iPhone SDK Downloads Top 100,000

CUPERTINO, California—March 12, 2008—Apple® today announced that more than 100,000 iPhone™ developers have downloaded the beta iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) in the first four days since its launch on March 6. The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same rich set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone and iPod® touch.

Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Live_from_Apple_s_iPhone_SDK_press_conference'; 9:05AM - Alright, we're here and registered! We'll be checking in as things get going shortly. 9:26AM - It's minglin' time! The space usually reserved for product demos is hollowed out for the Apple Continental Breakfast today, tons of journos and execs hanging out before the keynote kicks off. Continue reading Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference

Apple releases second beta version of iPhone SDK

Apple on Thursday released a new version of its iPhone software developers kit (SDK) that allows third parties to develop applications for the iPhone and iPod touch digital media player. "The second beta version of the iPhone SDK includes Interfac...

Apple releases iPhone SDK beta 2

Apple has released the second beta of its iPhone SDK for registered developers. The new release includes an Interface Builder, which allows the drag-and-drop integration of graphical components which can be linked to underlying Objective-C code created in Xcode. The new SDK build is a 1.3GB download, available from Apple's Developer Connection site...

Apple releases iPhone SDK beta 2

Section: Apple, Apple News, Updates, Applications, iPhone SDKApple has released the second beta of their iPhone SDK. Registered iPhone developers will have received an e-mail and can download the latest version from the iPhone SDK website. The latest beta build has an improved Interface Builder, with now drag-and-drop integration of graphical components which can be linked to Objective-C code created in Xcode. Beta 2 is a large 1.3GB download from Apple’s iPhone developer website. If you’re not already a registered developer, you can sign up in less than a minute with your Apple ID. Apple’s iPhone SDK uses the interface and language used by Apple itself, plus the iPhone-exclusive Cocoa Touch, an API designed to make it easy to add touchscreen input. Via [MacNN] Full Story » | Written by Stephen Chinnadorai for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

Music functions are off-limits to iPhone SDK developers

Section: Apple, Apple News, Rumors, Applications, iPhone SDK, Communications, iPhoneI was disappointed to hear that any functionality related to the iPhone’s music playback is inaccessible by the iPhone SDK. Although the SDK has many possibilities, anything to do with the iPhone music player is prohibited. This means that possible applications for social networks like Last.fm are not possible through the SDK. This is something I do right now with my Jailbroken iPod Touch running 1.1.4, using an app called MobileScrobbler. Apple hasn’t spoken about this restriction, but some suggest that the reason for it being in place is to stop rival music stores to iTunes being created. I’m happy for no rival stores to be created, but Apple is limiting a lot of the capabilities a developer could do with the device. There is, of course, a chance that the restriction would be removed later on, once the SDK is out of beta stages. Via [iPodNN] Full Story » | Written by Stephen Chinnadorai for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »