Entries tagged with “apple”

For the first time in the history of the App Store, the same iPhone application holds the #1 spot in both the Top 25 Paid and Free apps lists. The app is iShoot by Ethan Nicholas. It's a fairly straightforward...... read more

Headed to Macworld? There are number of iPhone-related talks and events taking place at and surrounding Macworld this year. This is liklely not a complete list, but I provide some of the items that stand out. This information is collected...... read more

As best as we can piece together, Apple changed its criteria for iPhone application acceptance sometime in early December. The first we heard of this change was from Sam Magdalein, creator of Pull My Finger. Earlier this month, he received...... read more

Like everybody else, I saw Apple's announcement that they would end their participation in Macworld Expo after Macworld Expo 2009 and was not surprised. The real issue about this and all trade shows is do they make sense in 2009,...... read more

Apple has been focusing its recent iPhone marketing efforts on applications. This is an approach I am quite pleased with as it has tremendous strengths in regards to expressing the 'more than a phone' capabilities of the device. Application distribution...... read more

Put aside the debate about $0.99 vs $1.99 on the App Store for a minute. How about $109.99 vs. $199.99?! There are currently 14 iPhone applications for sale on the US App Store for more than $100. While some of...... read more

"I have an idea for an iPhone application." The most common conversation I have with people these days concerns the process of turning ideas into iPhone applications. Someone reaches out to me from across the Internet, hoping I will be...... read more

Brian Cooke of roobasoft has posted an insightful blog entry about the launch of his iPhone application, Count It Off, used for 'simple calorie counting and weight tracking'. What stands out about this blog entry more than anything else is...... read more

Steve Weller (bagelturf) posted a handsome photo gallery from WWDC, complete with captions. So, not only do you get to see the faces at the event, you learn who they are.... read more

I've looked closely at the announced iPhone, and I've decided that I want to upgrade. That was the easy part. My question is: what am I going to do with my current iPhone?... read more

Apple CEO Steve Jobs stood in front of a sold out crowd at Apple's WWDC and told them that Apple is about to release phones that are better than the ones in their pocket and will cost half of what theirs cost. The developers responded with sustained enthusiastic applause. That reaction makes perfect sense. Jobs' keynote wasn't about products -- it was about a promising future, especially for developers in the audience.... read more

No, not Disco, Disc. Disc is dead. The existing iTunes movies and video model may be flawed but digital distribution is the way of the future. If the rumor mill is right, tomorrow Apple will reinvent this space. Blueray and...... read more

As things go, I was a pretty good hold out but after sufficient quantities of pleading our new Wii arrived and has been installed with our new television set. (That's a long story too, mostly related to the picture tube...... read more

Yeah, yeah. The Zune may be a miserable failure according to some, but there are definitely some positive points about the Zune that Apple should take note of and consider emulating. Here is my list of six lessons Apple might...... read more