How the Apple iPhone has dramatically changed the way we view the mobile web

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What is the iPhone? Apple’s Smartphone More than a Phone? Built in Accelerometer GPS or Position Triangulation Multi Touch Interface Sensors Keyboard Safari Mail Calendar Wide Screen Display

Apple’s Smartphone

More than a Phone?

Built in Accelerometer

GPS or Position Triangulation

Multi Touch Interface

Sensors

Keyboard

Safari

Mail

Calendar

Wide Screen Display

iPhone Overview Smart Phone + iPod (Widescreen) Wireless Internet Communication Device Wifi 802.11 b/g PDA Computer (OS X) Camera App Store

Smart Phone +

iPod (Widescreen)

Wireless Internet Communication Device

Wifi 802.11 b/g

PDA

Computer (OS X)

Camera

App Store

iPhone Development Development done with the help of iPhone SDK ( requires an Intel MAC ) Uses Objective-C XCODE + Other tools Can submit your application to App Store $99 membership Review your application + code Revenue model You set your price (free, 99cents, $9.99m etc) 70% developer (you) and 30% Apple

Development done with the help of iPhone SDK ( requires an Intel MAC )

Uses Objective-C

XCODE + Other tools

Can submit your application to App Store

$99 membership

Review your application + code

Revenue model

You set your price (free, 99cents, $9.99m etc)

70% developer (you) and 30% Apple

iPhone SDK iPhone SDK includes five powerful iPhone programming tools XCODE Professional text editor Debugger GCC compiler Interface Builder For creating user interface Instruments For optimizing application

iPhone SDK includes five powerful iPhone programming tools

XCODE

Professional text editor

Debugger

GCC compiler

Interface Builder

For creating user interface

Instruments

For optimizing application

iPhone SDK Dash Code For creating web applications for Safari iPhone Simulator

Dash Code

For creating web applications for Safari

iPhone Simulator

iPhone OS can be viewed as set of layers

iPhone OS can be viewed as set of layers

Cocoa Touch Layer Application management Graphics and windowing support Event-handling support User interface management Objects representing the standard system views and controls Support for text and web content Accelerometer data The built-in camera The photo library Device-specific information the basic tools to implement graphical, event-driven applications

Application management

Graphics and windowing support

Event-handling support

User interface management

Objects representing the standard system views and controls

Support for text and web content

Accelerometer data

The built-in camera

The photo library

Device-specific information

Media Layer Graphics Technologies Core Audio OpenAL Video Technologies provides graphics and media technologies for creating advanced multimedia experiences

Graphics Technologies

Core Audio

OpenAL

Video Technologies

Core Services Address Book Core Location CFNetwork Security SQLite Provides fundamental or core system services that all applications use

Address Book

Core Location

CFNetwork

Security

SQLite

Core OS Threading (POSIX threads) Networking (BSD sockets) File-system access Standard I/O Bonjour and DNS services Location information Memory allocation encompasses the kernel environment, drivers, and basic interfaces of the operating system Provides access to low-level features of the operating system

Threading (POSIX threads)

Networking (BSD sockets)

File-system access

Standard I/O

Bonjour and DNS services

Location information

Memory allocation

encompasses the kernel environment, drivers, and basic interfaces of the operating system

Provides access to low-level features of the operating system

iPhone Hardware and Software Features Available to Applications Accelerometer iPhone and iPod touch have 3 accelerometers to measure/detect movement along each of the primary ( x, y, and z ) axes in three-dimensional space The system uses the accelerometers to monitor a device’s current orientation and to notify applications when that orientation changes Applications can access accelerometer data directly

Accelerometer

iPhone and iPod touch have 3 accelerometers to measure/detect movement along each of the primary ( x, y, and z ) axes in three-dimensional space

The system uses the accelerometers to monitor a device’s current orientation and to notify applications when that orientation changes

Applications can access accelerometer data directly

iPhone Hardware and Software Features Available to Applications Core Location Core Location monitors signals from cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots to triangulate the user’s current position Accuracy of location information and threshold for reporting location changes can be specified Use sparingly – drains battery

Core Location

Core Location monitors signals from cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots to triangulate the user’s current position

Accuracy of location information and threshold for reporting location changes can be specified

Use sparingly – drains battery

iPhone Hardware and Software Features Available to Applications Contacts The Phone, Mail, and SMS Text applications use contact list to identify contacts and to facilitate basic interactions such as starting a phone call, email, or text message Your applications can access contacts for similar purposes or to get other information relevant to your application

Contacts

The Phone, Mail, and SMS Text applications use contact list to identify contacts and to facilitate basic interactions such as starting a phone call, email, or text message

