iPhone OS 2.2.1 Now Available

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iPhone OS 2.2.1 Update LIVE

Apple have now released a 2.2.1 iPhone update which can be downloaded through iTunes as usual.

iPhone 2.2.1 Software Update

This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
- Improved general stability of Safari
- Fixed issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll

Products compatible with this software update:
- iPhone
- iPhone 3G

UPDATE: As of yet I haven’t updated my iPhone to version 2.2.1 due to a heavy load of programming being done at the moment for a new app. However, in the next few days I will be updating to test my apps on the new firmware.

Future plans

I thought it useful to post up a list of my future plans for over the next few years.

iPhone App Store

• I will be posting updates as soon as I can get them coded and uploaded to iPhone Connect for customers.
• With each app and update I’ll be learning more and more of Objective-C, Xcode and iPhone development so that should help me in the long run produce more professional and better developed apps for release.
• The pricing for apps are going to differ from free to an amount I feel worthy of the time put into the app.
• I will be learning throughout the year and for a number of years, as long as I can go for producing apps on my own, as a team, or part of a company.
• Money from the first apps is going towards a new iMac where I will developing more applications and giving me a better and quicker machine to develop my apps on.

Mac OS X

• You may have briefly seen in an older post, but I will be making a few apps for Mac in the future once the iPhone development has properly kicked off. I will be posting updates on this later on this year, probably after June 09 you will hear any bulk of news about this.
• It’s too early to say at the moment, but I have plans to develop a program for the Mac which will coincide with an app on the iPhone, bring users together in one place… online.

Windows

• Although it may not seem it, but I will be creating a number of highly developed Windows programs in languages such as Java, C++, C# or whichever suits the purpose best.
• Development of these programs probably will not start till late 2010 due to a busy couple of years for me.
• I will be doing a course on Computer Science at university to further my study into programming which will be based on Windows and will help me develop better programs for the Microsoft user base out there.

Another Mobile OS or Platform?

• Android?
• I may start learning and developing for the Android OS once it picks up, however I’d have to save up for a development device.
• But who knows?! I will keep you all posted when news becomes available on my behalf.

New directions!

Hello all!

Again, I apologise for the lateness of my posts these days! I’ve just had no time with lot’s of work being done over Christmas and this New Year coming.

Anyway, back to what I’m trying to say…

The past few weeks I’ve been looking to invest in an iMac so I can start developing my own applications for the iPhone and for Mac in general. I’ve already had my head stuck in a few projects as of the past few months creating a few applications and bespoke software for MS Windows. I’m helping out with the rest of the development, testing and documentation of a final product and then I shall be on my way to getting the iMac I’ve been dreaming of.

Of course you may/may not know that I’ve not been keeping up with my main website either, nor have I been making any of my old ‘Flash Animations’ which I used to spend 90% of my time making. This is going to slightly change as I’ve started to develop more applications  than animations (as I find they do pay out a bit more…).

So starting early 2009 I will be redesigning and remaking a website for the applications that I am going to be developing for a number of platforms. Once this has kicked off I may start some Open Source projects, but as one person this will take a little more time managing and creating the right resources to be distributing the code around effectively, and taking in the response as best as I can.

One of the things that I am going to concentrate on, is the idea of posting screenshots and new information when products have been updated and when good development is going on. This way users can have their say and give feedback to improve a product further.

Anyway, so I’m just going to leave you with a few bullet points on the future for what me/my team will be starting:

• Less animations, more software.
• Completely new website and theme.
• New means of communication to users. (IRC/Twitter/AIM/GTalk/Wiki/)
• More updated Blog posts and Twitter posts.
• Starting developing for Mac OS X.
• Starting developing for iPhone OS.
• Release of future MS Windows software.
• Release of Open Source software once team and site has built up.

On that note, hope you all have a great new year and I’m sure 2009 will bring many good things!

Dominic.