iPhone 3.2 SDK on iPad — iChat Video Calling, File Downloads, Telephony Support, Handwriting Keyboard… And Coming to iPhone?

Engadget has been getting tips from deep cipher divers who are exploring Apple’s latest iPhone 3.2 SDK for the iPad and what they’re finding includes code/hooks for iChat-style video Calling, file downloads from Mobile Safari, support for telephony like SMS and calls, and some prototype support for a “handwriting keyboard”. The video conferencing news is particularly intriguing:

We’re told that there are hooks to accept and decline a video conference, flip a video feed (which suggests a front-facing camera) and — most importantly — run the video shout in either full screen mode or in just a portion of the screen. That means you’ll be able to chat and do other things at the same duration, which could mean there’s at least some type of multitasking going on here.

Could that be another example of the iPad being “unfinished“, or of Apple removing a camera

at the last minute — like the iPod touch G3 — considering they couldn’t get an implementation that was good ample in duration for the big reveal?

Looks like there’s some good news (or good speculation at least) for iPhone owners as well, since the devices all share the same OS cipher base:

chpwn additionally tells us […] both the new landscape orientation for the homescreen and keyboard support seem to be destined for the iPhone itself when 3.2 comes out.

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iPhone 3.2 SDK on iPad — iChat Video Calling, File Downloads, Telephony Support, Handwriting Keyboard… And Coming to iPhone?