Ok, I took the statement by Apple about dropping the NDA to mean we just wouldn’t be able to talk about features in iPhone SDK and OS beta releases. You know, the new stuff they are adding and don’t want anyone else to rip off. I’m seeing other blog posts out there suggesting that it [...]
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Apple dropping the iPhone NDA!
October 1st, 2008 
Richard See it here. To Our Developers We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software. We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have [...]
Apple removes notifications from iPhone SDK beta 4
August 16th, 2008 Richard Looking at the iPhone SDK beta 4 API change log reveals that the following API calls have been removed from UIApplication.h: Removed -[UIApplication registerForRemoteNotificationsFromPublisher:] Removed -[UIApplication registeredRemoteNotificationPublishers] Removed -[UIApplication remoteNotificationSystemIdentifier] Removed -[UIApplication remoteNotificationsAreActive] Removed -[UIApplication unregisterForRemoteNotificationsFromPublisher:] Removed -[UIApplicationDelegate application:didReceiveRemoteNotificationFromPublisher:userInfo:] Removed UIApplication(UIRemoteNotifications) Also some properties have been removed from CLLocation: Removed CLLocation.course Removed CLLocation.speed Removed CLLocation.speedAvailable [...]
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Tags: Apple, Application programming interface, iPhone, IPhone OS, iPhone SDK, SDK, Smartphones, Software development kit 
No Comments »WordPress for iPhone
July 22nd, 2008 Richard I’m writing this blog post on my iPhone with the new WordPress for iPhone app. This is a combination test and review of the app. This blog was on WordPress 2.3 and the app requires at least 2.5.1 so I had to upgrade to the latest version. You can set up multiple blogs, preview and [...]
Alternative Push Email
July 15th, 2008 Richard Lifehacker has an article posted on how to set up free push email, contacts and calendar on the iPhone. This is an alternative to either paying for a MobileMe account or having a corporate Exchange server. There is another alternative for push email however. Yahoo email accounts continue to push email messages to the iPhone. [...]
iPhone OS 2.0 is Unstable
July 14th, 2008 Richard I’ve been running the iPhone OS 2.0 since it was released and many of the apps I’ve tried out are awesome and welcome additions to my iPhone. However there are some problems. Application sometimes crash. I haven’t narrowed the problems down to a particular application. It has happened in several of the apps that I [...]
iPhone SDK Download Site Updated
July 11th, 2008 Richard 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.
Apple App Store is now live!
July 10th, 2008 Richard 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.
iPhone App Store Now Accepting Applications
June 26th, 2008 Richard I just got an email from the iPhone Developer Program stating that they are now accepting applications for the App Store. Also Beta 8 of the SDK is ready for download. You’ll need to install the iTunes 7.7 pre-release seed in order to install the iPhone OS beta 8 on your devices. iTunes 7.7 can [...]
iPhone SDK Development Provisioning Profiles Revoked
June 26th, 2008 Richard 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 [...]
