News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Super-smart iPhone apps will replace silly iFart-like apps in the second wave of iPhone app development, said iPhone app developers at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco last week.
Retailers spend a fortune each year promoting their brands in all sorts of venues, and now many are turning their sights to the creation of an iPhone app to bring brand awareness to the most popular smartphone in the world.
The “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” stereotypes in Apple’s famous ad campaign have nothing on the findings from a new study of BlackBerry and iPhone owners.
Last week’s news that Apple will allow in-app purchasing for free App Store apps should help usher in the era of “micro SaaS” on mobile devices, says Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney. In-app purchasing for free apps basically means you can download a free app that has a limited amount of features with the option to pay to unlock the full range of features.
While the Apple iPhone is known for its great simplicity, some apps drive users absolutely crazy. The problems stem largely from the poorly designed ways that certain apps manipulate the iPhone’s touch features, as well as confusing button placement.
For Travis Warren, playtime on the iPhone is over. His company, WhippleHill, which serves private schools across the US, spent the last six months working on an iPhone app that hooks into its Web-based services. WhippleHill plans to roll out the new iPhone app to some 350 schools next month.
All models (both Wi-Fi and 3G) of the iPad tablet will be available in Australia in late April, Apple Australia announced today. This is just a few weeks after the Wi-Fi ...
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
