well, in 4 and a half hours, good ol jobs will get on stage and either 1.) make us jump for joy over a SDK, or 2.) make us whine and cry over a BETA. Oh boy i cant wait!

In the past, Jobs has never announced beta versions of software. I think he will provide the real SDK or give us a preview (demo) and tell us it will be available later.

 

[arkitect]

In the past, Jobs has never announced beta versions of software.

Mac OS X Public Beta… September 2000.

And they made us pay for it!

 

[shaggymac]

Mac OS X Public Beta… September 2000.

And they made us pay for it!

Hmmm.... after the public beta, I dont think Apple has released beta software to the masses.

They usually release beta SDK and software thru ADC and usually beta software is announced at WWDC.

MacWorld and these announcements (Town Hall), usually don't discuss unreleased software or hardware.

Who knows i could be wrong