Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Beta Comes with 100 New Features
Apple previewed Tuesday its iPhone OS 3.0 software and announced the
availability of a beta software release to registered developers. It
provides new Software Development Kit (SDK), over 1,000 Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs), and 100 new features.
The
new APIs include In-App Purchases; Peer-to-Peer connections; an app
interface for accessories; access to the iPod music library; a new
Maps API and Push Notifications. The new features will be available to
iPhone and iPod touch users this
summer including cut, copy and paste; MMS; landscape view for Mail,
Text and Notes; stereo Bluetooth; syncing Notes to the Mac and PC;
shake to shuffle; parental controls for TV shows, movies and apps from
the App Store; and automatic login at Wi-Fi hot spots.
Today, even the traditional
infotech players are operating
aggressively in the mobile market. Last week,
Microsoft had also
announced new details about how developers can build and sell
applications for Windows phones
through Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the recently announced
application marketplace available with the Windows Mobile 6.5
operating system.
The
iPhone OS 3.0 beta release will also include a new Voice Memo app and
expanded search capability for all key iPhone apps, as well as
Spotlight search across the iPhone or iPod touch.
A key
developer feature in the beta software, says Apple, is the ability for
apps to interface with hardware accessories, creating a new element of
control for iPhone and iPod touch accessory developers as well as a
new ecosystem of solutions for customers.
Developers will also be able to use Apple's new Maps API to integrate
Google Mobile Maps services within their apps which will offer Google
Map tiles, current location, custom annotations and geocoding. The
beta software includes the Apple Push Notification service which
provides developers with a mechanism to alert users with sounds, text
or a badge.
Apple
says the updated Stock app will add the ability to display recent
company news and current trading information like opening or average
price, trading volume or Market Cap, and will offer a landscape view
to see a full screen of any stock chart.
Users
will also be able to view shared calendars on their iPhone with CalDAV
support and sync their calendars with iCal, Yahoo, Google, and
Oracle.
Here’s how developers can leverage this offer. Now, App Store has more
than 25,000 applications available to consumers, and 15 more countries
have been added so the App Store is now available in 77 countries,
counts Apple.
It
will allow developers to reach more than 30 million iPhone and iPod
touch users around the world. Developers set the price for their
applications and retain 70% of all sales revenue. Apple covers all
credit card, web hosting and infrastructure costs associated with
offering applications on the App Store.
Microsoft is also working on similar terms. It offers developers 70%
of the sales revenue of their applications from
Windows Marketplace for Mobile,
transparency throughout the certification process, and guidance and
support from the stage of development to the final sale to the
consumer.
The
iPhone OS 3.0 beta software and SDK will be available for registered
developers to download from developer.apple.com. iPhone users will be
able to download the new iPhone OS 3.0 software for free this summer
and iPod touch users will be able to purchase a software update for
$9.95.
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