iPhone OS 3.0: Something Wicked Cool This Way Comes
by John Paczkowski
Posted on May 8, 2009 at 10:21 AM PT
Developers building applications for the iPhone best make sure their work runs on the device’s forthcoming 3.0 OS. Because effective yesterday, Apple is no longer accepting applications that don’t. “Beginning today, all submissions to the App Store will be reviewed on the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0,” Apple said in a message to developers Thursday. “If your app submission is not compatible with iPhone OS 3.0, it will not be approved.”
Clearly, OS 3.0 had to be truly stable for Apple (AAPL) to issue such a mandate. And that suggests that the company is ramping up toward an official release–most likely at its Worldwide Developers Conference in early June.
Comments
John, me thinks that Apple’s push along these lines speaks volumes about their desire to push this release as the linchpin for form-factors (e.g., the rumored tablet), and hardware accessory extensions (also, supported in OS 3.0) moving forward. All about continuing to raise the bar.
If interested, here’s some detailed analysis on what’s coming in OS 3.0:
Analysis of iPhone 3.0 Developer Preview
(http://bit.ly/ANdMz)
Cheers,
Mark
Posted by Mark Sigal at May 8th, 2009 at 11:01 am