Apple has announced the release of the second beta for the iPhone SDK which allows developers to build third party applications for the iPhone and similarly built iPod Touch.
The new updated download includes “the interface builder, the Xcode integrated development environment, the iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, and the Shark analysis tool.”
It was recently reported that 100,000 copies of the original SDK were downloaded in the first week after it was launched. Apple has also said that Firmware upgrade for the device will hit consumers in June.
Result for: iPhone
If Bank of America is to be believed, then the upcoming 3G Apple iPhone will hit retailers by June and that up to 11 million iPhones will be produced by the Q3 2008.
The new report, from Bank of America analyst Scott Craig, has not been confirmed by Apple or AT&T. “Our latest Channel checks point to a significant production build of a 3G iPhone beginning in the month of June after an initial small build in May,” he said.
Craig estimates that 3 million 3G iPhones will be produced by June and then 8 million more in the Q3. Craig previously estimated that there would only be 8 million units produced for the whole year.
Recently other analysts reported that Apple had ordered 10 million 3G iPhones from manufacturers so Craig’s estimates don’t seem to far out of reach.
Result for: iPhone
TeleGeography, a research firm, has reported that New Zealand will be expanding its cellular networks and that iPhones could be on the way.
Telecom New Zealand’s director of mobile operations, Martin Butler added that it is a “good inference that the company will bring over the iPhone.” The communications company is currently building a brand new $300 million NZD GSM/EDGE network which should be able to support the 850MHz Frequency of the iPhone. The new expansion of the network is expected by November and will reach 97 percent of New Zealand’s residents.
Butler also noted however that the network will support 3G broadband, but for the first few months or so it will only cover NZ’s three largest cities, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. “To achieve anything above EDGE — a “2.5G” technology — many users will need to fall back to the company’s CDMA network, which supports EVDO Revision A,” he added.
