The social gaming feature namely the Game Center App will not run on iPhone 3GS and second Gen iPod Touch confirmed Apple. Earlier the buzz was set by the company by announcing the new social gaming feature which would run on any iOS 4 device. All existing iPhone 3G, 3GS and second Gen iPod Touch upgraded to the new OS to go gaming as soon as Game Center Beta version hits the market.

The possible reason that Apple has dumped the older versions of the device could be due to various negative reports on the iOS upgrade. Various problems have been reported by iPhone 3G and iPod touch users about problems in upgrade to iOS 4. So you have got another reason to buy the new Apple iPhone 4 if only you haven’t got one. The Game Center Beta is being considered as the next big thing to kill the portable gaming consoles by the entire gaming industry.

May be this would be an appropriate message which Apple could ever give to all the people who point finger at the iPhone 4 Antennagate issue. In a recent research conducted by Changewave Research iPhone 3GS was reported to have more dropped calls than iPhone 4. Even though surprising, the researchers claims with affirmation that they are quite sure about their findings.

5.2% of iPhone 4 owners reported dropped calls during the month of July, while 6.3% of owners of the iPhone 3GS. However the report takes perceptions of iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 users rather than itself checking it itself. Also changewave said that a negative publicity has made many iPhone 4 users unhappy about the new iPhone.  If only the research findings are right we must say this is a cool news for Apple as the lot of  negative news have crept in to the blogosphere and people are still voting for the iPhone despite the negativity around.

Apple is releasing its new iOS updates very frequently one after the other. Not many days ago did we here about the beta update of the iOS and now iOS Beta 4.1 Beta 3 is made available to iPhone developers. Coming along with the update is a Game Center support, parental control for FaceTime and also proximity sensor fix.

This update is definitely has a good bunch of fixes and the OS looks almost complete for iPhone developers to do a bunch of try outs.

The Jail break app was an aHa moment to me and I am sure many iPhone 4 handsets are ready for some further experimentation. One of the most appealing feature in the new iPhone is the FaceTime feature which typically runs on Wi-Fi. But the FaceTime application can now on 3G connection too. This is possible by virtue of Cydia app called My3G a unique application which is built to make Wi-Fi apps run on 3G. So if you Jailbreak your iPhone 4 and install your app then you need not wander around for those feeble Wi-Fi signals. However the video quality again depends upon strength of 3G connection and the video quality sometimes may not be as much you expect it to be.

Check the video below to see the app in action.

We have got lot of emails from few of our developer friends requesting us to point out to few free resources which would benefit iPhone application developers. As a site which gives updates and news on iPhone application development we felt we should help developers with this. So enjoy the list and drop in a comment there after —

Free resources for iPhone Developers

1. cocos2D-iPhone : A framework to develop 2D games for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
2. iPhone application Development course by Stanford university
3. iPhone Application Development – A blog which covers tips, reviews and news which would iPhone developers would die to know.
4. iPhone Flow -A good developer place to get the best links and tutorials in the iPhone app development industry.
5. iPhone Developers SDK forum – Join the busiest forum and be part of the iPhone community.
6. iPhone Development blog – A blog maintained by Jeff LaMarche a senior programmer and iPhone developer. You shouldn’t miss this.
7. How to make apps – Another nice site for iPhone and iPad developers.
8. iPhone Developer Tips – Another resourceful place developers shouldn’t miss checking out.
9. iPhone SDK Articles – A useful series of iPhone SDK Tutorials.
10. Macrumors forums – The famous MacRumors site has a section which would keep the developers glued.
11. Official iPhone Dev Center Page – If you are a newbie then this is a place to start.

I know I need not mention about iPhone developer labs because I have always delivered what developers needed.

Now you get a chance to sharpen your programming skills for iPhone or iPad application development. The Pragmatic Studio is going to offer their popular course “iPhone/iPad Programming,” twice in coming few months. First time it will be conducted in Santa Clara, CA on August 17-20 and the next session will be held in Chicago, IL on October 25-28, 2010. It’s a hands-on training course for 4 days, where you can learn how to develop iPhone and iPad apps under the guidance of Matt Drance and Daniel Steinberg. The entry is open both for the freshers and the experienced iPhone developers as well.

In this course you can expect to -

·      learn to use the basic tools & APIs in iPhone SDK 4 for the development of iPhone/iPad apps
·      have hands-on coding experience and clear your doubts
·      save time & energy by focusing professionally & exclusively on iPhone/iPad development for all the four days with special guidance from the experts.

The topics include, as mentioned in the course details:
·      Intro to Objective-C
·      Xcode and Interface Builder
·      Cocoa Touch APIs and Design Patterns
·      View Controllers
·      Navigation and Tab Bar Controllers
·      Table Views
·      Keyboard Input
·      Gesture Recognizers
·      Animation
·      Core Data
·      Custom Graphics
·      Performance and Debugging
·      Practical tips, tricks, and techniques used by the experts

The early attendees have reported saying that the course is really helpful as the experts can teach you the techniques required typically. They also point out the challenges related to iOS SDK 4 and the methods to overcome those.