iPhone OS 4.0
April 8th, 2010
Hallelujah! Multitasking for iPhone OS is finally here. It took Apple three revisions to get it done. But that is not all. There are a bunch of other new features / improvements in 4.0:
- Multitasking
- iAd
Mobile advertising platform with the ability to display full-screen video and interactive content. Developers can embed iAd into their apps and split the revenue with Apple 60/40. - Game Center
A social gaming network extension to the existing GameKit API. - Map Kit
You can now include overlays and draw custom paths on the map. - Video playback & Capture
You finally have programmatic control over video playback and capture. - Automated testing
UIAutomation is a new instrument for automating testing by scripting touch events.
You can read all about it at Apple’s Developer Portal.
The iPhone OS 4.0 will be available later this year (for iPad, iPhone 3G(S) and iPod Touch 2nd/3rd generation). It’s worth noting that multitasking will be missing on older models (iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2nd generation).