Link: Even Google Is Blocked With Apps for iPhone
The rejections of apps by Apple could dim the halo that has encircled the iPhone since it first became a lucrative platform for outside developers. The lengthy and opaque approval process required to get anything into the App Store has long been a source of frustration for [...]
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“My Days of Developing for the iPhone Are Probably Done”
July 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Apple, Palm
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The iPhone is Not a Platform
September 16th, 2008 · 20 Comments · Apple, Platforms
A post on the NY Times’ “Bits” blog describes the trevails of a developer who went to the trouble to build an iPhone podcasting application only to have the application rejected because it duplicates functionality found in iTunes (which is to say, the developer’s product is competitive with Apple’s own software).
This violates our first rule [...]
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Fake Steve Twittering Real Steve
January 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Apple, The Funny
This is not to be missed: Fake Steve Jobs attended today’s MacWorld keynote and live-Twittered it. It’s vulgar and hilarious.
I think that Dave was one of the twelve people who bought an Apple TV before they made it work right and lowered the price; it’ll be interesting to see what his upgrade experience is like.
Not [...]
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iPod Touch: Development Environment for the iPhone
September 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Apple, Web/Tech
When the iPhone was first announced, Apple was silent on the question of how developers would be able to develop applications for it. As the iPhone shipped, the developer story became slightly clearer: the iPhone has a Webkit browser, so you can write to that and everything should be OK.
Except when it’s not, like when [...]
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Fever Builds for iPhone (Anxiety Too)
June 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Apple
Link: Fever Builds for iPhone (Anxiety Too)
"Certainly there are skeptics. The high price will limit the phones’ appeal to true believers. The cellular network that the iPhone operates on is slower than those of many of its rivals. Several of Apple’s handset competitors hope that its decision not to include a keyboard, relying instead on [...]
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Jobs’ Open Letter on DRM
February 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Apple, Music
Interesting open letter by Steve Jobs posted over on Apple.com. It’s neat that Steve is coming out so forcefully against DRM since he sells most of it; he lays the blame on record companies, which is sort of like the car dealer blaming the factory for selling you a lemon car. He may not be [...]
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It’s Not Done Until iTunes Won’t Run
February 2nd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Apple
Link: Apple: ITunes Users Should Wait on Vista
Apple Inc. is urging some iPod and iTunes users to hold off on upgrading computers to Windows Vista, warning that the iTunes music software may not work well with the new operating system from rival Microsoft Corp.
Apple said iTunes may work with many Vista computers, but the company [...]
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iPhone, the Morning After
January 10th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Apple
Link: The Five Biggest Issues with iPhone.
Is Apple serious that it won’t let third-party developers build software for the thing? If so, and put simply, the device will fail. A closed-box consumer electronics mentality will work in music players, but the future of mobile devices is as a platform, and that requires developers.
Paul Kedrosky nails [...]
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Missing Sync adds Windows Mobile 5 support
July 18th, 2006 · No Comments · Apple
Link: Macworld: News: Missing Sync adds Windows Mobile 5 support.
Mark/Space on Tuesday announced the release of The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile v2.5. The new version is a free upgrade for users of 2.0, The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 2.5 costs $39.95.
I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. I haven’t tried this [...]
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Max out your MacBook Pro’s RAM
July 17th, 2006 · No Comments · Apple
This is a general recommendation for any laptop, not just my beloved MacBook Pro: max out your memory. Buy as much as you can jam in there, and install it. Don’t delay. There’s no reason to suffer with slow task-switching, etc. I do this with every laptop I use and I’m always absurdly happy after [...]
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