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To think Google will own the streamlined OS concept with Chrome is just plain wrong. Android and the iPhone are already instant "on" OS's. But I love that Google is pushing this forward despite the duplication of efforts developing both Chrome and Android to do essentially the same thing in different form factor. Apple however, being much more experienced, created one OS (OS X) and ports it to all their devices. This allows for code base portability and a unified user experience.
I suspect the soon to be released Apple Tablet will take the instant "on" concept to a whole other level using Apples famous, one two punch of 1) lean software and 2) tightly integrated, uber sexy, multi-touch hardware.
Wonderful video after the jump...
Continue reading Apple's New Tablet Explained Wonderfully.
Well here is it, my first iPhone app! I call it "Hello World" and while It is doesn't do much more than show Apollo 11 and our "World" from lunar orbit, it is my first iPhone app from scratch and it's all mine. The Earth and the Apollo Command Module are animated using the core graphic classes. The result is actually quite hypnotic to watch, with the Earth and Lunar Lander slowly floating by at different rates and vectors. I must thank Jonathan Lehr at About Objects, Inc. for the great 11 day intensive iPhone development course they hold once every couple of months.
As a technologist, designer and networking geek, I had some C skills coming into the class, but the iPhone Super Bundle, as it is called, really kicked things into high gear. Jonathan covered C, Objective C, the iPhone SDK and all the tricks of using the Xcode IDE and Interface Builder.
Continue reading My first iPhone app.
More app store drama... Looks like Apple is creating some developer frustration and flames with it's monopolistic control of the only sales channel for iPhone Apps.The short of the story is an app (Podcaster) written by a third party developer (Almerica) allows users to download and listen to podcasts on the iPhone in real time was rejected by Apple for App Store listing on the basis that it was guilty of "alleged duplication of iTunes functionality", which is prohibited and part of the the Apple Developer rules.
So where's the drama?
Continue reading iPhone Developers Limited by Apple.
Apple announced 1 million 3G iPhones sold and 10 million applications downloaded from the fledgling App Store this past weekend. The App Store currently has ~800 applications available and this shows just how popular the iPhone SDK has been with developers. This is a critical turning point for the iPhone, no other phone OS (Symbian, Windows Mobile or Android) is even close to this level of integration and success with 3rd party developed apps.
Welcome to a whole new world of personal computing. Apple is leading the way and easily has first mover advantage. It will take several years for the competition to put together an SDK and HW solution that is as tightly integrated, polished and well though out. If Apple keeps up this pace of development and innovation, no one, not even Google will be able to catch them for some time. Steve Job's is a master of the game.
Here are the lines at the Apple Store on 14th st in Manhattan on opening morning.
Relevant Links:
- Full story at ArsTechnica.com, link here...
- More photos of the long lines at the AT&T and Apple Stores here.
The native iPhone app is called "band" and created by the developer MooCowMusic.
Need I say more?
Youtube link here for visitors on iPhones.
Need I say more?
Youtube link here for visitors on iPhones.