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Apple has announced that its revolutionary iPhone will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet Standards when it begins shipping on
June 29.
Developers can create Web 2.0 applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone’s services: |
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Making a phone call |
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Sending an email |
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Displaying a location in Google Maps |
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Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhone’s capabilities without compromising its reliability or security. Developers and users alike are going to be surprised and pleased at how great these applications look and work on iPhone, its innovative approach, using Web 2.0-based standards, lets developers create amazing new applications while keeping the iPhone secure and reliable.
Web 2.0-based applications are being embraced by leading developers because they are far more interactive and responsive than traditional web applications, and can be easily distributed over the Internet and painlessly updated by simply changing the code on the developers’ own servers. The modern web standards also provide secure data access and transactions, like those used with Amazon.com or online banking. |
The iPhone is once again dominating the news after two events provided new and rare details about the most hotly anticipated tech product since the original Mac computer in 1984.Press coverage is running at a feverish pitch even before the launch of the iPhone's on June 29. It has reached new heights on Google Search .When you search for "iPhone" on Google News, the hits are 7,653 stories. On Google itself, the query brings up some 73 million hits. Last Friday, an "iPhone Sales Training Workbook" for AT&T Wireless employees was leaked to the press through the MacRumors forum, revealing some details about the device. And Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs revealed a few more facts during his Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday.
Despite all the coverage, it's hard to separate opinion from the facts, the new details
from the old. So here are the six latest facts about the Apple iPhone.
1. The iPhone is a communications mixed bag, with support for IMAP, POP3 and Yahoo Push e-mail. It will automatically recognize phone numbers in e-mail messages and provide one-click access to dialing them. However, it will not support Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), so users won't be able to send text messages with pictures or video to other cell phone users. The iPhone will not let users "chat" with friends directly via instant messaging (IM).
2. When you're watching a video on the iPhone and a call comes in, the video will
automatically pause while you take the call, then resume when you hang up.
3. There is no option of Global Positioning System capability on the iPhone
4. Third-party applications will be allowed only as Web-based applications loaded from the Internet on the iPhone's Safari Web browser. Apple will roll out a Windows version of Safari, which should drive support, application development and awareness of the browser to improve the Safari-centric iPhone experience, especially for Windows users.
5. In order to use an iPhone, buyers will be required to first set up an account with the iTunes store using their credit cards, even if they have no intention of buying anything there. This is in addition to the required carrier contract with AT&T. Current iTunes account holders will be able to use existing accounts.
6. We already knew that iTunes would provide sync capability between iPhone and e-mail, contacts, calendar, photos and other data on both PCs and Macs. We learned this week that the synchronization is automatic when the iPhone is plugged in. |
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