I know, I know… I’m getting late with these posts. Today I’ll talk about the second part of Apple’s keynote at WWDC’09. This second part is entirely dedicated to the iPhone.
After some statements related to numbers of iphones sold, apps downloaded, you know, the usual, we had a video in which several developers talked about their experience with iPhone software development.
More after the jump!
Then the presentation became a description of the new features of iPhone OS 3.0:
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cut, copy and paste – this functionility works across apps, supports undo (by shaking the device), developer API’s are available for developers to use it on thei own apps with custom data types and Cocoa Touch text controls come with cut, copy and paste built in;
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landscape mode – is now available in Mail, Notes and Messages;
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Messages – now supports MMS wich allows to send and receive photos, contacts, audio files and locations;
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Spotlight Search – now searchs can be made in apps, contacts, calendars, songs, notes and e-mail including search in messages not in the device;
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iTunes – now movies can be bought and rented through the phone, iTunes U is also added to iTunes in the iPhone;
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Parental Control – allows to set content permissions;
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Internet Tethering – allows to share the Internet connection in the iPhone with a Mac or a PC through the USB cable or Bluetooth;
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Safari – improved performance with Javascript, HTTP streaming audio and video support, autofill, HTML 5 support;
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Languages – support to right to left languages, hebrew, arabic, greek, korean and thai.
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Find My iPhone – a service only available to MobileMe customers. Allows to track the iPhone from a MobileMe account. It feature a remote wipe command in case of loss;
Now on the SDK 3.0:
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In App Purchase;
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Peer to Peer connectivity;
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Accessories support;
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Maps can be used on third party apps;
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Turn by turn support through Core Location;
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Push Notification;
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1000 new APIs.
Some invited developers came to show what they acomplished using the new features of the SDK 3.0: Gameloft, Airstrip Technologies, ScrollMotion, TomTom, ngmoco:), Pasco, Zipcar and Line 6 with Planet Waves. For more info about what they presented see the keynote stream here.
About the availability, it was made available June 17 for free for iPhone users and for $9,95 for iPod Touch users.
After all this came the new iPhone! This year’s model is called iPhone 3GS where S stands for "Speed". So what’s new in this iPhone?
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It runs up to 2X faster overall due to a better and faster processor;
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Support for HSDPA which supports connection speeds up to 7.2Mbps;
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3MP camera with auto focus, auto white balance, auto exposure and tap to focus;
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Video recording at 30 fps VGA with audio, auto focus, auto white balance, auto exposure, video editing (trim), video sharing through e-mail, MMS, MobileMe and Youtube;
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Voice Control phone and iPod;
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Digital Compass as stand alone app and integrated into Maps;
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Accessibility with voice over and display color inversion;
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Support for Nike+;
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Encryption;
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Improved battery life.
Two models available in two colors: 16GB and 32GB in black or white. The iPhone 3G will still be available at a lower price.
I’m not going to talk about pricing here due to the different price points it can reach depending on the country where the iPhone is going to be sold.
It was released yesterday, June 19, in the US. In Portugal it will be available in July (the day wasn’t yet announced at the time this post is being written).
I think this is a good upgrade to the current model that was by it selt a good device already.
And this it… these were the news of this year’s WWDC. See you next post!
Source of images: Apple
