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Category Archives: iPhone
The myth of “programming is the only creativity”
One of the often-used memes concerning Apple’s approach to iOS is that it’s for “passive consumers”, people who aren’t creative. In an interesting post on Google App Inventor, O’Reilly’s Mike Loukides dredges this one up again – and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Google, iPhone, Web/Tech
Tagged Apple, Computer programming, Cory Doctorow, Google, Google App Inventor, HyperCard, iPhone, IPhone OS
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RedLaser iPhone app gets bought by eBay, goes free
RedLaser, the barcode and price comparison app that sat at the top of the best-seller list for a while, has been bought by eBay and is now free. What’s more, eBay is going to integrate the technology into its other … Continue reading
Marketing Week Live goes all iPhone AR crazy
I’m pretty skeptical about augmented reality applications in general, but there are some occasions when I think they’re actually quite useful. Events, for example, are a particular case where AR makes sense. The location is relatively small, but there’s usually … Continue reading
Posted in iPhone, Marketing, Mobile, Publishing
Tagged Augmented reality, iPhone, marketing, MWL2010, Technology
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Who owns the platform? Adobe? Google?
Kevin Tofel on the announcement of Android support for Flash: The key word in Adobe’s press release today being “expected,” which appears three times. Platforms other than Android are expected to integrate and work with Flash Player. All of the … Continue reading
Why Apple doesn’t want Flash on iOS
If you want to know why Apple wants Flash kept away from iOS, you should ask Palm: Adobe hasn’t given any signs that it’s close to porting Flash to webOS, Palm said in an AT&T online app development seminar on … Continue reading
Why you should take reports of an iPhone on Verizon with a pinch of salt
Remember this report about how the iPad was a cert for Verizon?: “The tablet will be supported by multiple [mobile] carriers,” said Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech, citing unnamed sources he said were close to the situation. “Verizon and others,” … Continue reading
Is the iPhone 4 micro SIM really “not compatible” with iPad?
According to T3, the iPhone 4 micro SIM is “not compatible” with iPad, dashing the hopes of those who want swap SIMs around: “The plan, had this not been the case, would have been to buy a 3G iPad but … Continue reading
Posted in iPad, iPhone, Mobile
Tagged Apple, iPad, iPhone, SIM, Smartphone, Subscriber Identity Module
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ARM’s experience shows why Steve Jobs is right on Flash
Image via CrunchBase Think that Steve Jobs is talking out of his behind when he says that Apple needs full control over its platform? Perhaps ARM’s experience with Smartbooks will help you understand: ‘ARM dominates the mobile phone chip design … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Mobile
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Systems, Apple, ARM, Flash, Smartbooks, Steve Jobs
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Apple smartphone growth puts competition in the shade
Canalys has released its smartphone market share figures for Q1 2010, and the big winners are undoubtedly Apple, HTC and Motorola, all of which posted treble-digit growth in unit shipments compared to the equivalent quarter of 2009. To put that … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Apple, iPhone, Mobile, Nokia, Uncategorized
Tagged Apple, Hewlett-Packard, HTC Corporation, iPhone, Motorola, Nokia, Research In Motion, Smartphone
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Some speculation on Google, and Jimmy Wales’ revisionist history
From Open vs. Closed: Jimmy Wales on Being Open: “If you look at the emerging competition between iPhone and Android, clearly the iPhone has the early edge, and of course Apple is quite good at what they do, their extreme … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Google, iPhone
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