Cocoa Touch

Guide Note: Cocoa Touch is the programming interface for the iPhone. At Apple's iPhone SDK announcement, Scott Forstall introduced multitouch controls and accelerometers to enhance the Cocoa interface. Game developers, Forstall said, will have access to the accelerometers.

Fast Facts:

1. An iPhone version of Cocoa
2. Built around touch input

• Also try: iPhone | iPhone Software Roadmap Live Coverage | Cocoa

Cocoa Touch News and Blogs

• Google News: Cocoa Touch
• Google Blog Search: Cocoa Touch
• Macworld: Game developers bullish on iPhone (March 7, 2008)
• InfoWorld: Developer talks of iPhone SDK pluses and a few minuses (March 7, 2008)
  • "Rodriguez called Cocoa Touch, the iPhone version of Cocoa for the Mac desktop, the best library for developing user interface stuff he has ever seen in his career as a developer."
• The Washington Post: Apple Throws the iPhone Apps Door Wide Open (March 7, 2008)
• Engadget: iPhone SDK comparison chart (March 6, 2008)
  • Cocoa Touch is the update of Apple's previous framework, Cocoa. Engadget seems optimistic about the iPhone SDK updates, but notes that it will have considerable competition from Microsoft and Nokia.
• Gizmodo: Apple Reveals iPhone SDK (March 6, 2008)
• PC World: Live From Apple's iPhone Event: Applications (March 6, 2008)
• Macworld: Apple unveils iPhone SDK (March 6, 2008)
• TechCrunch: iPhone 2.0: Enterprise Ready. Developer Ready. (March 6, 2008)
• CNET: Live blog from Apple's iPhone SDK announcement (March 6, 2008)
• ars technica: Developers licking their fingers over Cocoa Touch iPhone SDK (March 6, 2008)
• InfoWorld: iPhone SDK exceeds developer expectations (March 6, 2008)
• CNET: With new iPhone software, Apple breaks from the pack (March 6, 2008)
• IntoMobile: Apple releasing iPhone SDK today in beta form... (March 6, 2008)

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