Web Worker Daily

Tuesday marked the official day of reveal for the upcoming iPhone 3.0 firmware and SDK update. Those of you without iPhones probably aren’t quite as interested as those of us who do have them, but there are enough changes to make at least a few converts, I’m guessing. And while the changes are just generally cool, they provide some really solid web working benefits as well. As an Apple Developer Program member, I recently got my hands on the OS 3.0 beta (it won’t be released to the public until the summer); I can already tell it’ll significantly affect how I go about doing my work.

First, I want to look briefly at the possibilities the new APIs available to developers allow. I won’t go into too much detail, because at this point it’s mainly speculation, but the possibilities are exciting. I’m especially looking forward to what push notification will allow for GTD and task management apps, and the possibilities surrounding hardware-specific app communication, which might finally allow full-size keyboard interaction and give me a more portable mobile work solution than even my Asus Eee PC currently provides.

Setting aside fantasies that may never come to pass, let’s take a look at what the concrete feature additions built-in to the OS itself bring to the table. Read the rest of this entry »