Many iPhone users have complained that their beloved iPhone does not support Copy & Paste. Apple has stated that they do have plans to include Copy & Paste in a Firmware Update, but has also stated that it is just not a priority… This did not make too many Apple Fanboys happy. In comes OpenClip: a Non Profit, Open Source Community Project that does not violate Apple’s SDK! All a developer has to do is include the OpenClip framework in their application, and it will allow full Copy & Paste functionality.
If you have the iPhone 2.0 Software, and downloaded some apps, you would know that none of said apps run in the background. Apple made the decision to disable all background processes for applications that they themselves did not make. In doing so, apps like AIM, Facebook and Twinkle have suffered. In September, Apple plans to fix this by enabling “push notifications”. What is this long and confusing word? In short, it will allow you to receive IM’s through AIM and Twitter Updates from Twinkle – while the applications are not running! This method will save you battery-life, while making sure the phone runs smooth, with no lags in performance – hopefully… We (the bloggers) must ask ourselves, “How will developers be able to implement this service into their apps by September, if Apple removed the framework from the beta?”
Yesterday Apple released iPhone & iPod Touch Firmware 2.0.2 to the public. What does it do? No one seems to know! Apple describes it as “bug fixes”, while most blogs are speculating that it helps with 3G Reception issues.
The second launch of the iPhone 3G is this Friday – August 22nd! To all our surprise, there are still more than 50 countries that are awaiting the iPhone 3G, including: Argentina, Greece, Panama, Honduras, Venezuela, Brazil, Singapore, Dominican Republic, India, Philippines, Egypt, Jamaica, and many more…
According to Apple Insider, there should not be any issues regarding the iPhone 3G’s supply as Singapore’s wireless carrier SingTel already has more than enough iPhone’s for 50,000 “registered interested users.” This is very unlike the US iPhone Launch, where supply was dwindling, and customers were unable to find an iPhone for almost two weeks!
