Daniel Drew Turner

With the blogosphere rife with speculation about a third-generation Apple iPhone slated for June, application developers are dealing with the realities of how to get the most out of the next version of the popular device’s software development kit. Apple showed off the first publicly available version of the iPhone SDK on March 6, and […]

An Apple spokesperson confirmed reports that T-Mobile Germany, one of the largest cellular service providers in that country, is offering 8GB iPhone models for the price of 99 euros, down from the normal price of 399 euros. However, customers can only get this price when they sign up for two years of T-Mobile’s top-of-the-line “Complete […]

Is shoehorning a Flash player onto the iPhone such a big issue? Given the time spent on it by the CEOs of Adobe and Apple, it may be. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen was quoted in the Wall Street Journal as saying, during a conference call with investors, that Adobe is “committed to bringing Flash to […]

Apple on March 18 released Version 3.1 of its Safari Web browser for Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista. The company claims the latest version offers improved security and stability, support for new Web features, and a significant performance advantage over browser rivals. Apple said its tests show Safari 3.1 will load pages […]

Microsoft will license Adobe Systems’ Flash Lite and Reader LE software for use in future versions of Windows Mobile-based phones. Adobe and Microsoft announced the deal March 17. However, there is no time frame for when such phones will appear on the market. An Adobe representative said the company hopes to see Windows Mobile phones […]

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will be held June 9 to 13 in San Francisco, the company announced March 13. Though more specific information about seminars and topics is not yet available, one noteworthy change for the 2008 version is Apple’s statement that the focus will be on “two most innovative platforms”: Mac OS X and […]

At least one company that already provides Mac-compatible voice-over-IP services has expressed a desire to work with the iPhone platform after Apple officials disclosed on March 6 that Apple would conditionally support VOIP communications on the iPhone and iPod Touch. “We are interested and investigating porting our award-winning VOIP service to the iPhone,” said Eric […]

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Apple unveiled plans on March 6 to enable the iPhone to support the Microsoft Exchange Web e-mail client and to provide new features that have been demanded most by business users. Apple CEO Steve Jobs and senior executives briefed journalists and independent software developers at company headquarters here about the company’s plans to open […]

In comments made the week of March 3 at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Steve Jobs said Adobe Systems’ Flash media format was not suited for Apple’s iPhone and that his company was not currently planning to support Flash on its popular mobile platform. The Flash player itself can stream video, show animated and interactive […]

With Apple set to provide details this week of its planned iPhone software development kit, even developers of desktop Mac products are looking forward to new business opportunities in the mobile space. Alykhan Jetha, CEO of Marketcircle, a developer of Mac OS X applications, said, “The anticipation is very high within the larger Mac developer […]