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iPhone OS 2.0 will include Bonjour, full-screen Safari mode, more
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4phun - 09 Mar 2008 09:18 GMT Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other near by iPhones? That sounds like a Zune feature that makes no sense to me. If you want to connect call them or text them. What am I missing here?
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iPhone OS 2.0 will include Bonjour, full-screen Safari mode, more Posted 7 March 2008 @ 6pm in News
Apple's developer documentation reveals some interesting new features that will be included with iPhone OS 2.0, due in June, or perhaps an earlier OS release. The functions are already included in the "Aspen Emulator" included with the iPhone SDK, which carries OS version 1.2.
Bonjour Full support for bonjour (Apple's zero configuration networking scheme) will be included in iPhone OS 2.0. This allows you to discover and connect with other nearby iPhones. Bonjour is available in the foundation, core foundation and base system includes. This feature was existent but dormant in previous iPhone OS releases. Full-screen mode in Safari This means that Web apps can be displayed without the Safari address bar and other elements. With an appropriate meta tag, a Web app launched from the home screen can automatically be launchd in full-screen mode. Support for SVG (scalable vector graphics 1.1.): a resolution- independent image format that is highly compressible A series of new CSS effects some of which are hardware accelerated, for transforms, transitions and animations
Also another person posted a Java Virtual Machine is coming to the iPhone courtesy of Sun. http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/248092874/
Again why should I car - I don't miss it? I thought Java already was on the iPhone. Isn't there a setting for it?
Sun Microsystems is known for many things, but it is probably best known for Java. The promise of Java is that programmers can write an application once and run it on any machine, or device, that has a Java Virtual Machine (a virtual environment that runs on a computer which includes the Java runtime, so that the Java code can run).
That's the promise of Java, sadly, the reality isn't always the same. Java Virtual Machines on different platforms often require special code (which kind of defeats the purpose) and most damning of all (especially on the Mac) is that Java has its own library of UI elements. Unless a Java programmer goes out of their way to make sure their app looks like a native app, it often has an unmistakable 'Java look' to it.
Sun now wants you to have all that Java fun on the iPhone. Shortly after the launch of the iPhone SDK, Sun started looking into the possibility of making a Java VM for the iPhone. After some investigating, they are sure that Java ME (that's the version of Java optimized for mobile devices) on the iPhone is possible and Sun wants to bring it to you. I'm sure there are many Java developers out there are very happy to hear this news.
And last but not least a slew of the best games which already run on other mobile devices are being ported by Gameloft to the new Apple firmware. http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008/03/07/gameloft-to-launch-15-game-titles-for -iphone-in-2008/
Gameloft announced that they will bring 15 of their games to the iPhone platform. Gameloft, as you may already know, has released some iPod games on iTunes already.
Pocket Gamer has a mock up of what one of the games may look like. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/iPhone/news.asp?c=5797
Interestingly, this screenshot was shown off in Gameloft's keynote speech in the days leading up to the iPhone SDK announcement. Gameloft produces some big-name games for other mobile platforms, including: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Rayman, Might and Magic, and Prince of Persia.
The good folks at Six Apart also mention that they are hard at work with the iPhone SDK to produce a native iPhone app for Typepad blogging. If you have used a previous Windows Mobile native client from Typepad, you can only imagine what they will be able to do on the iPhone with its superior UI and hardware..
Pity the poor folks locked into contracts with other cell carriers who can not have an iPhone, I bet we will hear a lot of sour grape posts from them regarding these developments.
Larry - 09 Mar 2008 15:12 GMT 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6- 5fbe43b54348@34g2000hsz.googlegroups.com:
> Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other > near by iPhones? Because they COULD, if they wanted to, without being told no by the big corporation?
Kurt - 10 Mar 2008 03:51 GMT > 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6- > 5fbe43b54348@34g2000hsz.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Because they COULD, if they wanted to, without being told no by the big > corporation? Protest all this and buy a Blackberry.
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Larry - 10 Mar 2008 16:15 GMT Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in news:labolide-AEA8A3.19514309032008 @news.giganews.com:
>> 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6- >> 5fbe43b54348@34g2000hsz.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Protest all this and buy a Blackberry. Nokia N800, here. I can call any other N800 on the PLANET for free with Skype it comes with...(c;
So far, my N800 to N800 distance record is Singapore....
Michael N. Paris - 10 Mar 2008 23:08 GMT > Nokia N800, here. I can call any other N800 on the PLANET for free with > Skype it comes with...(c; > > So far, my N800 to N800 distance record is Singapore.... I love that little N800, and wouldn't mind using it with my N95-3, but I also like my iPhone.
4phun - 11 Mar 2008 02:59 GMT > Kurt <labol...@spacegmail.com> wrote in news:labolide-AEA8A3.19514309032008 > @news.giganews.com: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >> > Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other > >> > near by iPhones? Hey I found more detalis about what the Bonjour connect feature etc on the new iPhone means at IntoMobile. http://iPhone2.notlong.com They say...
