iPhone SDK: Two steps forward, one huge step back


No doubt you've read about Apple's SDK Announcement, summary: iPhone 2.0 firmware will add a new icon called "App Store" which will be the only way a developer will get to sell their application and keep 70% of the profits. Now we're finding out that only one application will be allowed to run at once, a huge step in the wrong direction.

I regularly walk down the street listening to music, while browsing the internet, check my email and then proceed to take a picture of a poster plastered on a wall telling me when the next party will be in my town. If I get lost then I know I'll be able to launch Google Maps or Nokia Maps and still have all those applications running in the background.

Don't tell me that you'll run only one application at a time either, that isn't how you use your PC and it definitley will not be how you use your mobile phone. I don't care how beautiful AIM for the iPhone will be, if I can't read a movie recommendation, launch the web browser to read the IMDB score, watch the trailer with emTube or MobiTubia, and then call someone to see if they want to join me, then I don't want that device.

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Sun working to bring Java to iPhone - true mobile computing for enterprise and otherwise



Following hot on the heels of Apple's iPhone SDK announcements, Sun has jumped into the fray and announced that they'll be making sure that Java plays nice with Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. The company famous for championing the standardized Java Runtime made the announcement after taking a look at the iPhone SDK. Upon investigating the possibility of porting the Java Virtual Machine for use on the iPhone, Sun found that they could indeed make it work - contrary to Steve Jobs' statements about Java being a burden.

Sun's Java marketing VP, Eric Klein announced the decision to bring Sun's Java to the iPhone as a variant of the Java Micro Edition - a platform that is used on mobile phones.  The iPhone SDK could be used to make the Sun Java Virtual Machine (JVM) run as an application. And, Sun said that there's a likely possibility that Sun will optimize the Java Micro JVM to work with the iPhone's more advanced features.

"We're going to work to make sure that the [virtual machine] offers the Java applications as much access to the native functionality of the iPhone as possible," Klein said. Furthermore, Klein leaves open the possibility of bringing a variant of the desktop-level Java Standard Edition to the iPhone (which might indicate that Sun will try to make use of the Jazelle technology that's lying dormant in the iPhone's CPU). And, Sun doesn't exclude the possibility of bringing their Flash-replacement JavaFX (!) to the iPhone.

With Java on the iPhone and the SDK ready to roll, we're crossing our fingers for some truly innovative applications in the near future. Applications (web or native), Java, and a bit of VPN fairy-dust could extend the iPhone's enterprise role well-beyond what Microsoft Enterprise support could ever hope to do.

Then, combine Java, secure VPNs, and some web-apps or native applications with the prospect of connecting the iPhone to a wireless mouse and keyboard (and then connect it to an external monitor), and you've got the makings of a seriously sleek and powerful mobile computer. Sure, there are other devices that might be able to do the keyboard and external monitor thing, and there are even UMPCs out there with mobile computing clearly in their job-description. But all those solutions are either awkwardly bulky, too big, or just plain ugly - there's no mobile computing solution that's as sleek, slim and generally chic as the iPhone.

Bring on the enterprise market! I'm not a business user, but I think I'll be riding that wave all the way to shore - maybe on a 3G iPhone. (Oh, and keep in mind that we're not just talking about the limited first-gen iPhone - that second-gen iPhone should really stir the pot)

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Future iPhone to be x86 powered, Intel inside

Now I'm not saying the next iPhone due to come out this year will have an Intel chip inside, but the one after that, think summer 2009, is looking like a strong candidate for Intel's upcoming Moorestown chip. This slide from my friend Charlie over at TheINQ pretty much says it all:



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Ljudi narucio bih iPhone 16gb iz USA jer je razlika izmedju njega i 8gb samo 100 dolara. E sad,kako ja to da otkljucam i gde (informacije na pm naravno) i da li ce telefon lepo raditi ovde?jel mogu da se nadju aplikacije za njega,dajte mi sto vise informacija ako ste raspolozeni,prednosti,mane jer ne znam bas mnogo o njemu... Koristim N95 nekih 6 meseci,pun je aplikacija i od njega cu se rastati pa recimo ne bas u skorije vreme a ovo mi ispada bas povoljno... Hvala puno 

Prelistaj temu, možeš videti sve mane i po koju prednost...

otkljucavas ga sama u 3 koraka.
radice lepo.
aplikacija imas kolko hoces.



 

~R

Jel mozes da mi objasnis ta 3 koraka? Moze i na pm ako ovde ne sme... Hvala unapred 

Peter Aloisson's iPhone Princess Plus has 300+ diamonds, costs 120,000 EUR



"Regular" diamond entrusted iPhone not good enough for you? How about the one designed by Austrian luxury designer and jeweler Peter Aloisson? His iPhone design has between 318 and 320 diamonds, with 138 of them being encrusted with the so called princess cut (the rest of the 180 diamonds are brilliant cut). In total, all diamonds on the iPhone weigh 16.50 – 17.75 carats and are set in 18k white gold. In other words, 120,000 EUR is a bargain when you think how much value you get… or not!

No surprise, the first customer is already known and it's a Russian businessman who had pre-ordered its luxury iPhone way back in October 2007 for January 2008 delivery. He's probably using the device at this very moment without carrying for any 3rd party apps.

Anyway, Aloisson also has a more modest version for people "on the budget." Their more affordable, yet still quite expensive, diamond iPhone has brilliant-cut diamonds only and is available for mere 45,000 EUR. You do want to shine, don't you?





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Jel otkljucan ovaj od 120000?

Probaj pa nam javi