Les attentes sur l'i-Phone

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Les grosses attentes selon moi sont relatives à la liste suivante :

iPhone

• Best iPod ever


• Sales figures, market share


• Sales beyond our wildest dreams


• Much more than the 1% market share we asked for in January


• Starting today: 8GB $399, 16GB $499


• Four times the memory as original iPhone for the same price


• iPhone is coming to Japan in March with NTT DoCoMo


• SDK is unveiled!

iPhone/iPod Touch SDK

• Apps and Widgets


• Using Cocoa with Objective-C


• Developers submit programs as source code, not executable


• Specify iPhone or both iPhone/Touch (certain features iPhone only)


• Set your own price: Apps $0-$6.99, Widgets $0-$2.99


• Users buy/download in iTunes Wi-Fi Store / iTunes Store (Mac/PC)


• Automatic updating wirelessly or docked


• Demonstration of exporting from XCode 3 to iTunes Store


• Submits source code to Apple for validation (make sure that people aren't abusing the system, prevent malware and viruses)


• If using microphone or GSM, iPhone only; otherwise, available for both iPhone and iPod Touch


• Apps can be free or up to $6.99; Widgets free or up to $2.99


• Developers recieve 70% of revenue for their products


• Licensed under Apple Mobile Software License


• Can download wirelessly from iTunes Wi-Fi Store or docked to computer from iTunes Store


• Demonstration of wirelessly downloading (and running) the app submitted earlier


• Apps and widgets can be rearranged on front screen; front screen scrolls to show all apps/widgets


• Resubmit updated versions of apps; when added to store, iPhone/Touch will ask you to update it next time you use it (or next time you dock the iPhone/Touch)


• Developers can get their hands on a beta version of the SDK tomorrow on ADC and start developing; final version due early February


• iTunes 7.6 and iPhone/iPod Touch Software update 1.3 allowing for Apps mid-February

Example apps/widgets
Apps:

• iChat (coming with 1.3 update) (AIM, Jabber/Google Talk)


• RSS Feed Reader (coming with 1.3 update) (read feeds online or off)


• One of our partners made something cool: Last.fm (scrobble tracks played on iPhone/touch wirelessly without syncing w/ computer)

Widgets:

• Dictionary (coming with 1.3 update) (quickly look up words, translate, use wikipedia)


• Yellow/White Book (coming with 1.3 update) (search for contacts, add them to your address book directly from the app, will sync back with address book on your Mac/PC)


• Sports Ticker (coming with 1.3 update) (choose your sports and teams, get updates on their progress)


• Another partner: Twitter (update your Twitter on the fly, see your friends tweets)


• Try these out on the show floor today