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Apple approves 3rd party browsers into the iTunes App Store
MacRumors is reporting that Apple is now letting in 3rd party browsers into the iTunes app store. Over the past 24 hours, Apple has begun to approve 3rd party web browsing applications for the iPhone. A number of new web browsing apps have suddenly appeared with original submission dates ranging as far back as October. […]
Continue reading...Does Apple have anything to fear from the Palm Pre?
Monday, January 12, 2009
With CES behind us, one of the biggest surprises was the announcement of the Palm Pre, Palm’s latest entry in the smartphone market. Designed in part by Jon Rubenstein, a former Apple executive, the Palm Pre is a multi-touch screen phone with a pull out QWERTY keyboard that some pundits think has the best chance […]
Continue reading...The problem with developing for Google’s Android
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
From tkcodesharing: So the problem is that as it seems, we will have a lot of different devices, with different configurations. Some will have touch interfaces, some will not, some will have a D-PAD, some will have trackballs, some will have acceleration sensors and so on… That increases the amount of time and resources a […]
Continue reading...iFart developer makes $40,000 in 2 days
Sunday, December 28, 2008
iFart, therefore I am (the #1 iPhone app). Or something like that. iFart is fast becoming one of the most popular iPhone/iPod Touch applications out there. The developer of iFart, Joel Comm, has been pretty forthcoming with sales figures, and on his blog he noted that over Christmas Eve and Christmas day, more than 58,000 […]
Continue reading...iPhone fart app brings in $10,000 a day
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Unbelievable. VentureBeat has the full scoop over here. Developer InfoMedia (Joel Comm), which makes iFart Mobile [iTunes link], has been releasing the download statistics for the app each day since it launched. The $0.99 app has been in the top 100 paid apps everyday since its launch, and has seen great growth. In fact, yesterday […]
Continue reading...Peeps is now live on the App Store
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Peeps is a great app that lets you organize your contacts in a slick coverflow-esque manner, and after a few missteps, it’s now available on the App Store for $1.99. If you recall, Peeps was initially banned from the App Store because Apple thought the developer used prohibited API’s in his implementation of CoverFlow. Alas, […]
Continue reading...John Gruber takes on iPhone Jailbreak Goddess Erica Sadun
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
John Gruber over at DaringFireball has an interesting post discussing the use of public vs. private API function calls in regards to iPhone development. In it, he chastises Jailbreaking guru Erica Sadun for taking what he deems to be a Laissez-faire attitude/approach when writing about and informing others about the risks developers might encounter when […]
Continue reading...Developers are manipulating App Store search results
Friday, December 19, 2008
Some developers are using somewhat questionable (to put it mildly) methods in order to boost sales for their programs on the iTunes app store. Paul Haddad at Tapbots noted that when he did a search for the new game ‘Rolando’, some completely unrelated apps were showing up in his search results. But why? Well, it […]
Continue reading...Is Rolando the “Super Mario Brothers” of the App Store?
Friday, December 19, 2008
AppleInsider has a glowing review for one of the most widely anticipated iPhone games, Rolando. Many gaming titles for the iPhone feel like miniature games, and that’s only fair because up till now the games for devices like MP3 players and phones have been exactly that: minigames. Snake, Sudoku, Solitaire — the rule of thumb […]
Continue reading...“Pull My Finger” is back in the App Store
Friday, December 12, 2008
After being booted from the App Store for “lacking utility” and for presumably being too crude, the “pull my finger” application for the iPhone and iPod Touch is once again available for download. The application, which has a total of 18 different “high quality” fart sounds (and vibrates for realism!), was initially rejected by Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple improves iTunes App store layout
Friday, December 12, 2008
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has adjusted the layout of the iTunes App Store to feature a broader range of applications, in addittion to separating the most popular apps into ‘paid’ and ‘free’ categories, and the improvements are apparent immediately. For example, earlier this week, I clicked on the “Finance” category within the iTunes app […]
Continue reading...Crapware in the iTunes App Store – a case study
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk lately about whether or not 99 cent apps are ruining the app store, but more than the price, it’s the abundance of crapware that can often make browsing the app store a somewhat jumbled experience. While there are certainly an impressive number of great iPhone applications that do amazing […]
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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