| 从 iPad 看 iPhone 下一个版本会增加的五个新功能 很多人对 iPad 感到失望, 称其只是一部放大的 iPhone. 然后说, 有一部 iPhone 的情况下根本不需要这样一个叫 iPad 的东西。但他们只是没有看到一点，iPad 对于 iPhone OS 有一些改变，或者说这可能会是 iPhone 本身的改变。现在苹果释出了 iPad Only 的 SDK，版本是 3.2(iPhone 的现行版本是 3.12，我觉得你应该看到里面的继承关系了)。就增加了一些特性，譬如说要求所有的软件(包括游戏)都要支持横竖屏幕两种显示模式。 没有消息说这个 3.2 版本的系统会运用到 iPhone 上面，但是我想我们应该忽略那种叫做"iPhone OS"的东西。（或许不久之后会看到 OS 4.0 了，iPhone 都是在六七月的夏天发布.. iPad 和 iPhone 4G 一些发布的话，很多人会得脑溢血的..） 以下是五点看起来是 iPhone 也会采用的特性: ---- Bluetooth Keyboard Support 支持蓝牙外接键盘。iPad 发布的那个时候，我们很担心它只是会用一款特殊的外接键盘。所幸得是，它也支持蓝牙外接。鉴于 iPhone 的蓝牙芯片硬件本身其实也支持这个外接键盘的。那么便有理由相信 iPhone 同样也会支持。 Desktop file syncing for third party apps 现在的 iPhone 的在状况是，运用程序的储存是建立在一个砂盒里面。别的软件，都不能够访问这一块储存。而 SDK 3.2 里面最新的改变是允许你自己把文件同步到这个砂盒里面去。 Apps can identify themselves as supporting specific file types: 应用软件和文件类型自动关联。就是譬如说你在 Email 客户端里面看到一个文件，你可以点击立即打开，即使是你安装的第三方软件才支持这种文件格式。不过你要确保自己安装了这个软件便是了。 PDF Creation Support iWork 里面有创建 PDF 文件的功能。这对于分享文档十分有效。相信现在所有的设备都可以打开 PDF 文档吧。而且 PDF 的格式是一经创建，永不改变。包括字体和排版。所以能够创建一个这样受人欢迎的文件格式。真的是可喜可贺啦。 Apple's 1Ghz A4 Processor 苹果的 1GHz A4 处理器。在过去几个月里面，各大厂商纷纷把他们设备里面的处理器升级到 1GHz 的 Snapdragon，譬如说 Google 的 Nexus One。那么关于这场处理器的竞争暂时还没有太多的推测。但是现在苹果有了一个完全自己制造的质优处理器，我没能够不怀疑乔不死正酝酿着把它用在 iPhone 下一代机型上面吗? （March5 草译，以下是原文） ========== 5 Things The iPhone Could Learn From The iPad （MobileCrunch） Posted: 28 Jan 2010 05:31 PM PST As is to be expected of any device that the masses get excited about prior to it actually existing, the iPad has torn the Internet in two. Some love it, seeing it as the first iteration of an eventually world-changing device; others just don't see a point. "It's just a big iPhone," they say, "and I already have an iPhone!" These iPhone owners are exactly who should be the most excited about the iPad – even if they don't plan on buying one. Even before its release, the iPad has heralded a number of changes on the way for iPhone OS – and presumably, the iPhone itself.
Now, many of the changes found in the just-released iPad SDK are strictly iPad only. For example, all iPad applications (presumably excluding games) are required to support both landscape and portrait orientations – a requirement which, with some 140,000 apps already made, really wouldn't be feasible to introduce on the iPhone. Other changes, however, seem almost certain to trickle down to the iPad's pocketable brother. Apple's not officially acknowledging that any of this will find it's way to the iPhone; as is par for the course for them, they're not even acknowledging that iPhone OS 3.2 will ever make it to the iPhone, ignoring that the damned thing is called "iPhone OS". Here are some of the changes introduced in the iPad that seem likely to make their way over the iPad Nano iPhone : - Bluetooth Keyboard Support
Finally! We've been clamoring for this one for a while now. We were starting to worry when Apple introduced a new, iPad-specific keyboard, but then the good word came straight from the horses mouth: iPad also comes with Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, letting you connect to devices like wireless headphones or the Apple Wireless Keyboard. Considering that the Bluetooth stack that the iPhone uses (Qualcomm's BlueMagic) already supports it, many have assumed that the lack of Bluetooth Keyboard support thus far was either an intentional choice on Apple's part, or a side effect of the limited Input system (which has been overhauled in OS 3.2, also allowing developers to make custom keyboards within their applications). If the iPad supports Bluetooth keyboards, there's no reasonable reason why the iPhone won't – unless, you know, Apple says so. - Desktop file syncing for third party apps:
With iPhone OS 3.2, Apple has introduced a new key called "UIFileSharingEnabled". As Apple puts it, this means: Applications with [this key enabled] can share files with the user's desktop computer. A connected iPad device shows up on the user's desktop and contains subdirectories for all applications that share files. The user can transfer files in and out of this directory. In other words, you'll now be able to drag-and-drop files from your computer into a third party application's storage folder, as if they are sitting on a standard external hard drive. Imagine being able to build levels for your favorite game in a desktop level editor, then simply dragging those files onto your iPhone to play them. - Apps can identify themselves as supporting specific file types:
Opening files on the iPhone can be a bit of a chore, be it that it's not a file type the device recognizes out of the box. Even if you've installed an application that can read that specific type of file, you'll need to find a way to get that file into the app's sandboxed storage space. A lot of applications have implemented clever — albeit hacky — workarounds, but they're by no means the most user friendly. The desktop file transferring option mentioned in the last point will help considerably – but what if you need to launch a file that's been emailed to you? As it currently stands, you can't launch a file from an email into a third party application – but on iPhone OS 3.2, you can do just that. Did work just send you an obscure type of file that only one app can read? Don't sweat it – just make sure the app is installed, open the email, and launch the attachment. It's not clear yet whether or not you can override defaults, allowing third party applications to launch files the iPad already supports. - PDF Creation Support:
When you're working on the go — with the iPad's iWork apps, for example — you don't really have time to worry about whether or not people will be able to open the files you're creating. That's where PDFs come in; while they're not without their faults, PDFs will open (and more importantly, look exactly the same) on just about every modern computer. Apple had to build PDF creation functionality for iWork – but rather than keeping it for themselves, they went and built it into the operating system. Any iPad developer looking to add PDF creation support can do so without having to write the system from scratch. - Apple's 1Ghz A4 Processor:
Over the past few months, smart phone manufacturers have successfully jammed blazingly fast 1 Ghz chips into their handsets. Take the Nexus One, for example; inside Google's much-hyped handset is a 1Ghz CPU chipset called "Snapdragon". During the iPad announcement, Apple disclosed that the tablet was running on a custom-built 1Ghz processor. It doesn't take too much much conjecturing to figure out where Apple's probably going with this; the competition is starting to jam 1Ghz chips into their smartphones, and now Apple has one of their own. Put one and one together, and it sure seems likely that the next iPhone will be clocking in at 1Ghz. So what do you think? Is the iPad a sign of the things to come for the iPhone? Sound off in the comments below. Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it's time for you to find a new Job2.0 |