Caramel Apps

Excerpted from http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/sdk/
New Features for the 3GS based applications will include:
In App Purchase
Sell extra content and services from your application using the Store Kit framework. This new framework helps you keep track of your product catalogs, processes the payment transaction with the iTunes Store and returns information about each purchase. Learn more

Apple Push Notification service
The Apple Push Notification service provides a way to alert your users of new information, even when your application isn’t running. Send text notifications, trigger audible alerts, or add a numbered badge to your application icon. Learn more

Accessories
Applications can now communicate with your accessories either through the 30-pin dock connector or wirelessly using Bluetooth. Build an app that retrieves data from external sensors or even control accessories with a sophisticated, Multi-Touch interface. Learn more

Peer to Peer Connectivity
Add multi-player capabilities to your games using the peer to peer network connectivity and in game voice communication features of Game Kit. This powerful new framework allows any application, not just games, to communicate between devices using Bluetooth-no pairing required. Learn more

Maps
You can now embed maps within your applications using the new Map Kit framework. Map Kit works with the Google Mobile Maps Service and features panning and zooming, custom annotations, current location and geocoding.

iPod Library Access
Access music, podcasts, or audio books in a user’s iPod library directly from your application using the updated Media Player framework. You can play, repeat and shuffle songs or whole playlists, or create sequences of songs using custom searches.

Open GL ES 2.0
Games and other graphics-intensive applications can now take advantage of OpenGL ES 2.0, the latest version of the standard for hardware-accelerated graphics designed for mobile devices. OpenGL ES 2.0 adds programmable shaders that give you more control over the look of your scenes, allowing you to create more complex renderings and spectacular visual effects.

Accessibility
Make your applications accessible to everyone—even those with impaired vision. New to iPhone OS 3.0, VoiceOver helps users navigate through your application by translating standard gestures and providing spoken descriptions you include. Using the updated developer tools, you can easily adapt your iPhone applications to work with VoiceOver.

Video Recording
Embed a video recorder into your application using the new interface used in the Camera application. The new interface provides a switch to toggle between still photos and video mode, giving your users the flexibility to capture the moment the way they want. Once the video has been captured, users can choose the videos they want from the updated Media Picker.

Compass
Add heading information to your location-aware application. Core Location has been updated to allow your applications to track which direction the user is facing using iPhone 3G S’s built-in digital compass. While incredibly useful for any navigation-based application, when combined with the accelerometer the compass can also be used to capture iPhone’s true orientation.

The content from the conference will be available after the conference is over, to developers who attended. Slides, video, etc. So if you are there, don’t kill yourself taking notes! It will be online for you next week!

As of yesterday at 3PM PT, Apple was no longer taking early reservations for the iPhone 3GS. If you were lucky enough to start your reservation process yesterday but not able to finish it, you can still try to complete the reservation for a phone on June 19th. Even if you are listed in the system at the Apple store, the employees are making no guarantees you will get a phone next week. The rumor at WWDC09 is that AT&T also will not be able to keep up with the initial demand.

No matter what, expect that there will be a big demand for the new video phone, long lines on the 19th and lots of customers waiting for the new phone as they get the stock sent out to the stores this summer.