iPhone OS 2.0 will include Bonjour, full-screen Safari mode, more

Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other
near by iPhones?
That sounds like a Zune feature that makes no sense to me. If you want
to connect call them or text them. What am I missing here?

Note this...

iPhone OS 2.0 will include Bonjour, full-screen Safari mode, more
Posted 7 March 2008 @ 6pm in News

Apple's developer documentation reveals some interesting new features
that will be included with iPhone OS 2.0, due in June, or perhaps an
earlier OS release. The functions are already included in the "Aspen
Emulator" included with the iPhone SDK, which carries OS version 1.2.

Bonjour Full support for bonjour (Apple's zero configuration
networking scheme) will be included in iPhone OS 2.0. This allows you
to discover and connect with other nearby iPhones. Bonjour is
available in the foundation, core foundation and base system includes.
This feature was existent but dormant in previous iPhone OS releases.
Full-screen mode in Safari This means that Web apps can be displayed
without the Safari address bar and other elements. With an appropriate
meta tag, a Web app launched from the home screen can automatically be
launchd in full-screen mode.
Support for SVG (scalable vector graphics 1.1.): a resolution-
independent image format that is highly compressible
A series of new CSS effects some of which are hardware accelerated,
for transforms, transitions and animations

Also another person posted a Java Virtual Machine is coming to the
iPhone courtesy of Sun.
http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/248092874/

Again why should I car - I don't miss it? I thought Java already was
on the iPhone. Isn't there a setting for it?

Sun Microsystems is known for many things, but it is probably best
known for Java. The promise of Java is that programmers can write an
application once and run it on any machine, or device, that has a Java
Virtual Machine (a virtual environment that runs on a computer which
includes the Java runtime, so that the Java code can run).

That's the promise of Java, sadly, the reality isn't always the same.
Java Virtual Machines on different platforms often require special
code (which kind of defeats the purpose) and most damning of all
(especially on the Mac) is that Java has its own library of UI
elements. Unless a Java programmer goes out of their way to make sure
their app looks like a native app, it often has an unmistakable 'Java
look' to it.

Sun now wants you to have all that Java fun on the iPhone. Shortly
after the launch of the iPhone SDK, Sun started looking into the
possibility of making a Java VM for the iPhone. After some
investigating, they are sure that Java ME (that's the version of Java
optimized for mobile devices) on the iPhone is possible and Sun wants
to bring it to you. I'm sure there are many Java developers out there
are very happy to hear this news.

And last but not least a slew of the best games which already run on
other mobile devices are being ported by Gameloft to the new Apple
firmware.
http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008...phone-in-2008/

Gameloft announced that they will bring 15 of their games to the
iPhone platform. Gameloft, as you may already know, has released some
iPod games on iTunes already.

Pocket Gamer has a mock up of what one of the games may look like.
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhon...ews.asp?c=5797

Interestingly, this screenshot was shown off in Gameloft's keynote
speech in the days leading up to the iPhone SDK announcement. Gameloft
produces some big-name games for other mobile platforms, including:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Rayman, Might and Magic, and Prince of
Persia.

The good folks at Six Apart also mention that they are hard at work
with the iPhone SDK to produce a native iPhone app for Typepad
blogging. If you have used a previous Windows Mobile native client
from Typepad, you can only imagine what they will be able to do on the
iPhone with its superior UI and hardware..

Pity the poor folks locked into contracts with other cell carriers who
can not have an iPhone, I bet we will hear a lot of sour grape posts
from them regarding these developments.

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4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6-
[email protected]:

> Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other
> near by iPhones?
>

Because they COULD, if they wanted to, without being told no by the big
corporation?

In article <[email protected]>,
Larry <[email protected]> wrote:

> 4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6-
> [email protected]:
>
> > Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other
> > near by iPhones?
> >
>
> Because they COULD, if they wanted to, without being told no by the big
> corporation?

Protest all this and buy a Blackberry.

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Kurt <[email protected]> wrote in news:labolide-AEA8A3.19514309032008
@news.giganews.com:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6-
>> [email protected]:
>>
>> > Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other
>> > near by iPhones?
>> >
>>
>> Because they COULD, if they wanted to, without being told no by the big
>> corporation?
>
> Protest all this and buy a Blackberry.
>

Nokia N800, here. I can call any other N800 on the PLANET for free with
Skype it comes with...(c;

So far, my N800 to N800 distance record is Singapore....

>
> Nokia N800, here. I can call any other N800 on the PLANET for free with
> Skype it comes with...(c;
>
> So far, my N800 to N800 distance record is Singapore....
>
I love that little N800, and wouldn't mind using it with my N95-3, but I
also like my iPhone.

On Mar 10, 11:15 am, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kurt <[email protected]> wrote in news:labolide-AEA8A3.19514309032008
> @news.giganews.com:
>
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> 4phun <[email protected]> wrote in news:69188ba6-a1f7-4a9e-8dd6-
> >> [email protected]:
>
> >> > Why would any one with an iPhone want to be able to connect to other
> >> > near by iPhones?
>


Hey I found more detalis about what the Bonjour connect feature etc on
the new iPhone means at IntoMobile.
http://iPhone2.notlong.com
They say...

