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iPhone SDK Limitation: Only One User-Made App Running Concurrently, No Background Processes

The enthusiastic high-fives of future iPhone instant messaging users yesterday might be quite a bit less enthusiastic today when they find out that Apple is not going to allow user-made SDK applications to run in the background. This means every application, from IM to VoIP to GPS mapping, will have to terminate entirely when the user switches out to take a call or change a song. How does this affect you? It means you won't be a be able to receive IMs unless you're currently inside the IM app, forcing you to disconnect when you take a call. There's an upside and a downside to this decision. More »

3:11 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Jason Chen
24,754 views, 109 comments

Latest by ninjacodr: The real reason they don't want app's running in the background is obvious, AT&T knows that if everyone who has an iphone has constantly connected bandwidth sucking applications sitting in the background it will hammer the network and overwhelm towers. more »

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iPhone SDK Detail Rumors: No Accessory Support, iTunes-Centric

iLounge says they've gotten an inside look at the iPhone SDK and came up with a few interesting details, one of which is the limitation imposed on developers that they won't be able to use the dock connector to interface with accessories. That means no third-party GPS connector (or other similar devices). What supposedly will be accessible is the camera, the Wi-Fi, and the "phone" itself, which is slightly more permissive than we thought Apple would be. More »

12:13 PM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Jason Chen
12,644 views, 54 comments

Latest by shawnsat: you can use Skype and VOIP over WiFi, just not celluar (for obvious reasons) there are going to be lots of games you CAN use the dock connector - you just have to do it through the (made for Ipod) program people, please more »