This practical book offers programmers the knowledge and code they need to create cutting-edge mobile applications, using Apple's iPhone SDK. The iPhone is one of the hottest new pieces of technology: a fully functional portable Unix operating system with the most advanced handheld user interface in existence. "iPhone SDK Application Development" covers development environment for both the iPhone and iPod Touch, from windows and navigation bars to more advanced layers of the iPhone SDK, such as screen transitions, low-level graphics rendering using CoreSurface, the MultiTouch API, and digital sound and music rendering with Celestial and CoreAudio. With this book, you will: understand how the iPhone works internally, with a complete introduction to the technology; learn how different iPhone components interact with each other; use your existing Mac OS X development skills by understanding the similarities between iPhone and Mac OS X Leopard; also learn about the iPhone-specific APIs, such as the user interface, to develop custom iPhone applications; and, get code examples to help you write various features of your application. With "iPhone SDK Application Development", you'll learn how to create effective iPhone applications and games with the same tools Apple uses.

《一只iPhone的全球之旅》讲述了iPhone幕后的故事。苹果的iPhone手机在美国设计，在日本制造关键零部件，由韩国制造最核心的芯片和显示屏，由台湾厂商供应另外一些零部件，最后在深圳的富士康工厂里组装，然后空运到美国，再被苹果商店门口排队的华人买走，走私回中国，然后卖到中国各地，然后又被深圳的手机作坊回收翻新再出售，最后被当作电子垃圾拆解回收……
本书作者曾航遍访了全球二十多家苹果供应商和合作伙伴，实地到日本、韩国，中国台湾、中国香港、深圳、苏州、长沙等地的苹果供应链走访，跟踪了一只iPhone的一生，还原出iPhone从设计、零部件制造、组装、运输、销售、走私、再销售、回收翻新直到被分解处理的全球之旅。
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iPhone的全球之旅极大地改变了全球IT产业的版图。它让富士康、ARM、三星、LG、宸鸿等苹果幕后企业迅速崛起壮大，而另一些企业则因此而逐渐暗淡。
《一只iPhone的全球之旅》揭示了苹果在乔布斯之外的强大竞争力，读完《一只iPhone的全球之旅》这本书，你会发现乔布斯并不是神，他背后的幕僚和众多合作伙伴，同样是苹果成功的关键。