While it’s apparent that Apple is at least trying to make its iPhone App platform easier to stomach for developers, the company is still not pleasing everyone.
[BusinessInsider] Digg engineer-turned-iPhone developer Joe Stump is the latest to write an angry, public rant to Apple. But his, unlike some others, is peppered with entertaining swear words! (It’s [...]
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“We’re Getting F—ed By Apple,” Says iPhone Developer
September 2, 2009
What Mac OS X Snow Leopard Means for the Future of the iPhone
September 2, 2009
On Friday, Apple shipped Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, their latest computer operating system (which is jailbreaker safe!), and for the first time focus wasn’t on fabulous new consumer-facing features, but on internal re-architecting, the (far too often quoted) refinements and enhancements.
[The iPhone Blog] Many of these advancements, as we’ve discussed before, were [...]
iTunes – Next Gaming Console?
September 1, 2009
The concept that most drove the iPhone (and by extension the iPod Touch) above and beyond all smartphones or multimedia players was the ability to purchase and use apps within the device. While cogitating on this as well as the hypothesized upgrades available in iTunes 9, a thought crossed my mind.
[What's on iPhone] Why isn’t [...]
Anatomy of a Rejected App: Mr Poot
October 12, 2008
Before Podcaster, before Slasher — before even Pull My Finger, there was Mr Poot. Indeed, before any of the controversy over Apple rejecting iPhone apps for arbitrary reasons started floating around the blogosphere, Iron Square felt the sting of Apple’s rejection.
The app is pretty well exactly what you think it is, and predated Pull My [...]
To Jailbreak or Not to Jailbreak
September 12, 2008
That seems to be the question these days. Until July 9th, jailbreaking was the only way iPhone and iPod Touch users could install and use third party apps thanks to the talented folks at the iPhone Dev Team who not only wormed their way into the firmware to open the doors to development, but also [...]
Barron’s Eric J. Savitz Shares His Experience with the iPhone
September 2, 2008
Barron’s Eric J. Savitz shares his experience with the iPhone, and explains why he relies more on his BlackBerry 8700c than his iPhone.
Here’s a snippet of what Eric had to say in regards to the iPhone:
Let me say right up front, the iPhone really is in many ways the best mobile device I’ve ever used. [...]
Comparing Samsung’s Instinct with Apple’s iPhone 3G
August 22, 2008
Alright, you’re reading an iPhone/iPod Touch blog, so you’re probably interested to know if there is anything better out there, am I right? Yes, I am.
I don’t have the answer to that question, however, I do have the answer to if Samsung’s Instinct is better than Apple’s iPhone 3G.
A recent post made on Sprint Connection [...]
The Steve, The Developers, and The NDA
July 29, 2008
Apple has hit a bit of a rough patch lately, no doubt resulting from having bitten off more than they could chew due to being completely unaware of how big the morsel was. 3G launch day activation problems, the iTunes upgrade system serving up free iPod Touch 2.0 firmware for the better part of [...]
iPhone vs. Android: History Repeating Itself?
June 25, 2008
Wow. 5 days since an update — I do apologize folks. As I have said — and apologized for — before, life sometimes has a way of getting in the way of your best laid plans, and that’s been the case for us lately. It’s unfortunately but also unavoidable. We are [...]
LA Times Accuses Apple of Sexual Discrimination
June 19, 2008
LA Times staffer Michelle Quinn has a bone to pick with the iPhone — or would if her fingernails didn’t keep getting in the way. Therein lies her grief: The iPhone is just not fingernail-friendly, which poses a problem for women (and I suppose certain men, come to that) with long fingernails can’t properly [...]
The Double-Edged Sword of Mass Market Appeal
June 11, 2008
CNN Money had an interesting article on whether the iPhone can avoid the “Razr trap” — company slashes prices on revolutionary device to appeal to larger market. It’s an interesting question, but the analogy isn’t completely apt in this case. What did Motorola in wasn’t simply the price cuts, nor only Motorola’s failure to [...]
NYTimes Shares Speculation on 2nd-Gen iPhone
June 3, 2008
New York Times’ John Markoff shares his speculation on the second-generation iPhone.
Last June, Mr. Jobs began selling what has become one of the most talked-about consumer products in history. Now he faces a new challenge as Apple prepares to introduce an updated version of the phone next month.
After almost a year of strong sales that [...]
On the iPhone and Location-Based Content
May 19, 2008
That’s the new thing for the next generation of mobile devices: Location-based content. Applications that combine GPS location with other useful functions that deliver location-aware results. If you take a look at the latest announcement of the top 50 entries in the Android Developer Challenge, you’ll notice that the top picks contain quite a [...]
My As-of-Now iPhone Opinion Piece
May 15, 2008
Introduction:
Apple Inc. (website) announced their exclusive innovative first-time attempt at a cellular device on January 9th, 2007 – at the corresponding years MacWorld presentation. The company calls it, the iPhone.
The iPhone was first available later that year, on June 29th, 2007, in the United States of America. (see here)
The device was then later announced available [...]

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