FreeVerse is very excited of their success in the development of iPod Touch and iPhone games. They have been creating and coding games since the first iPhone SDK beta was released in Marchand have now released some public screen shots.
iPhone Atlas has posted an article about their favorite remote/streaming App for iTunes and the iPod Touch. They have reviewed many of these types of programs and have come to a verdict on which application they think is the best. Remote Buddy was their choice and includes streaming music, movies and other content to the iPhone or the iPod Touch.
SEGA producer Ethan Einhorn was interviewed by GameCyte regarding potential ways to design games for the iPhone/iPod Touch. He talks about how the iPhone is such a revolution because of all of the freedom of controls by using the Multi-Touch and accelerometer controls.
A Modmyifone forum post possibly reveals a beta version of the handwriting recognition. The application used is called HWPen which is for jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches.
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch and you like to make calls for free over a Wi-Fi connection and need a fresh new look and some simplicity, try out Fring. It allows you to use skype to connect with any other Skype member and does so in an attractive manor.
After all of the buzz last week about the two iPod Touches playing Quake 3 over a network, the game developer HermitWorks ported Quake 3 to the iPod Touch in “8 to 12″ hours. However it was only done to see if the game engine would work on Apple’s touch devices. The engine used in Quake 3 is the same used in their game, Space Trader.
The iPhone and iPod Touch Pwnage Tool 1.0 was released today after much anticipation. If you would like to download and install it go to the iPhone Dev Teams homepage.
This offers up a new level of customization to the touch devices allowing users to complete access to the devices code to tweak and further develop it.
As with all programs that are designed to manipulate a OS this is highly recommend not to be used by the average person as of yet, or use with extreme caution.
In the ongoing wait until June for iPod Touch and iPhone version 2.0 there has been a update to the beta SDK. While Apple is still limiting many companys access to the App Store and the included $99 dollar fee the beta seems to be coming along great.
2 pictures are going around the net right now that shows potential screen shots of the up coming iTunes App Store. The user said he decided to mess around with store opening and closing it a few times.
People now have the SDK in their hands are reading up in the rules, regulations, and restrictions. They have noticed in the Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines for iPhone that there are more restrictions then originally expected. The following is a excerpt from the Human Interface Guidelines.
“Only one iPhone application can run at a time, and third-party applications never run in the background. This means that when users switch to another application, answer the phone, or check their email, the application they were using quits. It’s important to make sure that users do not experience any negative effects because of this reality. In other words, users should not feel that leaving your iPhone application and returning to it later is any more difficult than switching among applications on a computer.”
This could raise questions on how Java and AIM will work on the application. Many people have tested it stating that is works just like Apollo IM on jailbroken devices. This could mean for now it is just a design guideline and not an overall restriction. However, another possible restriction for Suns Java platform is another line in the guidelines…
“An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means, including without limitation through the use of a plug-in architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise.”
It will take time to see what Sun and other companies will do as the June release date approaches.
[Via iPhone Buzz]
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