Posts Tagged ‘Firmware’

iPhone OS 3.2 SDK Ready

March 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the release of several Release Clients, Apple has now made the final version of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK available to developers. This version of 3.2 is called the Gold Master version.

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iPhone to Allow Multitasking in OS 4.0?

March 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

While iPhoneOS 3.2 hasn’t even been rolled out, the first rumors about iPhone OS 4.0 have started to surface. The biggest update? The iPhone will finally allow multitasking and thus, become a real smartphone.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Turns Free

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Good news for the iPhone development community. Apple has decided to let iPod Touch owners freely upgrade their devices to firmware 3.0. With this move, the company hopes to improve app availability.

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Android Dashboard Launched

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Last week, Google launched the Android Dashboard. Through this dashboard, developers can gain insights into the adoption of new Android OS versions by consumers. Android 1.6 is leading the charts.

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AdMob: iPod Owners Still Lag Upgrades

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

AdMob has posted new details on iPhone and iPod usage. Several months after the 3.0 release it seems most iPhone owners have taken the time to upgrade (97%), but iPod Touch owners stay behind (68%).

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Cyanogen Keeps Working on Alternative Android

October 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last week, Android developer Cyanogen received a cease and desist letter from Google because it was violating the rules as it was distributing closed source applications in it's own Android versions.

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Admob on iPhoneOS Adoption

September 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has released their OS update about two weeks back, so the guys over at admob took the time to investigate how money consumers have taken the time to upgrade their device to firmware 3.1.

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Apple Lowers iPod Touch Upgrade Pricing

September 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Good news for all those consumers that felt like 10,- for a firmware upgrade was too much. Last night, the pricing for the 3.1.1 upgrade was lowered by the company.

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Apple on iPhone Updates and Stats

September 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Tonight, Steve Jobs took the stage at the Apple event and outlined the company's plans to update the current iPhone firmware as well as some details about the App Store.

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WWDC: iPhone 3.0 Firmware and Apps

June 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Together with the presentation of the new iPhone, Apple also announced that the much discussed 3.0 firmware will be available for download as of June 17th.