build number 3, OS4.0 and the iPad

build number 3
We have produced build number 3 now with the rehashed visuals and interactivity and the guys have done a great job.  Some functionality wasn't quite hitting the spot and some basic bugs need ironing out.  It is looking good and soon we will be operational and hoping to tie the APi's in with the server so that it can all work together successfully.

iPhone OS 4.0
I have a fully installed version of the latest beta for iPhone OS 4.0 on a 3G and a 3Gs and on the 3Gs it is sweet and very very fast and smooth.  There is some limited functionality on a 3G but on the whole it is real cool.  The OS visually is a lot prettier and borrows the MacOSX glass pane at the bottom (the dock) for the 4 key shortcuts on the home screen.  You can change the background image for the home screen aswell as the locked background image.  Of course there is multitasking, which works very easily and fast and then the folders of apps, which is great, except the current iTunes doesnt support it so every time i re-sync it removes them all from the folders again.  This is about the best update I have ever seen, especially the gamers network (think Playstation Network or Xbox Live, but for iPods and iPhones) and the iAd.  Check the keynote presentation by Steve Jobs himself, the iAd is awesome and all done in HTML5.0 (there's one in the eye for Adobe!)

iPad
So...the iPad.  I have played with one and the screen is awesome, very cool, very crisp and very very responsive.  In 3 words... i love it.  It isn't mine, and I may hold off getting one to see if the price drops, but as a device for reading, newspapers, magazines, browing the web, it is very very cool and perfectly sized.  I think the netbook market (those who bought one for browsing mostly) will feel the pinch with this device, especially as the iTunes distribution model is super easy for users and developers alike.  We dont have any plans for an iPad app but who knows, watch this space!