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Download the New iPhone SDK and iPhone OS 4 beta Today

With a rich set of over 1,500 new APIs, iPhone SDK 4 provides you with an amazing range of technologies to enhance the functionality of your iPhone and iPod touch applications. New APIs enable Multitasking, integration of interactive ads into your apps, and allow you to get started developing games on the new social gaming network with the Game Kit Preview. iPhone Developer Program members can download iPhone SDK and iPhone OS 4 beta, now available in the iOS Dev Center .

Videos from iPhone Tech Talks 2009 Now Available

iPhone Developer Program members now have access to videos from the iPhone Tech Talks 2009 . Watch these videos to learn advanced techniques to enhance the capability, functionality, and usability of your iPhone apps. Apple’s Technology Evangelists take you deep into coding and design techniques so that you can take your apps to the next level.

App Store Tip: Specify the Devices Your App Runs on Using the Info.plist File

The App Store requires that you provide metadata about your application before submitting it. While most of this metadata is specified using the iPhone Developer Program Portal, the process for selecting device-related dependencies in iTunes Connect is no longer available. Instead, if your app relies on features that are specific to a device, such as the compass on iPhone 3GS, add the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key to your app’s Info.plist file to indicate the specific hardware feature required. The UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key in your app’s Info.plist file tells iPhone OS that your app can only be launched on a device with specific features and provides the App Store with a list of device requirements so users don’t download applications that they cannot run. To learn more about assigning required capabilities for your apps, read the Device Support section of the iPhone Applications Programming Guide . Read more app submission tips