A host of new features gleaned from the iPhone OS 4 SDK, including iChat, secondary camera
In the short span of time since the iPhone OS 4 SDK was released yesterday, several possible features that the iPhone 4 (which is also called the iPhone 4G or iPhone 4th Generation device) might have are now apparent:
1) iChatAgent
2) New MobileMe support
3) IMCore.framework and IMAVCore.framework
iChatAgent - a background process that is already used on the Mac OSX – shows certain APIs and lines of code that will possibly allow for:
i) Bundled Instant Messaging client - iChat
ii) Forward-facing video/web camera
MobileMe - an email/calendar/contacts synchronisation tool that is already available for the iPhone, iPad and Mac – reveals new lines of code that will possible allow for:
i) Note Syncing
ii) Instant messaging Syncing
IMCore.framework and IMAVCore.framework - two coding frameworks that hint at:
i) Forward-facing web camera and back-facing camera support
ii) Screen sharing
Here are also some features that developers think will be available on the iPhone OS 4 and its fully-supported devices: note syncing, 5x digital zoom support, Tap to Focus Video, MMS message character count display, IPv6 support, automatic downscaling of heavy mail attachments, live Web search suggestions in Safari, and playlist creation without iTunes.
