Posts in March 2008

3D game dev app to get iPhone tools

Posted 31 March 2008 @ 2pm in Applications, Development, News

Neglecting to release any specifics on how the development environment will integrate with Apple’s official SDK, Unity Technologies has announced that its multiplatform 3D game development tool, called Unity, will soon be able to create titles that run on the iPhone.

A brief statement from Unity reads:

“The Unity engine is the core technology that facilitates visually […]

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Apple widening iPhone developer program acceptance

Posted 31 March 2008 @ 1pm in Development, News

Despite disconcerting notices that were interpreted as rejection letters, Apple is now sending acceptance letters to a much broader swath of those who applied to the $99 iPhone Developer program — including many who received the initial, dismissive notes. iPhone Atlas has, in the past 24 hours, received messages from a number of developers indicating […]

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iPhone OS 2.0 leaks, gets Contacts application; warning

Posted 31 March 2008 @ 10am in News

As suspected, iPhone OS 2.0 — which was included with the Aspen Emulator in iPhone SDK beta 2 — has been issued to approved iPhone developers, and subsequently leaked as an IPSW file that can be installed on physical devices.

The new release, like iPhone OS 1.2, is highly unstable and requires the use of “pwnage,” […]

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ZiPhone 3.0 — unlock/jailbreak tool — gets new features, fixes

Posted 31 March 2008 @ 10am in Applications, News

ZiPhone, the most popular tool for automatically jailbreaking and unlocking iPhones, has been updated to version 3.0. The new release includes these enhancements:

No more need of fix nvram
Solution for GREYED wifi
No need for YouTube Fixes
Embedded apps installer
Customized plugins

The new release is available in both Mac and Windows versions from this download page. For further instructions […]

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Unlocked iPhones: Bane and Boon for Apple

Posted 28 March 2008 @ 4pm in Opinion

by Thomas Penberthy

iPhone unlockers, while costing Apple millions in subscription-derived revenue that the company shares with authorized carriers, are playing a vital part in growing the iPhone market. Owners of unlocked iPhones are the epitome of “early adopters;” customers who try current technology ahead of the wave, influencing buying decisions in their peers and stoking […]

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Video demonstration of iPhone SDK-developed application

Posted 28 March 2008 @ 12pm in News

With the introduction of an Interface Builder and revised APIs, which debuted in Apple’s second beta edition of the iPhone software development kit (SDK) yesterday, developers have a more complete set of tools for putting their code into realistic operation under the included “Aspen” Simulator.

Below is a video demonstration of PhotoBoard, an application that started […]

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iPhone OS 2.0 (instead of 1.2) included with SDK beta

Posted 27 March 2008 @ 3pm in News

Apple’s newly released iPhone SDK revision (beta 2) includes an updated iPhone Emulator that runs iPhone OS 2.0 build 5A225c. The previous edition of the iPhone SDK included iPhone OS 1.2 build 5A147.

Other than a series of under-the-hood code handling changes, the new revision utilizes an updated version of WebKit — build 525.15 — to […]

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New build of iPhone SDK released: includes Interface builder

Posted 27 March 2008 @ 11am in Development, News

Apple has released a new build of the iPhone SDK to registered developers. The new release includes much-anticipated support for building iPhone user interfaces using the Xcode Interface Builder tool. This tool allows developers to graphically design application elements using drag-and-drop (from templates), and then to link these graphical controls to writeen source code.

More details […]

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iPhone OS 2.0 may leak publicly soon

Posted 26 March 2008 @ 2pm in News

The forthcoming iPhone OS revision — dubbed 2.0 by Apple but currently number 1.2 — may soon leak to the public, iPhone Atlas has learned. The update is currently officially available only to those who have been accepted into Apple’s $99 iPhone Developer program or who have been selected to beta test the revision’s enterprise […]

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Automatically convert any RSS feed to an iPhone Web app

Posted 25 March 2008 @ 12pm in Guides/How-Tos

A new service converts any well formed XML RSS feed to an iPhone-optimized version with the typical sliding style interface. For instance (if you’re on an iPhone right now) here’s the iPhone Atlas feed, and here’s the Google News feed.

Jim Liddle, one of the creators of the service, told iPhone Atlas “You can book mark […]

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