iPhone 3.1 beta 2 released to devs

by Justin Horn on Jul 14th, 2009 @ 7:57 pm

iphone-3-1-beta2

In the 2 week fashion we saw a lot of the 3.0 betas Apple today has released 3.1 beta 2.

Will update this post as more information becomes available…

What changed

  1. Non-destructive video button names changed to Trim Original and Save as New Clip, this should help clear up the confusion caused by the original names Save and Save a Copy
    non-destructive-video-new1
  2. According to Ars Technica developers can now work with an iPhone wirelessly (WIFI) instead of having to connect it to their development computer via USB
  3. TUAW is reporting that the tether hack no longer works

What we didn’t get

  1. Bluetooth still don’t support AVRCP, so no iPod app track control.
  2. MMS still included, but still doesn’t work on at&t

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New on iPhone 3.0 GM, redeem for codes and gift cards

by Justin Horn on Jun 11th, 2009 @ 10:28 am

In the latest iPhone 3.0 GM you can now redeem your codes and gift cards right on your iPhone. This option is available for the App Store app and the iTunes app. What I’m going to show you today is the App Store app. I did run into one snag and had to download in iTunes and sync to my iPhone (as you will see in the final picture). I assume this is just because the beta AIM app is a special case of code.

iphone-redeem-1 iphone-redeem-2

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iPhone 3.0 beta 5 fixes A2DP issues!

by Justin Horn on May 14th, 2009 @ 7:21 pm

UPDATE 6.21.09 A2DP bluetooth on iPhone 3G S works great, 3G not so much

UPDATE 5.16.09 After doing a test while running I did get it to break up a little bit so I guess it’s not perfect, but at this point I’m not sure if it’s the iPhone or the headphones. Either way in a 9 min jog it only broke up a few times for just a sec or two so it was still very usable unlike beta 4.  While walking with it in my pocket I was still unable to get it to break up at all.

Not much changed in beta 5, but a big update for me is I can now use my S9-HDs I bought to test when 3.0 beta was first released. After writing about my first impression of A2DP I’ve been testing against each new beta. The audio skiping and sound quality issues improved with each update, but the issue with the audio cutting in and out when using the headset outside (seemed like a bad bluetooth connection) remained in my last A2DP update. One beta later and the problem is solved! I’m now able to use the S9-HDs when jogging, guess I have to start working out more now.

Also, beta 5 is the first beta where Apple requires all new apps to be 3.0 compaitble. So it looks like if this isn’t the final beta, there probably aren’t going to be too many more before it’s released to the public…which is making me think they may release 3.0 firmware before releasing the 3rd gen iPhone.

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iPhone 3.0 beta 4 released to devs along with iTunes 8.2 Pre-release

by Justin Horn on Apr 28th, 2009 @ 10:34 pm

Following the 2 week schedule iPhone 3.0 beta 4 is now in devs hands, with an added “bonus”. The new beta requies the install through a pre-release version of iTunes 8.2:

iTunes 8.2 Pre-release

This is a pre-release version of iTunes 8.2. You must download and install iTunes 8.2 pre-release in order to activate iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4 on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Pretty neat stuff here, stay tuned for more info…

What’s New?

1. Store placeholder setting now active. After login, it opens a simple non app looking web page which allows you to edit your account and payment info.
store-icon store-login store-login-prompt store-login-2 store-info

2. iTunes sync for notes now requires OSX version 10.5.7 if you’re on a Mac, PC still works fine with Outlook.
itunes-notes

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iPhone 3.0 beta 3 released to devs

by Justin Horn on Apr 14th, 2009 @ 6:03 pm

Checking it now, more to come.

What’s New?

  1. Youtube now working again. :)
  2. No more 3G phone calls on Skype.
  3. New mail setting for exchange “Mail Folders to Push” where you can select any of your folders to give you push. alerts instead of just the inbox.
    exchange-push-folders
  4. New mail setting for loading of remote images in email.  This is something most email clients do now to prevent spammers from knowing you’ve opened their email, good to see this added to the iPhone.
    iphone-email-load-images
  5. Using the phone seems more and more normal. It feels more like the speed of 2.2.1 before I moved to 3.0 beta.
  6. Restrictions for apps, I guess to keep the kids from using YouTube for example. Also, not sure if this was in the previous beta or not, but you can now set allowed ratings for songs (Explicit) and movies (PG-13, etc).

What hasn’t changed?

  1. MMS still doesn’t work out of the box even with a family text plan.
  2. A2DP headset still gets choppy when outside the house, but seems slightly better. Hopefully they’ll get it right with the next beta.

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Push Notification now available to devs for testing

by Justin Horn on Apr 9th, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

Good friends over at The iPhone blog are reporting that push notifications are now available to developers to start testing

Start testing your applications using the Apple Push Notification service today. Log in to the iPhone Dev Center and review the Apple Push Notification Programming Guide and Getting Started video. Team Agents can log in to the iPhone Developer Program Portal and proceed to the App ID section to create the components necessary to enable and test applications using the Apple Push Notification service.

UPDATE We can confirm this report as we just got our email alert about push

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