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Beta 2 of iPhone OS 3.0 released

March 31, 2009 iPhone OS 3.0

Apple today released the second beta of it’s major iPhone Operating System update. While the first beta brought a great range of new features for end users and developers, it was pretty slow and partially unstable. Not that much of a deal as it’s therefore considered in beta.

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T-Mobile Germany, Vodafone Germany, iPhone OS 3.0 & MMS

March 24, 2009 iPhone OS 3.0

OS 3.1.2 iTunes 9 Update: Still works. Prior to following the instructions given below you have to quit iTunes 9, and enter
defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE
in a Terminal session. There you go!
OS 3.0 Beta 2 Update: The info provided in this post works for the latest Beta [...]

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iPhone OS 3.0: MMS and Tethering for German Providers

March 22, 2009 iPhone OS 3.0

OS 3.0 Beta 2 Update: The info provided in this post works for the latest Beta 2 of iPhone OS 3.0, too.
My German partner site iPhone-notes.de proudly presents updated carrier bundles that unlock the latest iPhone OS 3.0 Internet Tethering and MMS features.
Basically the steps described by iPhone-notes.de blogger André [...]

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How are Apple Push Notifications implemented in the networks?

March 19, 2009 iPhone OS 3.0
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Over at the LinkedIn Mobilists group I’ve started a discussion related to Apple’s Push Notifications.
How do Push Notifications actually work in the network? What did Apple do?
Here is a blond guess: They use the existing SMS infrastructure. Intercept a special “type” of SMS on iPhone OS level (based on sender [...]

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Building 2.x apps on iPhone OS 3.0 beta

March 18, 2009 Dev Quick Tips

Quick note: If you wonder whether you can run/test iPhone 2.x apps on a device upgraded to the current 3.0 beta, I’d say you can.
I’ve upgraded one of our 2G models from 2.0 to 3.0 beta. Rebuilding our projects with the updated SDK and Xcode with a “Device 2.2 – [...]

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Downgrading & unlocking iPhone OS 3.0 (updated)

March 18, 2009 iPhone OS 3.0

Just a quick note with more details in a few hours:
Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 Beta pre-installation advisory document states that once you’ve updated a device it’ll be in a “locked state” with no way of going back to an earlier firmware.
While this might be perfectly true for regular iPhones it [...]

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[Updated] iPhone OS 3.0 Video now online

March 17, 2009 Watch This!

Todays Apple presentation is now available as an (exportable) QuickTime movie. Go check it out!
(The video is now also available through the Apple Keynotes podcast from within iTunes. You can sync it to your iPhone directly.)
Developer should be careful as beta releases are still subject to the Apple NDA:
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Transcript of the Apple iPhone OS 3.0 event

March 17, 2009 Apple

(This is a transcript of the event as seen by Ars Technica)
Greg Jaswiak giving the intro.
iPhone is now in 80 countries around the world. A year ago just in a handful of countries. Set a public goal to sell 10 million iPhones by 2008, and we “blew that number away.” Sold 13.7m [...]

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Mobile Micropayment in iPhone OS 3.0?

March 16, 2009 iPhone Platform

Tomorrow Apple is going to provide a public preview into iPhone OS 3.0. Many sources have jumped on the bandwagon of speculating what might be in it. 
Most of the suggested features are no brainers, like support for Multimedia Messaging Service, the long awaited Copy & Paste or Tethering, which would [...]

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