Today at WWDC, Steve kicked off the keynote with iPhone 2.0 talk. 4,000 people in enterprise and higher education had the opportunity to participate in beta testing for the new firmware. 35% of Fortune 500 companies participated. Steve started off the day by showing a video of company heads talking about how useful iPhone 2.0 is doing in their environments.
Some new features we saw on the keynote both in the video and demoed by Scott Forstall are:
Contact Search
Exchange Support
Location-Based Services via Core Location
Push email, contacts, calendar, etc.
Open GL (Games, anyone?)
Full iWork and Office Document support
Bulk delete and move messages
Ability to save images
Scientific calculator mode
Many more language inputs, especially Asian language support, including one that you draw the character into the phone.
The release date has been pushed back to early July. While free for iPhone users, it will be $9.95 for iPod Touch users. Apps under 10 MB can be downloaded over cell networks, WiFi or iTunes, and ones over 10 MB can be downloaded via WiFi or iTunes. Apps will be FairPlay wrapped. No pirating.
Enterprises can now make applications that work only on authorized iPhones, and can be distributed any way they want, including over ethernet.
Today at WWDC, Steve kicked off the keynote with iPhone 2.0 talk. 4,000 people in enterprise and higher education had the opportunity to participate in beta testing for the new firmware. 35% of Fortune 500 companies participated. Steve started off the day by showing a video of company heads talking about how useful iPhone 2.0 is doing in their environments.
Some new features we saw on the keynote both in the video and demoed by Scott Forstall are:
The release date has been pushed back to early July. While free for iPhone users, it will be $9.95 for iPod Touch users. Apps under 10 MB can be downloaded over cell networks, WiFi or iTunes, and ones over 10 MB can be downloaded via WiFi or iTunes. Apps will be FairPlay wrapped. No pirating.
Enterprises can now make applications that work only on authorized iPhones, and can be distributed any way they want, including over ethernet.
Check our WWDC live blog for updates.
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