iPhone firmware hints at new apps and widgets

“While browsing through my iPhone’s firmware a few days ago, I came across something very interesting in one of the system preference files, ‘Default ApplicationState.plist.’ Among the expected names, like ‘mobileipod’ and ‘Weather,’ there are a bunch of names in there that don’t appear on the iPhone at all,” Tyler reports for iPhoneology.

• com.apple.unitconverter
• com.apple.widget.phonebook
• com.apple.widget.translation
• com.apple.widget.worldclock
• com.apple.mobile.radio

Tyler writes, “The most exciting of these seems to be the mobile.radio, as it suggests the possibility that Apple may be looking forward to supporting streaming radio or hopefully, an FM tuner on the device.”

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