In these times of fervid speculation, most anything — a stray embedded icon, an off-hand remark from a wireless executive, an iphone-shaped potato chip — can pass as a viable indicator of forthcoming announcements from Apple. This latest tidbit of pure rumor is no different, providing nothing more than further confirmation that a significant happening [...]
While Windows-based iphone users continue to experience a bevy of Outlook-related sync issues, Mac users have received a heavy dose of relief in the form of Mac OS X 10.5.3, which resolves persistent problems involving iphone-to-iCal and vice versa synchronization.
Previous problems included issues with forward slashes “/” in contact names, the iphone calendar not showing [...]
With the iphone AppStore due to debut within a month’s time, developers who have been accepted into Apple’s official iphone program are chomping at the bit to discuss their upcoming applications. Murkiness regarding Apple’s non-disclosure agreement, signing of which is a prerequisite to the program, has stymied promotional efforts, including interviews with the press, publication [...]
Apple has released the sixth beta of the iphone software development (SDK), which is available to registered Apple Developer Connection members. The new release requires Mac OS X 10.5.3, the latest version of Leopard, which was released earlier today. Developers report that this release “fixes many bugs and adds support for the latest iphone OS.”
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Google has implemented a function that allows the Address Book application in Mac OS X 10.5.3 to sync the iphone Address Book with Google Contacts. A blog post from Google reads:
“To try it, go to the Address Book menu, choose Preferences, and then check Synchronize with Google. It’ll ask for your Google account and password, [...]
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, the firm behind a $100 million venture capital for official iphone application development, told iphone Atlas that its managers have been been overwhelmed by the response and subsequent slew of applications submitted for iFunding.
Since the program’s inception months ago, KPCB has received 1700 applications. So far two of those applications [...]
iphone.jpg” alt=”” hspace=”5″ vspace=”5″ align=”left”>A Chinese third-party developer claims that Apple has bought his software for recognizing handwritten input on the iphone. Screenshots of an iphone OS 2.0 build incorporating handwriting technolgy as a method for entering Chinese characters surfaced a few weeks ago, but it now appears that Apple may have acquired this function [...]
The registration window for iphoneDevCamp 2 has now been opened, founder Raven Zachary told iphone Atlas. The second iphoneDevCamp will be held on August 1-3, 2008 at Adobe Systems in San Francisco, CA. The not-for-profit, sponsor-supported gathering covers the development of applications for the iphone and iPod Touch using the native SDK and web standards.
Zachary [...]
Though developers of iphone applications to be sold through the official AppStore, due next month, are bound by an NDA and hence generally mum on release plans, Mobileage says it will be offering two games for the iphone and iPod Touch through the iTunes App Store later this year.
Blackjack21 is described as the definitive version [...]
So you’ve set a passcode for your iphone, and you’re feeling smug and secure. You can leave the device unattended on your desk, or worse, have it stolen or lost without fear of prying eyes accessing your private data — right?
As discovered by Jonathan Zdziarski, who has established himself as something of an iphone forensics [...]