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Folks got too excited about the whole Walmart-iPhone issue a while back. After all, there were rumors going around that Walmart could use its bargaining team to strike a cool deal for the consumers. Turns out, Walmart could only drop the price by $2, and no $99 iPhone will be coming to your Walmart anytime soon. But here is the bad news! You can’t even buy the iPhone online at Walmart.com.

It turns out the whole Walmart issue was a non-issue afterall.

I have been on a mission to find the right iPhone programming book for quite some time now. I have covered a few of these books in the past. iPhone in Action published by Manning Publishing is another great book if you are trying to learn how to get started with iPhone programming. I had a chance to catch a few sample chapters of this book (read chapter 1, 2 here). I’ve got to say, the book looks good at this point. I am personally excited about Chapter 19, but I haven’t had a chance to get the print version yet. Amazon will be releasing the book soon, and I will have more on the other chapters. But the three chapters that I have read so far are very solid. If you are just getting started with iPhone programming, I do encourage you to read the two above chapters before Christmas and then get the book when it comes out.

We reported a while back that Beginning iPhone Development was in the works. There are a couple of other iPhone development books out there, but what I like about this book is that you won’t feel lost if you are not an expert with object-C. You also learn to work with Quartz, OpenGL, and everything you need to get started with iPhone development. Here is the summary:

Summary of Contents

1. Welcome to the Jungle
2. Appeasing the Tiki Gods
3. Handling Basic Interaction
4. More User Interface Fun
5. Autorotation and Autosizing
6. Multiview Applications
7. Tab Bars and Pickers
8. Introduction to Table Views
9. Navigation Controllers and Table Views
10. Application Settings and User Defaults
11. Basic Data Persistence
12. Drawing with Quartz and OpenGL
13. Taps, Touches, and Gestures
14. Where Am I? Finding Your Way with Core Location
15. Whee!
16. iPhone Camera and Photo Library
17. Application Localization
18. Where to Next?

Excellent book for junior iPhone developers.

Yet another iPhone Development book will be released in a couple of weeks. A week ago, I covered the iPhone Developer’s cookbook, which focuses on going over application examples. Well. If you don’t know anything about iPhone development, then Beginning iPhone Development is something to look at. Some folks feel comfortable jumping in and writing apps. Some don’t. If you are in the latter category, then this book is something you should definitely check out. But since the book is not out, I can’t give a review on it.

The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK (Developer’s Library) was finally released today. After months of waiting for this book, I am glad that it’s finally being shipped by Amazon. It’s also available for Kindle so you can get it fast if you are in a hurry. Get your copy today!