A source which has been reliable in the past for showing off Apple prototypes before announcement or release—such as with the iPhone 4, MacBook, and the 4th generation iPod touch with the camera addition—has released two interesting videos of what is apparently the next-generation iPhone running a test build of the next major release of iOS.

The Facebook iPhone application has been amongst the top downloaded applications on the App Store from it’s release. Since then, it has come a long way in terms of development and what it is capable of. However, the latest point release of the application may bring some of the most exciting features to the application. The two updates listed by the developer were push notifications and contact sync.

This week I will be discussing some resources where you can find information if you want to get started or need help with developing for the iPhone. There are many places that can be found for this type of thing, and Apple provides developers with a plentiful amount of resources such as guides and what not. However, some are better than others.

This week I wanted to talk about some of the Twitter and Facebook APIs available for the iPhone SDK. API stands for application programming interface, and it allows developers outside of the company to access certain functions and data that Twitter and Facebook make available. For example, developers can access Twitter tweets through an API, but they don’t have direct access to them. In other words, their access is limited, in a way. However, the guys at both Twitter and Facebook have created some great APIs to help get started with developing applications for their web apps on the iPhone.

Facebook version 2.0 is finally out, and the new features make Facebook for the iPhone more usable than ever. Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way. It’s faster and more stable than you might have found the Facebook app to be in the past. Plus, there is a plethora of new features. Here more »