This weeks announcement by Apple of its iPhone 3.0 software suggest that the company maybe moving towards a more open future. At the core of the announcement was 1000 new APIs to be made available to developers suggesting that Apple is opening up a lot more of the operating system moving forwards. Included in these will be new accessory control APIs enabling hardware vendors to create companion applications for the iPhone. Apple also announced 100 new features which will be part of the release including stereo Bluetooth support and peer to peer connectivity over WiFi and Bluetooth. Looking at these new APIs combined with the new built in feature set Apple is enabling a developers to create a new bread of compelling mobile applications and peripheral solutions to support the iPhone and iPod Touch range. The challenge is now on to see how the other key platform providers respond.Oh and perhaps the most significant part of the announcement - good old copy and paste will also be part of the 3.0 release!
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Right now that they are trying to close it up because they want the money that some apps are making from paid suscriptions.
ReplyDeleteActually in many countries that it's not a problem, but I can tell that in many countries in south america and iphone it's useless because don't have the technology to let them work properly.
ReplyDeleteI love all Apple products, it is a synonym of quality and durability.
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