Third-party iPhone applications to arrive Monday
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the App Store in March, and third-party applications delivered through the store should arrive Monday.
(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks)The era of officially sanctioned iPhone applications should kick off on Monday.
That's the same day Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to take the stage at the Moscone Center to unveil the next-generation iPhone at the company's annual Worldwide Developers' Conference. A source at a software company that has been working on a native iPhone application tells us the company is getting ready to launch that application on Monday, which could also imply that Apple's App Store will be up and running that day.
The App Store is going to be the only way to get official third-party iPhone applications onto your device. Developers have been submitting their applications to Apple for testing and verification since the iPhone SDK became available, and in exchange for hosting and distributing the applications Apple is taking 30 percent of the revenue generated by sales of that application.
Gizmodo has reported that the newest iPhone--which is expected to connect to 3G cellular networks--will be immediately available on Monday. Based on this latest information, the iPhone 2.0 software--which enables the delivery of official applications through the App Store as well as several other business-friendly features--should also be available for download on Monday.
That software is supposed to work with both the current version of the iPhone and the widely expected 3G version that should make its debut this month, so you won't have to buy a new iPhone to start using iPhone applications.
But you might want to buy a new one if you get lost on a regular basis. The same source was able to confirm reports from earlier this week from GigaOm and Wired that the newest iPhone will have support for GPS technology, enabling the iPhone to get a precise fix on your location. The combination of GPS and faster networking speeds should allow for a whole range of location-aware applications to proliferate on the iPhone, as they have on other competing phones.
Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip companies such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and mobile computers ranging from Research In Motion's to Palm's. E-mail Tom.
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How I've been able to do this for years on my Windows Mobile device (including free, open source apps).
Know what else is great?
How I don't have to purchase JUST from one place, but any number of companies, providers, and download sites.
Flame on zealots.
There's just one problem: They all SUCK.
Darn....get out of your basements someday.
Me thinks you WISH you had an iphone but you don't have one.
Right, I am now going to go and post a crap message on a Windows Mobile device forum...oh there aren't any...
Also why do you have to say "windows mobile device" ? what crap phone are you REALLY using. iPhone users don't say " I am going to call you on my Mac OSX device..."
If any of you developers are reading this then this is your wakeup call!
It's not that WinMo is bad, it's just that it doesn't quite compare to OS X Mobile. Well, time will tell when it comes to smartphone market share in the next few quarters.
On a side note, the message system here bites the big pickle.
Carlos.
Carlos.
I rather download from ONE trusting place ( no viruses ) than extend my trust to UNKNOWN websites ... but that is just me ... there are 90% of Windows users that would rather have more viruses so .. I must be wrong ...
Yes, it has been challenged by the iphone, which I love. i had an iphone. i went back to WM as i needed all the apps I used and removable MicroSd storage. Apple will always be the style win but never the functional win. And the HTC diamond is sure to be serious competition - higher resolution screen, nice design (I like key buttons), etc. cometition is good!
Really? is that why Symbian has ridiculous marketshare lead over Winmo, and everything other smartphone OS globally? Maybe in the US, but the US is about 10% of the worldwide cell market chap..
JT
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Carlos.
Journalists referring to mobile networks as "cellular" or "cell" is a pet peave. We in a digital world now, having finally caught up with Europe who launched digital, not cell networks, in the early days.
Please get it right and stop propagating arcane technology in articles and daily speak.
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by computergeek1971
June 11, 2008 3:04 PM PDT
- Actually Nick Bates you are VERY CLUELESS. Apple customers are accustomed to ONLY paying RETAIL price. However a simple search online and you can find many coupons and deals on PCs and Notebooks. I have ordered more than 15 laptops in the last 4 years for friends and family members since they know I am a pro at finding good deals.
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See all 39 Comments >>Well Nodack, perhaps "twice" the performance is a slight overstatement, but the price is nearly twice as much. For example, I just purchased a Dell XPS 1330 with T9300 (2.5GHz, 800Mhz, 6M L2 Cache); 4GB RAM; and a 64GB SSD for $1,700. The closest thing to the XPS 1330 is the Macbook Air. It cost nearly twice as much $3,098; has half the RAM (2GB vs 4GB); CPU is 38% slower (1.8GHz vs. 2.5 GHz); doesn?t have a DVD-ROM (no movies); doesn't have an independent graphics card; no fingerprint reader...etc. And to my surprise the Dell XPS1330 came with zero crapware so I didn't have to do my usual reformat. I benchmarked it on PCMark05 with a score of 7,619.
I wont bother going into detail of all the software I use that wouldn't work on a Mac.