iPhone 2.1 SDK Disappointments

July 25, 2008

Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino. Mr. Jobs, TEAR DOWN that NDA.

If the new iPhone 2.1 beta firmware is anything, it’s a perfect excuse to say: “I told you so.” It explains why the NDA floped to vanish on schedule. Apple kept its promise — “Ve shall delivah the 2.0 iPhone und…

MobileMe not so pushy

July 15, 2008

Many commenters and bloggers hither and yon have noticed that MobileMe lacks “true push” capabilities, even though Apple uses the “push” buzzword extensively to describe MobileMe services.

A commenter in a MacRumors thread about the subject took screenshots from Apple’s site, showing they ha…

First Looks: Blackjack 21 and Shanghai Mahjong

July 14, 2008

Today, I got a chance to play Mobile Age’s two App Store games: Blackjack 21 and Shanghai Mahjong. As the names propose, these two familiar classics were ported to the iPhone platform. I started off with the Mahjong, which is a solitaire game the goal of which is to remove all the tiles on-s…

Create Digital Music on early iPhone music apps

July 11, 2008

Peter Kirn by at Create Digital Music has weighed in on early iPhone music apps. His verdict? You’d still do better to get a PSP or a Nintendo DS for handheld music apps. While the App Store has metronomes, guitar tuners and the like, there’s nothing really exciting there yet.

It’s a shame, t…

First Look: Facebook

July 11, 2008

Facebook always seems to be on the forefront of iPhone development. They were one of the first social networking websites to have a good web application specifically designed for iPhone, and now they are one of the first big-name social networking sites to have a decent native application on the…

iPhone App News Roundup: July 8, 2008

July 8, 2008

Damn. iPhone developers have been clamming up by the last few weeks, so we haven’t had much to post in the App News Roundup. Now that it’s getting closer to i-Day Friday, the tips are starting to pour in.

Deepak Mantena of Tapeshow told us about Chores, his GTD app for iPhone (see screenshot…

TUAW: iPhone AppStore analyzing and Reviews

July 8, 2008

Dear Developers,

Until Apple introduces ad-hoc distribution, should you want to have TUAW analysis your software, start by contacting us at our tips line with general data about your software.

One of us will write back to you with a tryout unit device identifier. You will need to provi…

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