Re: [Fed-Talk] iPhone news is amazing!
Re: [Fed-Talk] iPhone news is amazing!
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iPhone news is amazing!
- From: Taylor Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:18:07 -0500
Just to backpedal a bit... now that I'm back at my desk and reading the
info, it looks like there are "Enforced security policies". Still
looking for specifics, but that may negate my earlier reply.
Taylor
Taylor Armstrong wrote:
All cool and fun news, I agree, but one glaring omission that will keep
our shop solidly on Blackberries.... no mention of encryption of data
at rest, or encryption at all for that matter. Combine that with the
fact that we're getting Blackberry devices for about $15 each in bulk
from Verizon, and none of today's news affects us whatsoever.
Cool info, and makes me want an iPhone for my personal phone even more,
but it will not affect our office whatsoever until there is a way to
guarantee all PII is encrypted on the device.
Taylor
Todd Heberlein wrote:
Wow!!! I was tracking the presentation from several locations, and it
the news was amazing.
iPhone software 2.0 is targeted for late June (no mention if there
will be any new hardware at the same time).
For businesses (from Ars Technica):
o remote wipe in case the phone is stolen
o push e-mail, contacts, calendar
o Cisco IPsec VPN
o Certificates and identities
o WPA2/802.1x
o Enforced security policies
o Device configuration
For Application developers, the SDK looks like a mature extension to
Xcode. Developers familiar with Xcode should be able to hit the ground
running (beta is available today). It includes a Mac-based simulator
and testing on the iPhone while debugging on the Mac.
Applications will be distributed through Apple, and the developer sets
the price! Apple keeps 30%, the developer 70%. The developer doesn't
need to worry about hosting costs, credit card transactions, etc.
Applications can be *free*.
Developers will be issued a certificate to sign their code. I guess
this reduces the risks of someone trying to distribute malicious code,
but also with Apple being the only distributor of the applications, so
once an application is identified as malicious they can stop
distribution immediately. Also, I suspect there will be some form of
certificate revocation to stop applications that have already been
distributed.
The software can also take advantage of the accelerometer built into
the phone, and they apparently showed some pretty amazing games taking
advantage of this.
In summary, something for businesses, developers, and gamers!! It
will be Christmas in June this year.
Todd
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