Live from Apple's iPhone SDK press conference - Engadget
Key points:
iPhone in the enterprise
- Exchange on the iPhone
- push updates for Email, Contacts, Calendar
- global address list
- Cisco IPsec VPN
- authentication and certs
- enterprise class WiFi (WPA2 / 802.1x)
- security policies
- remote wipe
SDK is out
- Leopard only!
- Interface Builder
- Simulator
- Remote Debugging
- SQLite
- APIs for Location, Audio, Video, Touch, Accelerometer, Contacts (SQLite)
- OpenAL
- OpenGL ES
- Demos from EA(Spore), Salesforce.com, AOL (native AIM client), Epocrates, SEGA (accelerometer-based Super Monkey Ball)
Distribution
- App Store built into the iPhone
- can use iTunes as well
- over WiFi or Cellular data connection
- automatic update notifications (like Installer)
- Apple takes a 30% cut of the profits, dev gets 70%
- no other fees
- dev sets the price
- free apps distributed for free - no charges
- Apple screens apps - no porn, no malicious apps
This all comes out with the iPhone 2.0 software update
- beta going out today
- released to all customers in June as a free software update
- iPod Touch support - “nominal” charge for the software update (lame)
John Doerr speaks
- iFund - $100m
- “if you want to build the future, the iFund wants to help you fund it”
- details??
Q&A with the press
- nothing earth-shattering here
- parental controls for the iPhone!
