Apples Conference, IOS 5, Icloud and Lion

[theENIGMATRON]

So i dont know if any of you Follow Apple and there development much,
but they done a Big Conference yesterday, And the future looks good.

For them who have Iphone, there is some needed features i cannot wait for.
From the Notifications revamp, to a better Twitter integration.
To a buttons for your Camera to take pictures.
The list goes on!!

Anyway States I know your in the Development Program, You going to consider downloading the BETA

[InfiniteStates]

No - I got an email yesterday offering me the SDK 5.0 beta. 1500 APIs..! Shit that's a lot of documentation. I'm not interested in the latest and greatest features though TBH. I want to write stuff that works on the widest range of phones, and the APIs I mostly use are third party (OpenGL ES/OpenAL).

I try to keep my touchpoints with Apple's stuff minimal, because it's all Objective C based, which is effectively interpreted and therefore slower than if it's compiled.

You know all those method calls to objects? They're resolved at run time. I mean WTF? That's no basis for game engines... It might be great for retards that are incapable of making sure they're using the correct interface on the correct instance, but that's a lot of overhead to avoid problems that a compiler traditionally picks up anyway.

[theENIGMATRON]

I was going to Jump into the Dev section the other month....
dont know if to still go for it LOL!!!

Anyway Apple giving me free stuff!! and ill have £50 so i might get the program:

Dear MobileMe member,

We'd like to share some exciting news with you about iCloud — Apple’s upcoming cloud service, which stores your content and wirelessly pushes it to your devices. iCloud integrates seamlessly with your apps, so everything happens automatically. Available this fall, iCloud is free for iOS 5 and OS X Lion users.

What does this mean for you as a MobileMe member?

When you sign up for iCloud, you'll be able to keep your MobileMe email address and move your mail, contacts, calendars, and bookmarks to the new service.

Your MobileMe subscription will be automatically extended through June 30, 2012, at no additional charge. After that date, MobileMe will no longer be available.

When iCloud becomes available this fall, we will provide more details and instructions on how to make the move. In the meantime, we encourage you to learn more about iCloud.

Sincerely,

The MobileMe Team