Not so minor changes coming to next iPhone v2.0 - Bonjour, full-screen browsing, vector graphics, locally stored web-apps, PowerPoint, mass email delete, and possibly search
Today, March 10, 2008, 1 hour ago | willpark
Well that sure was a mouthful. Sure, there are those minor changes to the iPhone UI that may or may not materialize, but there are also some serious changes in store for the iPhone v2.0.
The iPhone SDK, freely downloadable from Apple, is proving to be an invaluable source of upcoming iPhone features. Remember, the iPhone is revolutionary in the way the OS can be updated and features can be added with a simple firmware update through iTunes. iPhone owners don't have to endure the lagging development cycles for OS developers to deliver OS updates - new updates mean new features.
So, what can we expect from Apple's iPhone v2.0 firmware due out in June (the same firmware that will work with iPhone SDK applications)?
Keep reading to find out...
Mass Email Delete I don't know how long I've been wanting a mass delete feature for the iPhone's mail client, but it seems that my nightly prayers have not fallen on deaf ears. The Apple gods will be allowing mass email deletion with the iPhone v2.0. I don't really get spam in my business email accounts, so mass deletion is not really a problem there. My personal email accounts are an entirely different story. My Gmail inbox is full of ads for mortgages and Viagra - and with push email with Yahoo! Mail for iPhone, I get solicitations to enlarge my penis pushed directly to my iPhone. Talk about annoying.
It's not clear how this will work, but rest assured, in a matter of months, batch deleting all those spammy emails will be no harder than selecting them and hitting the delete button.
Bonjour Mac users will understand the awesomeness of Bonjour and what it means for the iPhone. Sure, connecting to a WiFi network is a trivial exercise, but what about connecting to other computers or iPhones on any network (networking in Windows is "fun" to say the least)? Well, Bonjour makes it easy to network devices on a given network. It's as simple as viewing connected devices and then connecting to them.
Bonjour has been lying dormant in previous iPhone firmwares, and it seems that Bonjour support is coming in June. The iPhone SDK includes Bonjour in the foundation, core foundation and base system components.
Full-Screen Mode on Safari With the new iPhone SDK, iPhone developers will be able to use a full- screen mode to display webpages/web-apps. In full-screen mode, the web- page/web-app will be displayed without the Safari address bar at the top of the screen or the navigation/bookmark bar at the bottom of the screen. All it will take, apparently, is the addition of a meta tag in the web-app/web-page code. Web-apps with the meta tag will be launched directly in full-screen mode.
Every pixel is a precious piece of real-estate on a mobile phone's display. And even with the huge screen on the iPhone, it doesn't hurt to have an extra few lines of usable browser-space.
Scalable Vector Graphics and New CSS Effects Support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) means that images can be highly-compressed, reducing an image file's size. SVG is an image format that can be compressed to tiny proportions while maintaining the original file's resolution. That means iPhones will be able to download SVG images more quickly without sacrificing the image's quality.
The iPhone v2.0 will also support new CSS effects. CSS transforms, transitions, and animations will help take the sting out of the lack of Flash-support. And, some CSS effects will be hardware accelerated to boot!
PowerPoint Support While making a new PowerPoint presentation might not be in the immediate future for native iPhone features, we're all going to be able to view those PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint can be viewed through the iPhone's mail client, and should add to the iPhone's enterprise appeal. Microsoft Word and Excel files are already viewable through iPhone Mail, but so the addition of PowerPoint compatibility will truly round out the iPhone's MS Office compatibility.
Locally Stored Web-Apps Wait, so what's the hub-ub with all these natively installable third- party iPhone applications? With locally stored web-apps, any web- developer can code web-applications for the iPhone! No web connection? No problem, just store your web-apps locally and they're as good as native applications (although slightly limited by AJAX, CSS, HTML, etc.)
The iPhone SDK allows for the creation of web-apps, so it makes sense for the iPhone to include support for offline web-apps. Apple says that the iPhone v2.0 will support client-side database API which will allow "totally functional even with the network disconnected." Score!
Search And, last but not least - the iPhone may be getting "Search" functionality. If you search for, uh, "Search on iPhone" you may find that searching for anything on the iPhone just isn't possible. Sure, with auto-completion, you can just start typing a contact to bring up all matching phone numbers or email addresses, but that's only a half- hearted workaround. A search function is needed. Without a true search function on the iPhone, it's hard to find a contact whose name you've forgotten, but happen to remember noting the contact entry as, say, "blonde hottie" or something like that.
EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com - 12 Mar 2008 18:45 GMT In alt.cellular.verizon Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
> 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6- > 5fbe43b54348@34g2000hsz.googlegroups.com:
> > Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other > > near by iPhones? To exchange data? Too-big-to-email documents? Secrets?
> Because they COULD, if they wanted to, without being told no by the big > corporation? That gets boring though, if that is the only reason.
 Signature The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. -- Bertrand Russel
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