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BGR is claiming iPhone firmware 2.0 will provide a YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app. They aren’t citing their source, but they’re pretty confident in their assertion:
“You heard it here first, people! The latest version of the iPhone 2.0 firmware that was just seeded to developers has a YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app”
BGR tends to be a solid [...]
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We know Apple’s had its Inkwell handwriting recognition software in OS X for years now, so we might have otherwise just totally glossed over this Handwriting Recognition Engineer job listing on Apple’s site. Except for the part that reads: “The recognition technology you create may extend beyond Mac OS X to other applications and the [...]
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The second beta version of the iPhone SDK is now available and includes Interface Builder, a powerful tool that allows you to visually build your interface and makes creating a UI as simple as drag and drop.
We’ve also added new sample code and updated documentation to the rich set of resources available to you in [...]
While it doesn’t exactly come as much of a surprise, it seems that Apple has plenty more goodies in mind for the iPhone (and, presumably, the iPod touch), with a recent batch of no less than six patent applications revealing some of its plans to turn the device into what it describes as a “lifestyle [...]
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My Touch Keys is a simple idea; a thin sheet of plastic with holes where each key appears is mounted onto the iPhone’s screen. When the keyboard is used, you can “feel” each key as you press, thanks to the slight depression the My Touch Keys sheet offers. Though this isn’t exactly a new concept, it [...]
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