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Wow! eBay, “loopt” and TypePad will be the new free applications on iPhone 2.0

smoothdvd — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:43:31 +0000

Steve Jobs announces three new applications of iPhone 2.0: eBay, “loopt” and TypePad. eBay looks pretty cool, it lets you watch, bid, look at pics, etc. “loopt” shows your friends on a Google Map in relation to you, can see what your friends have been doing today (pictures, comments, etc.), and even it can use with your friends on other carriers, other OSes. TypePad will be available for free-Lets you blog easily on iPhone interface, use camera, post photos, post to different categories. The most important thing is they are all free.

.Mac push e-mail in iPhone 2.0?

smoothdvd — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:25:25 +0000

A certain, unnamed individual sent TUAW some pictures of the latest build of the iPhone firmware showing .Mac push e-mail. The picture shows the main Settings page with a new button: “Fetch new data.” When you click the button, you are taken to a list of your mail accounts, where you can choose between either “fetch” or “push.”

According to Mr. Anonymous, while .Mac is offering push e-mail, you are currently not able to do contact or calendar syncing.

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Go China: Apple already added Chinese Keyboard IME and Handwriting Recognition in iPhone 2.0 Lastest Beta Firmware

smoothdvd — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:27:06 +0000

I found Apple offically add Chinese keyboard IME and handwriting recognition in iPhone 2.0(5A274d) lastest beta firmware. Does that mean Apple will go to China, the biggest mobile phone market in the world?

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iPhone 2.0 code mentioning GPS support?

smoothdvd — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:03:23 +0000

Aidan Malley wrote in AppleInsider:

Apple has built in hooks for iPhone GPS features that aren’t possible with the current hardware, according to a third-party plug-in support for Aperture 2.1, Apple this week has released the Software Development Kit (500KB) for the photo management software.

The platform lets programmers write code that adds new features for editing and exporting images handled inside the program.

A number of extensions from outside companies have already been made available on Apple’s developer site for Aperture.

iPhone 2.0 firmware Traditional Chinese screenshot Leaked!

smoothdvd — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:16 +0000

A Taiwan site, ePrince posts some awesome screenshots of (offical?) iPhone 2.0 firmware in Traditional Chinese interface. You can discover some new features from these screenshots.

The firmware version shows 2.0(5A225C)

There is a new version Cal with advanced function in landscape mode. And now, you can import contacts direct from your SIM card.

But there is still no AppStore in this version. On the other hand, Apple offer a new cool feature, you can uninstall application now.

More languages, but still no Chinese input method.

New layout of Setting interface, and an unknown icon in Calendar.

Apple final adds MS Exchange Mail support.

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