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iPhone SDK Download Site Updated

The web site for downloading the iPhone SDK was updated after being down today. The “Beta” designation has been removed from the SDK but the download file has the same name as the Beta 8 version. The iPhone OS 2.0 and iPod Touch OS 2.0 downloads have been removed. Share and Enjoy:

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Apple App Store is now live!

I was able to connect to the App Store with my iPod Touch (running beta 2.0) and install Twitterrific on the device. It looks like there are close to 700 Apps available and many of them are free. Share and Enjoy:

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iPhone SDK Development Provisioning Profiles Revoked

I got an email from the iPhone Development program stating that Development Provisioning Profiles created before June 9, 2008 are being revoked and will have to be re-created. We’re getting close! Dear Enrolled iPhone Developer, In preparation for the release of iPhone OS 2.0, we will be revoking all iPhone Development Certificates created prior to [...]

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Apple Fixes iPhone SDK Provisioning Profiles

The release of Beta 7 of the iPhone SDK has resulted in lot of frustrated developers. When downloading the new SDK developers were informated that they would need to re-create device provisioning profiles before they would be able to install application on their development devices. Unfortunately the profiles produced by the Apple Program Portal web [...]

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Apple we have a problem…with the beta 7 SDK

So I downloaded the new beta 7 iPhone SDK that was released today. I updated the development environment and updated the OS on my iPod Touch. That all went very smoothly. The developer web site said that new provisioning profiles would be needed for beta 7. So I created a new profile and downloaded. The [...]

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iPhone SDK Program Portal Distribution Page Updated

Since the beginning of the iPhone SDK beta the Program Portals Distribution page has been empty. With today’s announcments at WWDC and the release of iPhone SDK beta 7 these pages have been populated. The distribution page now has three tabs, Application, App Store and Ad Hoc. The Application tab gives instructions on how to [...]

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iPhone SDK Beta 7 Released

The Apple iPhone Developer web site is now back up with SDK and iPhoneOS beta 7 available for download. The SDK is version 9M2199 and the OS is version 5A331. The OS weighs in at 209MB and the SDK is a mere 1.24GB The readme states that Beta release 7 fixes bugs and adds support [...]

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iPhone 3G

Today at WWDC Apple announced the next generation iPhone called iPhone 3G. It is thinner, has a full black plastic back, solid metal buttons, same display, camera, flush headphone jack and better audio and GPS. The iPhone 3G has better battery life: 300 hour standby battery 10 hours 2G of talk time 5 hours 3G [...]

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iPhone Push Notification Service

It was announced at the WWDC keynote that Apple will address to problem of the iPhone SDK not supporting background processes by providing a Push Notification Service. Apple argues that background processes would have cause battery and performance issues. Their solution is very scalable and only requires a single persistant connection to to the Apple [...]

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Apple iPhone SDK Beta 6 Released

This one comes with a big red notice: Important Instructions Before installing and developing with the sixth beta versions of the iPhone OS and SDK, you must first upgrade your Mac system to Mac OS X v10.5.3. To upgrade your Mac, go to System Preferences and select Software Update to install the latest version. App [...]

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