Posts Tagged ‘iPhone OS’

Apple Releases iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 2

April 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has released the second beta version of the iPhone OS 4.0 to the development community. With the new OS (which has been beefed up to 355MB), Apple seems to have made a lot of bugfixes.

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4.0: Multitasking is a Go

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The first new feature for the iPhone OS is the biggest. Multitasking will come to the iPhone though Apple will put some limitations in place to guarantee performance of the device.

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Changewave: iPhone Most Popular OS in the US

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: WebOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Changewave has sent out a survey to over 4.000 consumers to ask them which phone they own and which smartphone platform they like to own next. Though Android support is growing fast, iPhone is still first.

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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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Apple to Expand iPhoneOS to Alternate Platforms

February 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has put a new job post online for an Engineering Manager (Platform Bring-Up). This job post suggests Apple is aiming to bring its new processor architecture to more platforms.

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iPad Causes iPhone Development Peak

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Flurry has calculated that the introduction of Apple’s iPad lead to an increase in iPhone OS development interest. The company has seen development activity triple in January.

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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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DragonFire SDK Enables iPhone Development on Windows

February 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 2 Comments »

One of the biggest frustration for Windows developers is the obligation to buy a mac in order to develop for Apple’s iPhone OS. Though Adobe announced a solution already, it seems DragonFire SDK has beaten the giant to it.

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AdMob’s OS Metrics for August

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

AdMob has revealed new usage statistics from it's advertising network. One of the first things that pops up is that iPhone OS has become the leading OS by taking the no#1 spot from Symbian.