Filed under: iPhone When we’re working with our iPhones and sharing information with other people, it sometimes takes more steps than it should to perform a task. Patently Apple recently published information about an Apple patent application describing a new icon and process to make multi-step workflows easier to accomplish. In the patent description , each transaction takes place between an initiator and a target.

Filed under: iPad David Frampton has an interesting idea for how to display non-universal iPhone apps on the iPad : put a black border around them , much like how iPhone apps will display if they are not scaled-up. I think it’s a brilliant idea

Filed under: iPhone , SDK It’s been a day of excitement surrounding the iPhone OS 4.0 event, and now you can relive the keynote at your convenience. Apple has posted the iPhone OS 4 Event keynote on its QuickTime site.

Filed under: Apple Tomorrow, Apple will introduce its iPhone OS 4.0 roadmap . And we’ll be there, metaliveblogging our hearts out as the events unroll

Filed under: OS , Software , Developer , iPhone Developers have found further evidence of multitasking support for 3rd party iPhone apps in the latest beta (3.2 beta 4) of the iPhone SDK , and suggest that it will become a reality this summer. 9to5 Mac reports on a new line found deep within the latest iPhone SDK. Specifically, SpringBoard.js has a reference to a “multitasking dialog box” that did not appear in version 3.1.3 of the SDK; it seems that it’s new to version 3.2.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , OS , Odds and ends , Snow Leopard I was eating a late post-Christmas breakfast this morning and perusing my email when I came upon a note from my friend and fellow Apple Consultants Network member Michael Kimble . Mike’s been involved with Apple products since before the Mac arrived, so he has seen product trends come and go for decades.

Filed under: iPhone ComScore has released a list of the top smartphone operating systems by market share in the United States in October. Who’s on top

Filed under: iPhone , iPhone 101 , iPod touch Stepping up to a shiny new 3GS ? Thinking about selling your old iPhone on eBay or craigslist