Unsupported widgets, apps listed in Apple's iPhone firmware
While rummaging through the Apple handset's embedded version of Mac OS X, one user located preference files for 3 unsupported widgets (phonebook, translation, and worldclock) and what appears to be two native iPhone applications (radio and unitconverter).
Unlike the widgets, which have Mac OS X equivalents, the radio application is drawing particular attention. While resources from the widget files could have been carried over to the iPhone's software accidently during development, Apple has never offered a standalone radio tuner application, either on its iPod digital music players or via Mac OS X.
The preference files aside, the user was unable to locate an additional references to the applications or widgets in the iPhone software. A screenshot of the preference file listing follows:
iPhone preference file listing | Source: iPhoneology
51 Comments
Bring on the apps!!!
Bring'em on. And MMS support!!!!
World Clock is an "unsupported widget"? Is it not the thing called "World Clock" that's on my iPhone?
World Clock is an "unsupported widget"? Is it not the thing called "World Clock" that's on my iPhone?
Was wondering about that one myself.
Is this a big non-issue? I don't have an iPhone (yet), but in the Blackberry world "radio" refers to the wireless connection mechanism, not an AM/FM tuner.
Here's an example on the Blackberry support site.