April 2008 Archives

As the new iPhone SDK hit the streets, I decided to take another look at those iPhone Panda protocols I wrote about just a month ago. To my slight surprise, the protocols disappeared from Apple's public iTunes listings.

All mentions of Panda have dropped away. The two remaining P2 (i.e. iPhone) items, namely a top ten list and the iTunes terms of service, no longer produce any iPhone-specific results.... read more

Seven hours. Go on and ask. I know you're dying to. What could possibly waste seven hours of time in a developer's life? Why downloading an SDK and installing new firmware! Needless to say, I'm in a particularly grumpy mood this morning.... read more

So you pwned your 2.0 dev phone. Now what? How about using your SDK to build apps that you can run outside the sandbox. Here's how. The iPhone OS restricts all SDK development to application “sandboxes” for the sake of...... read more

When it comes to portable computing, the iPhone works in that it gets the job done. Its screen is barely big enough to read comfortably. Its onscreen keyboard will never match up fully to the needs of a trained typist...... read more

If you’ve used the iPhone or iPod touch for any time, you’ve likely seen the small red badges that appear over applications on the home screen. These might indicate the number of missed phone calls or unread emails that accumulated...... read more