Push pulled from latest iPhone firmware beta

AppleInsider says that Apple has yanked the Push notification framework from the latest version of the iPhone 2.1 firmware beta. Push got a lot of play during WWDC — it’s a service that will send information to the apps on your iPhone as needed (tweets, for example, will just come rather than having to refresh Twitterific all the time), but apparently Apple doesn’t think it’s ready for the stage yet. They’ve wiped it from the beta, claiming it needs “further development,” and haven’t given any indication of when it might return.

Here’s hoping it gets back in there before the expected release sometime in September, but then again, it’s not like Apple should be taking any new chances with features right now. From Mobile Meh to iPhone activation problems, Apple’s got to make sure that any more widescale releases go as swimmingly as they possibly can.

[Appleinsider Via Apple]

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WWDC ‘08: Charlie Wood (Spanning Sync)

I have officially managed to finish sorting and editing all of the footage from WWDC. The last video in our series is a chat with Charlie Wood from Spanning Sync. He managed to make it to an early appointment at my hotel on the morning I was leaving, despite having made the most of a large-scale bash the evening before.

If you’re not familiar with Spanning Sync, it’s an application that provides synchronization between Google Calendar and iCal. The upcoming release, currently in beta, will be adding contact sync as well. Charlie provides a demo in the video, highlighting the contact photo aspect of the feature.

Justin Williams recently posted a guide to using Spanning Sync with his own application, Today. If you’re a Today user who’s interested in integrating Google Calendar, have a look. And check out my chat with Charlie after the jump.

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WWDC ‘08: Boinx + TheCodingMonkeys = BoinxTV

We heard from TheCodingMonkeys last week, and there was mention of a joint project with Boinx Software. Being a big fan of Boinx software (iStopMotion, Mousepose, Fotomagico), I couldn’t wait to see what they had up their sleeves. The project is called BoinxTV, and it’s going to be an invaluable tool for a wide range of video production applications. It allows for on-the-fly camera switching, transitions, lower thirds, graphics, logos, crawlers, graphs, title, you name it. And when you finish a run, you’ve got a QuickTime movie that requires no post production (unless you really want to). Oliver and Dominik share more about its audience and development in the video after the jump.

If you’re interested in hearing more about the beta and staying up-to-date on the current status, check out http://www.boinx.com/boinxtv. I’ve been asked to emphasize that BoinxTV is pre-release. Many aspects of it, including the UI pictured above, are constantly changing and improving.

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iPhone 3G Interview With Stacey Delo at WWDC

Walt Mossberg talked to MarketWatch’s Stacey Delo about the new iPhone 3G debut in this video, while attending Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco today.

Walt also posted a Mossblog on his first impressions of the updated device here.

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Apple’s open secret: SproutCore is Cocoa for the Web

One of the biggest revelations at WWDC was quietly unveiled in a session on Friday morning entitled “Building Native Look-and-Feel Web Applications Using SproutCore.” While Apple maintained high security during the entire NDA-sealed WWDC session, the secret of SproutCore is out because it is an open source project and people can’t stop talking about it.

As Apple’s public schedule for WWDC explained, “SproutCore is an open source, platform-independent, Cocoa-inspired JavaScript framework for creating web applications that look and feel like Desktop applications. Learn how to combine SproutCore with HTML5’s standard offline data storage technologies to deliver a first-class user experience and exceptional performance in your web application.” Read the rest of this entry

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