My name is Cédric Bozzi, I make apps and websites, and this is my tech blog — you’ll find news commentary here, from a very opinionated Mac-head.
Il y a une version française ici, but most of this blog’s contents are extracted from my Twitter feed, and hence only available in one language (which varies randomly).
Wondered why there aren’t more iPhone applications using the proximity sensor to detect when you want to speak to them? Well, that would be because the corresponding API functions are undocumented.
As in, you’re not supposed to know about them; you’re not supposed to use them; Apple is not supposed to accept in the App Store an application that uses them.
Not that I think it’s a big deal (the iPhone SDK is still relatively fresh and unstable, which is the main reason why some functionality may be restricted; and I don’t find it horrifying that Google might get a bit of preferential treatment, as they are a partner providing integral services to the iPhone), but it’s an interesting tidbit. And maybe I’d actually be outraged if I’d shelled out the $100 to be an iPhone developer.
Plus, they can’t really prevent third-party developers from using that API from this point on, right? Yeah, right. Of course they will.
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