Yesterday, Apple announced the new SDK 3.2 at the same time they announced the iPad. PR NewsWire reports that the new SDK allows Voice over IP. This could mean that the iPad can perform phone calls over 3G networks.
“With the latest revisions Apple has made to the iPhone developer agreement and Software Development Kit, iCall for the iPhone and iPod Touch now enabled unrestricted free local and long distance calling over 3G data networks.”
This also means that the iPhone can have phone calls without AT&T charging for it. The iPad also has a microphone and speakers which allows the device to make phone calls via a VOIP application like iCall.
Other news about the SDK is stated below:
It seems the SDK allows connections with an external monitor. This support has never been allowed with the iPhone SDK , but this time it’s part of the iPad software. The iPad runs firmware 3.2 which is not available for the iPhone yet, so this could mean that the support for external displays will be available for the iPhone as well when firmware 3.2 is released.
iPad applications will be able to access a special shared directory. This directory is probably a way to sync the iWork document with a Mac or PC. iWork documents are also compatible with the iWork version for the Mac so it’s a nice option to be able to mount the iPad iWork documents to your MacBook or iMac.
The SDK also supports universal applications. Universal apps are apps that support the iPhone as well as the iPad.
Last but not least, there’s no multitasking support. This is a big disappointment to many people. Steve Jobs said that multitasking will be one of the more important features of the iPhone, when the first iPhone was introduced. Even though the third generation iPhone is still not capable of multitasking (only when you perform a Jailbreak), one would have suspected the iPad would be able to do that.
Here’s a video from FSMdotcom that shows the iPad Simulator of the SDK 3.2:
