How to make a simple iphone app that will sell. Just put sexy in the title I was reading a rant on Gizmodo by Jesus Diaz , talking about buying ‘sexy screen wash’ and it started me thinking, who buys this stuff?? I mean it’s pretty obvious it’s crap because it’s in the Apple Store. Now once we get a rating system in place (my proposal here) then we may see a bit more… Read More
Another cool update to Backgrounder on the iphone. Icons showing active jobs! Coolness Ok, this is just cool. I updated SBSetting last night and now I get an icon for active threads. Now since I have folders, I do not see everything, but still, kinda cool. 🙂 That is all. {update} I was just made aware that this is part of backgrounder. Which makes sense when you think… Read More
Why PdaNet, iPhone tethering and Jailbreak rocks!! Again!! Yes, AGAIN, PdaNet to the rescue. At the 140tc conference today, the wireless was in and out. I needed to do some updates to twittfilter and the FTP updates failed because of the wireless. I then gave up on the wireless and pulled out the trusty PdaNet app. Here is a hint though, if you… Read More
The Palm Pre pricing is out. A bit cheaper then the iphone.. Cheap enough? Maybe. Its $199 if you take on a 2 year plan and send in a $100 rebate. I HATE rebates. Enough that it could turn me off from thinking about the Palm Pre, but we’ll see what the user experience is like for sending them in and getting the money back. Its like giving Palm… Read More
What could multi threading ‘run in background’ support in iphone 3.0 look like? I was writing a post on the best way to use Pandora on the iphone (link to article) and it struck me that THIS is how we may see ‘run in background’ support working on the iphone and why we want it. First a few words on the Pro’s and Con’s of running an app… Read More
The best way to use Pandora with the iphone, having jailbreak helps. I’ve been a Pandora fan for a long time, (more here on my fav radio apps) and when it hit the iphone, it became my default radio station for music complimented with occasional Last.FM. Well, here are a few tips to really get the most out of your new iphone digital radio. First, be aware… Read More
Slingplayer coming to the iphone… for 30 bucks And it might be worth it.. Not for me, but for some people. But what is interesting here is that price point of $30. Personally, for $30, I can see people paying for this even though the normal ‘top’ price is $10, except for one issue. Its wifi only! No 3G. So now recast the… Read More
NIN app accepted by the Apple store, Me so holy rejected. We STILL need a rating system The NIN app was accepted, then last night I read that a Jesus face app, Me so Holy (replace Jesus with your face) was rejected. Ok, fine, but again, this will offensive to some people, fun to others. This Boolean approach of Gatekeepers who decided what will and will not by accepted is somewhat dictatorial. … Read More
Measure height, width and depth of objects with your iphone .. well kinda This is pretty cleaver. Its not a new app, but something that just passed my notice. Now given that I also have a macro lens and clearcam, I can get pretty good images. The only problem is, the touch screen is not very accurate. Now if you do not need a precise measurement, its actually… Read More
Do we need a video/movie like rating system for iphone (all mobile) apps? There have been enough rejected apps in the iphone store to support a top 10 list. Now, after the shaken baby app getting through, then pulled but the NIN app getting rejected full stop, tells me the review process is spotty at best, faulty at worst. And then you have people like ‘Victor Wang’ who… Read More
control a model helcopter with an iphone? Hecka yea! What more can I say?? This is uber-geek cool. Just watch the video. Course, nothing was said as to how many choppers were hurt in the creation of this film. 🙂 here is the link.. http://aleptu.com/controlling-a-radio-control-helicopter-with-an-iphone-0419920.html… Read More
Run Pandora in the background on the iPhone.. Jailbreak only of course. This is great. I use Pandora as my radio when I drive for my radio music exclusively. I have another app for BBC and NPR, but music… pandora. I do not even remember the last time I listen to the radio for music. Funny thing though, the radio stations in the Bay area stink for… Read More
iphone web cam viewer I’m not sure what I would use this for, but hey, you never know, I’m sure someone out there will find it useful, and thus… to posting!! This comes from ‘Hack n Mod‘ a very cool site. It’s pretty easy actually, here are the steps from the site.. On your iTouch/iPhone start up i-c-livecams. In… Read More
iphone on Verizon??? What?? Begin rumor control… Just read this USAToday… Verizon (VZ) and Apple (AAPL) are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say. Really? Wow. And the buzz I was hearing the last few days with that Apple was quite happy with… Read More
Baby Shaker iphone app pulled from app store… Do we need a rating system? I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard of useful and cool apps rejected from the Apple store for ‘typically’ stupid reasons, and when I heard about ‘baby shaker’ getting through, all I could do was shake my head and think, how did a sick tasteless app like this get through? Well, it took… Read More
Sweet Multi touch visualization hack for 4-20 This is pretty cool. I fully agree with Peter Kirn that Apple rejecting this as an app is sillyness. But then again, thats not new. Still, I admire the push to get this to work within the browser. I have not tried it myself since I only have PHP running on my linux box which is not… Read More
Rumor alert: HULU coming to the iphone Actually, I’m not sure I should even call this a rumor. I mean why not? I do not think youTube has a contract or anything that would incourage Apple to keep them out.. so I say Hurraa and speed it up! From the webware site: Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that a dedicated Hulu application is indeed… Read More
A jailbreak (limited) App store! Cydia in full, well limited, effect.. Yes, I know, I have not been active in a LONG time. Between twittfilter.com, my taxes (which are still not done) and this monster flu, I’ve been gutted.. However, lots to talk about, so hopefully I will get back into the flow of things. First off, I guess 4 or 5 days ago, Cydia released… Read More
iphone 3.0 beta has been jailbroken.. what took so long? Ok, a joke there. The fact it was jailbroken so quickly is quite impressive. I would have figured early summer, but the proof code is out there. Course, Apple has some language in the SDK agreement saying that you will NOT contribute to jailbreaking efforts. This will not stop the jailbreaking, but does give the… Read More
Skype has a new iphone, Truphone’s respone? Unlimited plan Ok, so we all knew Skype’s app was coming out soon. And we ALSO knew that Truphone has something is mind to reply to it. The answer? In my email of course. Here is what I got.. Lets the VoIP wars begin! Get even more value from Truphone with an Unlimited calling plan (find out… Read More