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“We’re Getting F—ed By Apple,” Says iPhone Developer

Date September 2, 2009

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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, [...]

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What Mac OS X Snow Leopard Means for the Future of the iPhone

Date September 2, 2009

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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 [...]

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iTunes - Next Gaming Console?

Date September 1, 2009

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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 [...]

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Anatomy of a Rejected App: Mr Poot

Date October 12, 2008

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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 [...]

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To Jailbreak or Not to Jailbreak

Date September 12, 2008

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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 [...]

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Barron’s Eric J. Savitz Shares His Experience with the iPhone

Date September 2, 2008

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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 [...]

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Comparing Samsung’s Instinct with Apple’s iPhone 3G

Date August 22, 2008

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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 [...]

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The Steve, The Developers, and The NDA

Date July 29, 2008

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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 [...]

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iPhone vs. Android: History Repeating Itself?

Date June 25, 2008

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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 [...]

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LA Times Accuses Apple of Sexual Discrimination

Date June 19, 2008

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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 [...]

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The Double-Edged Sword of Mass Market Appeal

Date June 11, 2008

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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. [...]

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NYTimes Shares Speculation on 2nd-Gen iPhone

Date June 3, 2008

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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 [...]

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On the iPhone and Location-Based Content

Date May 19, 2008

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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 [...]

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My As-of-Now iPhone Opinion Piece

Date May 15, 2008

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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 [...]

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