Over on the 37signals blog, David makes the argument that the App Store review process doesn’t actually serve to improve the overall quality of the apps posted to the store.
iPhone vs. Mac app quality
If you compare a typical Mac app with a typical iPhone app, you’d probably have to agree with David. I’ve experienced far [...]
I’ve been using my original iPhone since early 2008 and use it every single day. But the iPhone isn’t necessarily the right phone for everyone: The pricy contracts, issues with carrier coverage, a preference for physical keyboards or an objection to Apple’s App Store policies are all reasons some users are looking to alternatives.
Take Germany [...]
In my post Free alternatives to MobileMe earlier this year, I looked at some free alternatives to Apple’s MobileMe service. One crucial piece was still missing though: The seamless over-the-air syncing and push email experience offered by MobileMe on the iPhone.
Google Sync – the Missing Piece of the Puzzle?
MobileMe’s biggest advantage to date has been [...]
An interesting factoid was revealed today via Apple’s Support pages on a comparison chart detailing support for 3.0 features, broken down by iPhone generations. Amongst other things, the chart includes this interesting footnote:
“The original iPhone does not support using Bluetooth for peer-to-peer connectivity. It can use Wi-Fi and cellular data networks for peer-to-peer connectivity.”
This struck [...]
I’ve blogged about VoodooPad Lite before and have since purchased a full VoodooPad license (primarily in order to be able to embed images and PDFs from University into my notes – but also for that indie-supporting fuzzy-feeling goodness).
But with the release of VoodooPad Reader for iPhone, VoodooPad is now even more useful.
Syncing
You can download VoodooPad [...]
FutureTap, a new iPhone development shop, has just announced their purchase of “Where To”, formerly a TapTapTap application. What’s interesting about this story is how openly new owner Ortwin Gentz describes the process of evaluating the application’s value before making a bid for it.
It’s a fascinating look into the business side of iPhone application development [...]
I’ve been reluctant to get invested in an iPhone todo app, because I still see Apple integrating the iPhone Notes application with the todo feature that Mac OS X offers in Mail.app.
However, it doesn’t look as though that is going to happen anytime soon, so I’ve been checking out a few iPhone todo applications. I’m [...]
So now that I’m back in University, I’ve had a chance to use the iPhone’s Cisco VPN client more regularly on a daily basis.
So far it’s worked great: The VPN connection is established within a few seconds and all applications are able to access services through the VPN tunnel immediately.
Browsing speed over wifi doesn’t seem [...]
There have been a number of complaints about MobileMe’s Push email speed. Some users seem to be experiencing “push” delays of up to 5 minutes.
I decided to time exactly how long it takes for a Gmail message to be pushed to the iPhone over Wifi and over GPRS / EDGE:
Quite a revealing comparison by MobileComputer of browsing speeds on the iPhone 2G vs. the new BlackBerry Bold. Apparently the iPhone 2G even beats the Bold’s 3G connection using its much slower on paper EDGE connection.
Well it looks as though us runners (well, wannabe runners at least) are in for a treat soon! Screenshots from a pretty authentic looking Nike+ iPhone app have surfaced on iPhon.fr. From the looks of things most of the core Nike+ website functionality is supported, as well as GPS route tracking, plus lots of snazzy [...]
Introduction
As many iPhone owners may have noticed, the headset Apple includes with the device is pretty decent and very useful – but the sound quality is just not that great. Other headphones you have may sound better, but don’t offer the handy microphone / clicker functionality of the original.
Enter V-Moda. Despite being relatively new to [...]
This is my first post using the new Wordpress application for iPhone.
Overall I must admit I’m quite impressed! The app downloaded all of my existing posts easily and whilst there aren’t any comment, design or page management features, it’s ideal for posting a quick update whilst on the go.
You can easily add images from your [...]
So besides the more obvious new features, Apple has also added a fair bit of spit & polish in nooks and crannies you might not notice them. Here’s two changes and one “hack” I’ve found so far:
1. Banish Marker Felt from Notes with Chinese
Take care of Marker Felt Olympic style! It seems as though the [...]
I recently had the chance to play with an iPhone running the developer preview version of the iPhone 2.0 firmware. Aside from the AppStore, the feature I was most excited to try out was the built-in Cisco VPN client (my university’s Wifi access is restricted to clients connected to a Cisco VPN network).
Impressions and Issues
The [...]
