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iPhone 4.0 and Multitasking
Back in Jan. I wrote the following about Apple’s view of multitasking: Normal users do not want to deal with resource management nor do they understand it. Today, Steve Jobs confirmed it by saying, “In multitasking, if you see a … Continue reading
Switching to Android/Nexus One from iPhone
After Google released the Nexus One with 3G AT&T compatibility, it looked like a perfect time to switch off the iPhone. Being able to use my current AT&T sim while maintaining 3g speeds pushed me over the edge (no pun … Continue reading
2009 Predictions Retrospective
2009 is ending, a year that started with Sequoia’s RIP: Good Times fresh in everybody’s mind. However, 2009 saw some major M&A activity. I made some predictions at the beginning of the year, let’s see how they played out. Last … Continue reading
Why Apple Needs to Make a iPhone Keyboard
Apple needs to introduce a physical keyboard attachment for the iPhone. With the 3.0, Apple gave developers access to the connector and it’s inevitable that devs will want to start supporting physical inputs in their apps. This would be so … Continue reading
iPhone 3.0 now with SquirrelFish Extreme?
I saw a post on Ajaxian about how iPhone 3.0 might now include SquirrelFish Extreme so I did a quick and dirty using this. Here’s are the results (raw spreadsheet here). iPhone 3.0 definitely has something, (whether it’s SquirrelFish or … Continue reading
Apple Actually Fixes A Bug, How About Another?
Earlier this year, when I was developing the AdMob iPhone Ad Units, I ran into a curious bug involving iFrames and CSS Transforms. I didn’t think anything of the bug at the time other than it just seemed wrong. We … Continue reading
iPhone Web App Performance Tip – Use Inline Images
Inline images use the data: URL scheme to embed the image data in the actual page. This can increase the size of your HTML document. Combining inline images into your (cached) stylesheets is a way to reduce HTTP requests and … Continue reading
Pandora Now Dead To Me, Simplify Media Full of Win
All the recent rumors circulating of Pandora’s demise, I started worry that my favorite iPhone app would soon be deactivated. Today, I do not care. Why? Because I downloaded and set up SimplifyMedia. Now I can stream home iTunes library … Continue reading
iPhone CSS Animations Thoughts and Issues
I’ve been doing a lot of work with the iPhone lately and I’ve been holding back on blogging about my experiences because I’m unclear as to the damn NDA stipulations. NDA be damn, here’s a first in a series of … Continue reading
EverNote, How To Lose a Customer In 2 Seconds
Is it just me or is there a definite lack of a good notes application on the iPhone. The built in Notes App is almost there except it doesn’t sync with MobileMe nor can I draw freehand on it! If … Continue reading
I Met My Hero Because of Twinkle
Last Friday, at TC’s Mobile Wars, a couple AdMobsters and I were in attendance. Somewhere between the angry audience spectrum guy and Arrington looking up from his iPhone, my co-worker Josh was Twinkling around the room. He apparently struck up … Continue reading
… and we’re up
We launched our AdMob iPhone ad units, developer contest, and publisher network. Shortly, if I can figure out if the webkit portion of the SDK is under NDA or not, I’ll be posting a postmortem on. If you watch the … Continue reading
Posting From the WordPress iPhone App
I just downloaded the WordPress iPhone app and I’m tapping out a post on it right now. I mean if some of the best selling literature in japan is tapped out on mobile phones surely I can post to my … Continue reading
5 Things iPhone is Lacking vs Blackberry Pearl
Besides the obvious physical keyboard and cut and paste, here’s a list of annoyances… Easy Email Mass Delete – with my Pearl it was easy as [shift+scroll] [delete]. With my iPhone I have to tap each email… if I have … Continue reading
$199 For 3g iPhone?
I just realized why Apple is willing to sell the iPhone for $199. No it’s not the kickback from AT&T. It’s the apps! They’re undoubtedly losing money on the device and banking on the fact that people will purchase so many apps … Continue reading
Taking Advantage of iPhone’s Unique Control: Trism
Simply watch the video above.. This is the first iPhone app I’ve seen that takes advantage of it’s unique abilities. Imagine this game with OTA multiplayer built in! I’m a sucker for good puzzlers so I just might have to … Continue reading
iPhone Unlocking Rundown
I’ve been following the saga of iPhoneSimFree.com which claims to have a 100% software solution for unlocking the iPhone. So far they’re only selling licenses in bulk for $36 for 50. (That is make the iPhone accept other sim cards … Continue reading
Phoneless iPhone
The phoneless iPhone iPod Touch is now official. $299 for a wifi iPod with full browser. What does this mean? Cheaper to develop, bigger audience can only translate to more iPhone specific sites! All those iPhone sites ( facebook, digg.com, … Continue reading
iPhone xhtml Javascript Development Woes
The iPhone has been great for mobile, it’s given a full browser to the mobile world. Except for one thing, it’s Safari, which can be good and bad. It’s good for example if you’re developing an app for iPhone, you … Continue reading