Your applications can access contacts for similar purposes or to get other information relevant to your application

iPhone Hardware and Software Features Available to Applications The Camera and Photo Library iPhone has a camera and photo library -- iPod Touch has no camera iPhone OS provides access to both of these features You can incorporate system-provided picker interfaces into your application These interfaces provide standard system views for selecting a photo from the user’s photo library or taking a picture using the camera

The Camera and Photo Library

iPhone has a camera and photo library -- iPod Touch has no camera

iPhone OS provides access to both of these features

You can incorporate system-provided picker interfaces into your application

These interfaces provide standard system views for selecting a photo from the user’s photo library or taking a picture using the camera

App Distribution Three methods of distribution: App Store Wi-Fi/EDGE/HSDPA on iPhone Desktop syncing via iTunes Enterprise Proprietary in-house apps Requires 500+ employees Ad-hoc Provide users with app via email/website Requires users to register their device ID with the developer 100 device limit per app 75

Three methods of distribution:

App Store

Wi-Fi/EDGE/HSDPA on iPhone

Desktop syncing via iTunes

Enterprise

Proprietary in-house apps

Requires 500+ employees

Ad-hoc

Provide users with app via email/website

Requires users to register their device ID with the developer

100 device limit per app

Downloading Apps 76 App Store distribution method determined by size: Apps < 10 MB can be downloaded over the cellular network Apps > 10 MB require WiFi connectivity or side loading via iTunes

App Store distribution method determined by size:

Apps < 10 MB can be downloaded over the cellular network

Apps > 10 MB require WiFi connectivity or side loading via iTunes

Classes of iPhone Applications We can define three types of iPhone applications: Productivity Utility Immersive

We can define three types of iPhone applications:

Productivity

Utility

Immersive

iPhone Developer University Program a free program designed for higher education institutions looking to introduce curriculum for developing iPhone or iPod touch applications . The University Program provides a wealth of development resources, sophisticated tools for testing and debugging, and the ability to share applications within the same development team. Institutions can also submit applications for distribution in the App Store.

a free program designed for higher education institutions looking to introduce curriculum for developing iPhone or iPod touch applications . The University Program provides a wealth of development resources, sophisticated tools for testing and debugging, and the ability to share applications within the same development team. Institutions can also submit applications for distribution in the App Store.

iPhone Developer University Program Student Development Team The iPhone Developer University Program allows instructors and professors to create a development team with up to 200 students.

Student Development Team

The iPhone Developer University Program allows instructors and professors to create a development team with up to 200 students.

iPhone Developer University Program The iPhone Developer University Program includes: iPhone SDK iPhone Dev Center Resources

The iPhone Developer University Program includes:

iPhone SDK

iPhone Dev Center Resources

iPhone Developer University Program Testing on iPhone and iPod touch

Testing on iPhone and iPod touch

iPhone Developer University Program Internal or App Store distribution

Internal or App Store distribution

iPhone/SDK Recommendations Optimize Web Site for Mobile Devices Computer Science  iPhone University Developer Program Create iPhone App for Marketing Create iPhone App for Registration/Student Services Integrate iPhone into Classroom Activities Also Investigate Google’s Android App Store and RIM’s Blackberry App Store

Optimize Web Site for Mobile Devices

Computer Science  iPhone University Developer Program

Create iPhone App for Marketing

Create iPhone App for Registration/Student Services

Integrate iPhone into Classroom Activities

Also Investigate Google’s Android App Store and RIM’s Blackberry App Store

iPhone SDK Demo

Invitation and Call for Presentations National and Mid-Pacific ICT Centers Winter 2009 ICT Educator Conference San Francisco January 8-9, 2009 Presentation Tracks On: ICT Industry Educational Programs ICT Educator Successes MPICT Center Efforts Register at www.ictcenter.org

National and Mid-Pacific ICT Centers

Winter 2009

ICT Educator Conference

San Francisco

January 8-9, 2009

Presentation Tracks On:

ICT Industry Educational Programs

ICT Educator Successes

MPICT Center Efforts

Register at www.ictcenter.org

Join us Summer 2009 in Phoenix watch ate-con.org for details

Blogs/Podcast and other Read our blogs at: Mike Qaissaunee - q-ontech.blogspot.com Gordon F. Snyder - ictcenter.blogspot.com Listen to our podcast @ gsnyder.libsyn.com/ or subscribe in iTunes Join us on twitte r – mqaissaunee and gsnyder Join us in Facebook Watch our YouT ube Channel

Contact Info Mike Qaissaunee Co-PI, National Center for Information and Communications Technologies [email_address] Gordon F. Snyder Executive Director, National Center for Information and Communications Technologies [email_address] Website – ictcenter.org