WWDC
Well I actually made it to the big WWDC or World Wide Developers Conference this year in San Francisco. This was a very special year for Apple as it’s the first iPhone developers session for all us mad iPhone people.
It was really evident this year that Apple are focusing a lot of their effort on the iPhone as was seen in the Keynote delivered, as always. by Steve Jobs CEO of Apple Inc.
A large number of both companies and individuals from the Windows world were attending and what surprised me was the distinct disinterest in developing for the Apple Macintosh computer, iPhone was fine. In pointing out that the iPhone is in fact a very compact Apple Macintosh and runs the basic operating system as a full blown Macintosh was met with some distaste.
A lot of the sessions and labs at the conference is covered with Apples NDAs, non disclosure agreements. Only information published through the keynote is allowed to be talked about, and this of course includes the iPhone. Of note though, was the release of the new iPhone 3G. This has been much anticipated and with the current lack of purchasable iPhones on the market it is driving another craze almost as bad as the initial release.
New features on the iPhone is of course 3G and GPS. 3G technology is a lot faster that the current EDGE that was supported in the original iPhone. One downside of this is the heavy drain on the battery. Apple has given the user the ability to turn the 3G option off in order to help preserve battery longevity. The GPS feature allows your position to be determined by using satellite triangulation to get you current position and altitude. This technology should open up a wide range or applications especially the social networking group.