Palm Pre’s keyboard is too small, now its down to G1 or iPhone(S) June 9, 2009 | perivision | 2 Comments I waited till after the weekend to check out the Palm Pre. I was not happy when I saw the first iamges and they had a portrait keyboard instead of a landscape like the G1. Well, I still held out hope. … Hopes were dashed. First the plus sides. The device feels good in my… Read More
Notes from WWDC2009.. HTML5 and Video June 8, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment I’m not going to go over everything, you can find that anywhere.. I’m instead going to look at a few things that I think are really interesting… HTML5 support! Why is this so important? HTML5 is like having flash lite without the plug-in! (I still wish I had flash though). But take a look at… Read More
How Twitter became my second email system June 7, 2009 | perivision | 1 Comment I’m not the first to realise this, but I find I’m sending far more DMs (direct messages) through twitter then I’m sending emails to communicate with people. And why is this? Well.. … its not because I can write more. Only 140 char and no attachments. … its not because notification is better. I get… Read More
Update on Flash coming to the iPhone. Nope, still nothing soon.. But the Pre and Android? Later this year June 5, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment So, we get a story in the Wall Street Journal talking about Flash on mobile devices. Adobe says access to mobile is key! So what is new? Nothing!! Apple and RIM still ‘Do not want!’ and Android, Palm and Nokia ‘Do want!’. I have my HTC from googleIO with Android 1.5. Looking forward to experimenting… Read More
How to make a simple iphone app that will sell. Just put sexy in the title June 3, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment 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
How to use promo, redeem, access, discount or whatever codes in itunes June 1, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Every now and again, I get an email asking me to review an iphone app or provide feedback as its being developed. Sometimes I’m asked pretty early so I’m sent screen shots or compiled code, but most of the time its in the App store. Someone once asked me how to put in the code… Read More
Why I hate spymaster, but was fine with SXSW Assassin May 30, 2009 | perivision | 2 Comments A new twitter game has started up called Spymaster. The backlash has already started, but there is still enough spymaster messages out there that make me want to write a filter (on twittfilter) to hide all tweets with spymaster on it. Now if you remember back at SXSW, there was something similar called Assassin where… Read More
Another cool update to Backgrounder on the iphone. Icons showing active jobs! Coolness May 28, 2009 | perivision | 9 Comments 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
Unboxing the free Andriod Phone at GoogleIO – with images! May 27, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment First off, Ta to Google for the HTC (not G-1) phone and the 30 day phone chip. The chip is 30 days from when you turn it on, so I will stick with the wifi for awhile. I do need to lookup how long this chip is good for. I turned on the phone and… Read More
Why PdaNet, iPhone tethering and Jailbreak rocks!! Again!! May 26, 2009 | perivision | 2 Comments 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
Strike 1 on the Palm – Community FAIL May 22, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment I cannot believe, given how far we have come in social media and community involvement that Palm fails to recognize the value of a strong ‘PRO PALM’ community. From Scott via slashdot “… The preDevCamp started as a community-driven effort designed to mirror the iPhoneDevCamp based on the new “Pre” product announced by Palm. Unfortunately,… Read More
Palm Pre shortage planned? Ho yea, you betcha! May 22, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment Give me a break. Like we should be even slightly surprised that Palm will not have enough units for initial release.. Better yet, I read in PC Magazine that the planned (instant discount of the $100 dollar loan to Palm) is only for the first 4,250 units in stock. Nation wide folks. You KNOW they will… Read More
The Palm Pre pricing is out. A bit cheaper then the iphone.. Cheap enough? May 19, 2009 | perivision | 1 Comment 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
Great use of multiple frames in NYTimes by Apple May 18, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment I’m not an Apple fanboy as anyone who has read this blog long enough will know. However, I have also admitted that when it comes to adverts, Apple is the best. Well, they did it again. Look at this.. In this advert, you can see the 3 people talking with each other, two guys on… Read More
What could multi threading ‘run in background’ support in iphone 3.0 look like? May 17, 2009 | perivision | 2 Comments 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. May 16, 2009 | perivision | 4 Comments 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 May 12, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment 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 May 12, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment 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 May 8, 2009 | perivision | Leave a comment 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? May 5, 2009 | perivision | 1 Comment 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