Posted by: Marianne Schultz
on Oct 24, 2008
According to MacRumors, developers have received the second version of the 2.2 firmware beta. The first 2.2 beta included elements of Google Street View, as we reported then, and this 2nd beta fully enables this feature.
Street View on the iPhone will make its mapping capabilities very similar to those of the new T-Mobile G1. Street View enables a realistic view of your current location in Google Maps, and also includes a compass function that automatically adjusts the view as you move around on the G1. Street view is currently available on Google Maps online (pictured below), and iPhoneYap has pictures of how it will look on the iPhone in the 2.2 firmware.
Posted by: Christopher Meinck
on Oct 20, 2008
Apple today announced their financial results for Q4 2008, the financial quarter that ended on September 27th, 2008. Apple sold more phones than RIM, despite only the iPhone being available on only one US carrier.
Posted by: Marianne Schultz
on Oct 13, 2008
Apple held a media event today focused on their notebook line, and made quite a few announcements about product updates and a new cinema display. Unfortunately for iPhone fans, there was no iPhone news to speak of at this event.
The MacBooks get the biggest overhaul with new aluminum enclosures, an LED-backlit screen, a backlit keyboard, and better graphics. The MacBook Pros also get better graphics in the form of a new Nvidia GPU, new enclosures, and an LED-backlit display. Both lines get and the new Mini Display Port and a new glass trackpad that can recognize additional finger gestures and that is a button in itself. These new models will be available in stores tomorrow.
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Posted by: Christopher Meinck
on Oct 13, 2008
The Apple Store has gone down in preparation for what most expect will be announcements of new notebooks. Images have been leaking througout the Interwebs, most notable have been major changes design to the MacBook Pro.
Posted by: Marianne Schultz
on Oct 6, 2008
Developers working with the iPhone firmware 2.2 beta that was released a short time ago have uncovered a few new features. These will be a welcome addition to the iPhone’s features, and one in particular should help to increase the iPhone’s appeal in Japan.
Developers uncovered the existence of emoji, small graphic images used often by the Japanese in text messaging, hidden in the iPhone’s firmware. 461 (!) of these were found, and they appear to include a number of smiley face emoticons that texters in the U.S. and other countries have been used to on other phones.
Posted by: Lincoln
on Oct 5, 2008
Some members of The Mac Observer's Apple Finance Board have made an effort to determine how many iPhones Apple has sold, and it was revealed that the company may have already reached it's goal of selling 10 million units in 2008.
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Posted by: Marianne Schultz
on Sep 30, 2008
Despite easy access to the SDK itself and reference documentation for just about anyone and their mother through Apple's site, app developers have been itching for a way to collaborate with other developers to share information and help improve their offerings. But the non-disclosure agreement governing the SDK put a choke hold on that, and developers did so at the risk of earning Apple's ire. Apparently, Apple received enough feedback about this to change their ways, and posted the following note on the Developer Connection site:
It's really nice to know (and a pleasant surprise) that Apple has actually been listening to some feedback about the iPhone and App Store, but I have to think they've received so much more feedback about the things the iPhone has been missing since day one (you remember - copy & paste, video recording, voice dialing, etc.). What a frustrating use of selective hearing on their part.
