How does Apple get their tab bar icons so sharp?

Looking at the iTunes app on my iP4, the tab bar icon's are extremely sharp.  Anyone know how those might be done?
Most doc's on the subject say that we should use (approximately) 30x30 pixel's at about 72 dpi.  I do that and my icon's end up looking very jagged.
There must be more to this to get the razor sharp icon's Apple produces.
I have used Photoshop and am currently using Inkscape, but both produce similar jagged results.
Any comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestion.
I found a tut on using Omnigraffle ($99) to create sharp tab bar icons but thankfully I did not take the plunge because the results are no better that what I am currently gettting using Inkscape.  Photoshop is not any better, but in truth, I have not even looked into anti-aliasing in that app.
I've never heard of Fireworks, but I'll take a look at it.
These are my results using Inkscape, but I think they could be much better.  Grab is from a 320x460 png.
Thanks for your comments.  I appreicate the help.

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