Flash hooks in iPhone OS 4.0 SDK – no, not that kind of Flash
A couple new hooks in the 4.0 APIs seem to indicate a device with a built-in flash. Yes, as in a camera flash:
AVCaptureFlashMode (auto/off/on modes)
AVCaptureDevice.hasFlash
Well, that could mean either a flash on the new iPhone (likely) or an external flash available as an accessory (less likely, but still possible). Or native pairing with certain cameras? That’d be insane. It’s all speculation at this point.
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Apple iPhone OS 4 adds multitasking, folders, more to iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Today Apple announced iPhone OS 4. The new operating system includes seven “tentpole” features, including the ability to multitask and create folders, a unified email inbox, iBooks support, better enterprise features, a social networking “game center,” and a new mobile advertising platform called iAd.
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Steve Jobs: ‘we tried to buy a company called AdMob’
We’d previously heard rumors that Quattro Wireless was Apple’s consolation prize after a deal with bigger mobile advertising rival AdMob fell through, and Steve Jobs confirmed it on no uncertain terms at the Q&A session following today’s iPhone OS 4.0 event: “we tried to buy a company called AdMob… but Google snatched it away.” Indeed they did, though that deal hasn’t yet been approved by the Federal Trade Commission while Apple’s already up, up and away with its iAd solution, so it seems like everything shook out for the best — if you’re an iPhone developer, anyway.
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Upcoming Live Blogs: Apple’s iPhone OS 4 tomorrow, Microsoft’s Project Pink on 4/12
Start the countdown, folks. Tomorrow at 10 A.M. sharp, Apple will finally be dropping the curtain on iPhone OS 4.0 – and we’ll be there, reporting live. We’ll get to the ol’ Infinite Loop bright and early, armed to the teeth with laptops, cameras, an array of 3G USB dongles, and all the other gear necessary to bring you the best liveblog around.
The event starts at 10 A.M Pacific, though we’ll probably fire up the live blog a bit early to bring you commentary and images from the front line.
Can’t get enough of the live blog goodness? Be sure to tune in on Monday, April 12th at 10 A.M, when Microsoft is expected to announce whatever it is they’ve been working on with Project Pink. It’s gonna be a fun few days – be sure to tune it for all of it!
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HTC Incredible launching on Verizon Wireless on April 25th?
The Android powered HTC Incredible is rumored to launch on Verizon Wireless on April 25th, if corporate emails claiming that “new devices are coming soon,” are correct.
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