iPhone 4.0 Event April 8th

[J273]

Any devs willing to add my udid to their account


Id love to try it out now.

I did the same with my 3g with the 3.0 firmware but my 3gs isn't registered :dapprove:

Cheers

 

[DaveLiquid182]

Just tried to update mine and it says it is up to date. 3.1.3

:S

 

[AK]

Just tried to update mine and it says it is up to date. 3.1.3

:S

Not out till June, unless you're a developer?

 

[Adam]

lol

 

[DaveLiquid182]

Oh sorry I'm being a r****d. I thought all this hype it was out today lol

 

[Harpham]

Does that mean another iPhone will be released in the summer?
My contract runs out in July so may be tempted to go back and get another iphone! Miss mine so much!

 

[Adam]

I dont think there was any new hardware talks.

 

[sneeks]

Yeah new hardware will most likely hit the shops during July and the 4.0 firmware will probably be available at the same time.

 

[Adam]

But there wasn't anything about new hardware in the keynote, correct?

 

[sneeks]

Correct, that announcement will happen at WWDC in June.

 

[The Ironist]

But there wasn't anything about new hardware in the keynote, correct?

Correct. But they've released a new iPhone every summer, iPhone OS 4.0 will probably run perfectly on an iPhone 4 or whatever they decide to call it

 

[sneeks]

So far I like it, hopefully with use it proves reliable.

 

[Schweppy]

If i sign up to iPhone Dev, anyone know how many iphones (UDIDs) u can put on the account?

 

[sneeks]

If i sign up to iPhone Dev, anyone know how many iphones (UDIDs) u can put on the account?

99 handsets can be registered but it's worth noting that last year Apple placed time limits on the beta versions and on 2 occasions the new software was only released a couple of hours before the curent version would stop working. If you plan to add friends to your account they must be in a position to get the firmware file from you ASAP after it is released.

 

[Schweppy]

Wouldnt really be for friends. Only me and my dad! lol. $99 seems worth it if u can get software 3/4 months in advance! Guess it'll be really buggy tho.

 

[sneeks]

It worked perfectly well last year when I used the 3.0 beta versions. Apple updated the firmware roughly every two weeks to smooth out any bugs. £59 isn't so bad if you want early access.

 

[Schweppy]

I wouldnt even mind learning a bit about App development to be fair so think i might sign up.

 

[BenWall]

Keynote is out now btw.

 

[sneeks]

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1004fk8d5gt/event/

 

[noel-pilot]

Such as what?

The only benefit JB'ing has over 4.0 is that you pikeys can get free apps.

Two best things I've found about being JB'd is

1 - Intelliscreen - alerts on the lock screen, including the ability to read sms/email direct from there and launch email or sms to respond with one press.

2 - Mywi - allows you to tether without paying anything. Does it very cleverly creating a wireless network that you connect your laptop (or other device i.e. ipad) too that then uses the 3g connection. Works incredibly well, keeps working if you use other apps and when I used for the first time at the weekend was very fast.

 

[jon_r]

pmsl!

 

[Stuart.Atkinson]

pmsl!

LOL

 

[m4rkie23]

PMSL

 

[Tom]

Ive been using it for all of 2 hours.

VERY stable. And its not tried to sell me anything yet.

 

[sneeks]

The screen animations when returning to the home screen appear to be smoother with 4.0

 

[Andy.]

How does the 3GS handle the multitasking? Any discernible difference in performance?

 

[sneeks]

No difference so far but other than the stock Apple apps none of the others support multitasking yet.

 

[Tom]

Be interesting to see how it all works.

I like threaded mail support, and larger fonts in certain areas.

 

[Munson]

iPhone OS 4 looks epic. Changed my mind about multi-tasking. The folders thing is what I want most.

 

[sneeks]

I've managed to reduce the number of iPhone home screen pages from 6 to 2 thanks to the folders option, much happier with that

 

[AK]

I've managed to reduce the number of iPhone home screen pages from 6 to 2 thanks to the folders option, much happier with that

How does the scolling work if you've got a lot of items in a folder.. Does it go up and down or right to left?

 

[Tom]

The folders thing is annoying if you put an app you use alot in one.

I was trying to be clever, put mail, sms, beejive etc etc in one folder. So now i need to hit two icons.

 

[jon_r]

Can you not move it out of the folders then?

 

[Munson]

The folders thing is annoying if you put an app you use alot in one.

I was trying to be clever, put mail, sms, beejive etc etc in one folder. So now i need to hit two icons.

Well that was a bit silly.

 

[AK]

Can you not move it out of the folders then?

Lol I'd hope so!

 

[Tom]

Well that was a bit silly.

Just a comment really. Obviously you can move them out of the folders.
And i have done.

 

[Munson]

Can you scroll along the dock for normal use or only when you've double tapped for the active apps?

Would be sweet, as then you can slam your super popular apps in the dock and then use the main screen for folders. I've only seen half the video so far, so don't shoot me if it's been covered.

Landscape on the home screen would be nice, too.

 

[Tom]

Only when you double tap, and then it just shows "active" apps.

But the third party app's aren't active at all as none of them are coded to work with 4.0.

So at the moment every app you use stays in that active area unless you manually kill the process (but despite this it still isn't running in the background, if that makes sense) kinda expected for something that's been out less than 24hrs. Will be nice to see some updated apps take advantage of this multitasking.

 

[young_lew]

Ive been using it for all of 2 hours.

VERY stable. And its not tried to sell me anything yet.

Why would it?

Backgrounding hasn't even been available to devs for 24 hours yet.

Hopefully the ad's don't take away from the experience, although Gizmodo would have you think it's going to kill all your family and sell your first born on ebay.

 

[Tom]

I was being sarcastic

This is what threaded gmail support looks like. when you hit the message it expands to show the conversation