Not so minor changes coming to next iPhone v2.0 - Bonjour, full-screen
browsing, vector graphics, locally stored web-apps, PowerPoint, mass
email delete, and possibly search

Today, March 10, 2008, 1 hour ago | willpark

Well that sure was a mouthful. Sure, there are those minor changes to
the iPhone UI that may or may not materialize, but there are also some
serious changes in store for the iPhone v2.0.

The iPhone SDK, freely downloadable from Apple, is proving to be an
invaluable source of upcoming iPhone features. Remember, the iPhone is
revolutionary in the way the OS can be updated and features can be
added with a simple firmware update through iTunes. iPhone owners
don't have to endure the lagging development cycles for OS developers
to deliver OS updates - new updates mean new features.

So, what can we expect from Apple's iPhone v2.0 firmware due out in
June (the same firmware that will work with iPhone SDK applications)?

Keep reading to find out...

Mass Email Delete
I don't know how long I've been wanting a mass delete feature for the
iPhone's mail client, but it seems that my nightly prayers have not
fallen on deaf ears. The Apple gods will be allowing mass email
deletion with the iPhone v2.0. I don't really get spam in my business
email accounts, so mass deletion is not really a problem there. My
personal email accounts are an entirely different story. My Gmail
inbox is full of ads for mortgages and Viagra - and with push email
with Yahoo! Mail for iPhone, I get solicitations to enlarge my penis
pushed directly to my iPhone. Talk about annoying.

It's not clear how this will work, but rest assured, in a matter of
months, batch deleting all those spammy emails will be no harder than
selecting them and hitting the delete button.

Bonjour
Mac users will understand the awesomeness of Bonjour and what it means
for the iPhone. Sure, connecting to a WiFi network is a trivial
exercise, but what about connecting to other computers or iPhones on
any network (networking in Windows is "fun" to say the least)? Well,
Bonjour makes it easy to network devices on a given network. It's as
simple as viewing connected devices and then connecting to them.

Bonjour has been lying dormant in previous iPhone firmwares, and it
seems that Bonjour support is coming in June. The iPhone SDK includes
Bonjour in the foundation, core foundation and base system components.

Full-Screen Mode on Safari
With the new iPhone SDK, iPhone developers will be able to use a full-
screen mode to display webpages/web-apps. In full-screen mode, the web-
page/web-app will be displayed without the Safari address bar at the
top of the screen or the navigation/bookmark bar at the bottom of the
screen. All it will take, apparently, is the addition of a meta tag in
the web-app/web-page code. Web-apps with the meta tag will be launched
directly in full-screen mode.

Every pixel is a precious piece of real-estate on a mobile phone's
display. And even with the huge screen on the iPhone, it doesn't hurt
to have an extra few lines of usable browser-space.

Scalable Vector Graphics and New CSS Effects
Support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) means that images can be
highly-compressed, reducing an image file's size. SVG is an image
format that can be compressed to tiny proportions while maintaining
the original file's resolution. That means iPhones will be able to
download SVG images more quickly without sacrificing the image's
quality.

The iPhone v2.0 will also support new CSS effects. CSS transforms,
transitions, and animations will help take the sting out of the lack
of Flash-support. And, some CSS effects will be hardware accelerated
to boot!

PowerPoint Support
While making a new PowerPoint presentation might not be in the
immediate future for native iPhone features, we're all going to be
able to view those PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint can be viewed
through the iPhone's mail client, and should add to the iPhone's
enterprise appeal. Microsoft Word and Excel files are already viewable
through iPhone Mail, but so the addition of PowerPoint compatibility
will truly round out the iPhone's MS Office compatibility.

Locally Stored Web-Apps
Wait, so what's the hub-ub with all these natively installable third-
party iPhone applications? With locally stored web-apps, any web-
developer can code web-applications for the iPhone! No web connection?
No problem, just store your web-apps locally and they're as good as
native applications (although slightly limited by AJAX, CSS, HTML,
etc.)

The iPhone SDK allows for the creation of web-apps, so it makes sense
for the iPhone to include support for offline web-apps. Apple says
that the iPhone v2.0 will support client-side database API which will
allow "totally functional even with the network disconnected." Score!

Search
And, last but not least - the iPhone may be getting "Search"
functionality. If you search for, uh, "Search on iPhone" you may find
that searching for anything on the iPhone just isn't possible. Sure,
with auto-completion, you can just start typing a contact to bring up
all matching phone numbers or email addresses, but that's only a half-
hearted workaround. A search function is needed. Without a true search
function on the iPhone, it's hard to find a contact whose name you've
forgotten, but happen to remember noting the contact entry as, say,
"blonde hottie" or something like that.