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iPhone Software 4.0

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WWDC 2010 banners focus on iPhone OS 4 features, App Store success

Apple has hung even more banners inside the Moscone Center in San Francisco for its forthcoming Worldwide Developer Conference, but they don't reveal any details about what the company plans to announce on Monday.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 100

Apple's latest iPhone OS 4 beta adds customizable user dictionary

Users will be able to add and edit their own words to the iPhone's dictionary when Apple delivers the iPhone OS 4 software upgrade to the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS this summer.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 43

Apple issues iPhone OS 4 beta 4, may support AT&T US tethering

The next beta of iPhone OS 4 has dropped, inching Apple toward its final release, which is expected to coincide with WWDC in June.

Prince McLean 16 years ago 46
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Apple's next-gen iPhone could record 720p high-def video

Potentially lending support to the rumored "iPhone HD" name, new evidence in the iPhone OS 4 SDK suggests the camera in Apple's next-generation handset could record 720p high-definition video.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 28

AT&T restricting employees from taking vacations in June

Apple's fourth-generation iPhone could go on sale as early as June, according to a new report which mentions that AT&T has blacked out the month for vacation days in apparent preparation for the handset's launch.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 18

Canadian wireless carrier claims next-gen iPhone to arrive in June

Apple will stick with its June launch for a new iPhone this year, with the next-generation handset scheduled to be released in just a few months, according to one Canadian wireless provider.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 60

A closer look at new Photos, iPod, Folders features in iPhone OS 4

Packed with more than 100 new features, Apple's forthcoming iPhone OS 4 update brings changes both major and subtle to the existing integrated applications. Included are a look at changes to the Photos and iPod applications, as well as the new Folders feature.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 54

Apple's iPhone 4.0 beta includes linked contacts, iChat sounds

A couple of new discoveries were made this past weekend by developers familiarizing themselves with the first external beta of Apple's iPhone 4.0 operating system, namely the addition of a linked contacts feature and the presence of iChat sounds in the resource files.

Slash Lane 16 years ago 54

Steve Jobs defends Apple's changes to iPhone developer agreement

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs allegedly responded via e-mail to a developer who expressed his unhappiness with changes to the developer program license agreement for the iPhone 4.0 software development kit.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 240

Apple removes Google branding from iPhone OS 4 search

The "Google" button that appears on the soft keyboards of existing iPhones when conducting a Web search has been changed to simply read "Search" in the beta of iPhone OS 4, removing a reference to Apple's rival.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 58

Hackers 'jailbreak' Apple's pre-release iPhone OS 4 beta

Less than 24 hours after Apple had revealed its preview of iPhone OS 4.0 and made it available to developers, hackers revealed they had successfully manage to run an unauthorized VNC client on the mobile operating system.

Sam Oliver 16 years ago 132

Apple adds Web, Wikipedia to Spotlight search in iPhone OS 4

iPhone users will no longer have to load Safari to initiate a search for content on the Web or within Wikipedia, when links to both are added to Spotlight search in iPhone OS 4.0 this summer.

Slash Lane 16 years ago 16

On-demand video of Apple's iPhone Software 4.0 event now available

Apple has published a standard-definition QuickTime video stream of Thursday morning's iPhone Software 4.0 preview event hosted by Steve Jobs, Scott Forstall, and Phil Schiller.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 34

iChatAgent, Note syncing over MobileMe discovered in iPhone 4.0 [u]

Developers working with the new iPhone Software 4.0 beta report the existence of a new background process named iChatAgent, the same process used by iChat on the Mac [Updated with alleged evidence of forward-facing camera as well]. Meanwhile, Note syncing via MobileMe and a handful of other enhancements have been highlighted in a series of screenshots.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 18

Apple's iPhone Software 4.0, multitasking demoed in videos [u]

Apple on Thursday said that this summer's iPhone Software 4.0 release will include long-awaited support for multitasking, which can be seen in action via the following video. [Updated with walk-through video].

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 31

Apple's iPhone Software 4.0 suggests next-gen iPhone will have camera flash

Apple's plans for its forth-generation iPhone, due this summer, appear to include the addition of a camera flash that will improve the quality of snapshots and videos taken in dark scenarios or dimly-lit venues, AppleInsider has learned.

Kasper Jade 16 years ago 35

Apple's iPhone 4.0 to support multitasking via Expose-like interface

The upcoming 4.0 reference release of Apple's iPhone OS will deliver new support for running multiple concurrent third party apps, and allow users to switch between them using a windows management mechanism similar to one made popular on the company's Mac OS X operating system.

Kasper Jade and Prince McLean 16 years ago 293

Apple's iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support

Apple this summer will go a long way towards silencing critics and catering to one of the most prevalent demands of its iPhone user base, when it introduces a multitasking solution through the handset's 4.0 software update that will finally allow several third party apps to run concurrently and in the background.

Kasper Jade and Prince McLean 16 years ago 481
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