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Apple WWDC09 sold out

Budi Putra — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:25:41 +0000

As expected, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference for 2009 has sold out. In the June 8th event, iPhone and Mac OS X developers could use the opportunity to code alongside Apple’s own IT team.

The event is also expected to coincide with Apple releasing the iPhone and iPod touch firmware 3.0. The new firmware will bring several new features to the devices.

[via SlashGear]

Apple likely to show off new iPhone June 8

Budi Putra — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:00:59 +0000

Apple will probably introduce its next iPhone (as well as the final version of its iPhone 3.0 software) on June 8 –the first day of Apple’s 2009 Worldwide Developers Conference, The Business Insider reports.

More important: Will Apple CEO Steve Jobs present — or at least make an appearance — at WWDC? His medical leave is not scheduled to end until “late June,” so maybe not. But we wouldn’t be surprised if Steve made a cameo, either to show off the new iPhone or to announce that he was retiring as CEO.

WWDC, the premier technical event for developers and IT professionals innovating with Apple platforms, will take place June 8-12. Over 1,000 Apple engineers will be at Moscone West Expo Hall in San Francisco to present the latest Apple technologies.

[via The Business Insider]

Iphone 3.0 : MMS and Copy-n-Paste features get official

Daniel Lim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:14:28 +0000

Two years late but better than never, the most-asked-for feature — Copy and Paste — is finally here for iPhone 3.0. It didn’t arrive as a surprise to us as it was disclosed by Digg founder, Kelvin Rose, couple days before the event took place. That, together with MMS support are being addressed at today’s Apple event.

To select text, users would double-tap on it to bring up the cut/copy/paste bubble above, then get a grab point at the end of the selection. For larger portion of text, use the double tap feature and slide your finger or thumb along to bring up a magnifying glass to show precise position, then highlight everything you want to include. According to Scott Forstall, it will work on all applications including the web content!

So Rose was right about the Copy-n-Paste but not his prediction on Multimedia Messaging Service. Apple went ahead to include MMS feature on upcoming iPhone 3.0 for photo, audio and contact files but no words on motion video. In a nutshell, iPhone 3.0 finally allows users to send multimedia files in the form of SMS (Short Message Service).

iPhone OS 3.0 gets Push and updates Google Maps

Daniel Lim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:28:35 +0000

Two major improvements in the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS will include Apple Push System and with embedded Google Map for 3rd Party developers. The upcoming push services are introduced to cut off connections running in the background to preserve battery life while maintaining system performance at high level.

Google Maps is unsurprisingly on today’s agenda. Scott Forstall explains the huge demand from developers asking for a direct Google’s Maps embedding into iPhone app, and Apple is planning to do so. Developers now can build apps which call out to Google Maps directly, and most importantly, it will permit the use of core location for turn by turn directions.

iPhone 3.0 to get In-App Purchase and Peer-to-Peer connectivity

Daniel Lim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:43:32 +0000

Today at iPhone 3.0 event, Apple starts off with Scott Forstall, the SVP of iPhone software, with details on the iPhone 3.0 OS and developer programs. First in line is the additional of a paid app — In-App Purchase – that will prompt you from within the software to buy an update such as a city guide where you can add individual cities, while the freebie version will not attempt to remind you for an update or ask to purchase additonal add-on in that app.

Next up is peer to peer connectivity with new APIs include tools to bring up nearby iPhones or iPod touches that would automatically identify running apps and create an instant IP connection with existing Bonjour technology, wireless over Bluetooth. A technology suitable for game apps but Apple says it works for any peer to peer app with quick fire connection without the need of Bluetooth pairing or typing in a password.