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‘Unknown’ device shows up in Apple iOS 4 tests

The Mac rumour focused website reveals Apple tests involve the latest beta of iOS 4.1, the operating system used by iPhones, iPod touches and in an earlier incarnation, iPads.

iOS 4.1 beta pointing to iPad revision, ‘unknown’ product?

Apple is doing internal testing of iOS 4.1 with three new products, an AppleInsider source claims. As in other versions of iOS, the latest beta of v4.1 contains "configuration descriptors" for USB devices. One of the devices as listed as "iPod 4,1," clearly referencing a fourth-generation iPod touch.... Apple - iPod - AppleInsider - IpodTouch - IPad

News: Unknown Apple device appears in internal iOS 4.1 code

A placeholder for an as-yet-unknown Apple device has appeared in the latest internal build of the iOS 4.1 beta, according to a new report. Citing people familiar with the matter, AppleInsider reports that the latest iOS 4.1 build contains code referencing both the fourth-generation iPod touchlabeled iPod4,1and a second-generation iPadlabeled iProd2,1. Perhaps more interesting, however, is a ...

News: Unknown Apple device appears in internal iOS 4.1 code

A placeholder for an as-yet-unknown Apple device has appeared in the latest internal build of the iOS 4.1 beta, according to a new report. Citing people familiar with the matter, AppleInsider reports that the latest iOS 4.1 build contains code referencing both the fourth-generation iPod touchlabeled iPod4,1and a second-generation iPadlabeled iProd2,1. Perhaps more interesting, however, is a ...

Dropping Game Center support for older iPods is a bad idea

Apple released the third beta of its upcoming iOS 4.1 update to developers on Tuesday evening, and most of the changes revolve around Game Centerthe Apple-developed social network for iOS gamesand the corresponding GameKit APIs. In the release, Apple has� dropped support for the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch , which could severely limit Game Center's adoption by game developers ...

News: Apple releases iOS 4.1 Beta 2

Apple has released its iOS 4.1 Beta 2 and the accompanying SDK. Reports are varied as to whether this second version of the iPhone and iPod touch operating system includes a fix for the iPhone 4s proximity sensor issue, a problem iOS 4.0.1 failed to address; Apple has yet to indicate one way or the other. Both the new iOS 4.1 SDK Beta 2 and pre-release builds are available now for download by ...

News: Apple posts iOS SDK 4.0.1

Apple has posted its iOS Software Development Kit (SDK) 4.0.1, bringing with it compatibility with the latest iOS software releases. Notably, Apple is warning developers that if they have updated their iPhones to iOS 4.0.1 or their iPads to iOS 3.2.1 they will need to download and install the new SDK to continue development. Unlike the iOS 4.1 beta and accompanying SDK released yesterday, iOS ...

News: Apple posts iPhone SDK 4 betas for iPhone, iPod touch, not iPad

Apple has posted the preliminary version of the iPhone OS 4 Software Development Kit, also known as the iPhone SDK 4 beta, to its Developer Web Site. The SDK download is 2.9GB in size, with separate iPhone OS 4.0 operating system betas at roughly 300MB-400MB a piece. Apples OS betas are for 2008 and 2009 iPhone and iPod touch models only. They notably exclude the iPad, which is explicitly ...

iPhone 3.2 SDK mentions multitasking, removes video calls (MacNN)

Several more differences have been spotted in beta 4 of the iPhone 3.2 SDK, currently available only to developers. Significant may be multiple references to multitasking, such as a code comment discussing a "multitasking dialog box." While multitasking is already possible in a limited sense on iPhones and iPods, several reports have suggested that Apple intends to extend the option to third ...

RealPlayer SP for the Mac Makes it Easy to Move Video Onto Mobile Phones, iPods and Other Devices (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

RealNetworks® released RealPlayer® SP Beta for Mac today at www.real.com, a free software download that lets people easily take videos from their Mac onto their favorite devices like the Apple iPod, home entertainment and game systems, and mobile phones, and also share them with friends on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.