Developer Claims Apple Updating Applications for iPhone 4.0
Aside from “where’s the tablet?” the most-often heard question in Apple circles is “what’s happening with iPhone 4.0?” Now a developer weighs in, claiming programmers already have a version of the new OS.
“We’ve submitted an updated app for the new iPhone 4.0 software,” according to an e-mail CNET received from what they term a “prominent app developer.” The note seems to contradict yesterday’s report that Apple was delaying releasing OS 4.0 due to concern it could provide clues to its long-awaited tablet device. The tablet is said to share much iPhone technology.
Historically, Apple has provided developers software tools ahead of unveiling new iPhone OS updates in March that become publicly available in June or July. Although speculation about a Jan. 27 Apple event has centered on a tablet announcement, others feel the date could be used to introduce iPhone OS 4.0.
As the debate over when iPhone 4.0 will be introduced continues, some report finding evidence of the new OS in the “wild.” In December, Boy Genius Report reported “sketchy” evidence that the OS was appearing in its browser logs. A firm also reported finding indications of 4.0 in other data. Pinch Media said it detected a single instance of iPhone 4.0 OS in its application user log.
- Via MacRumors
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
