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So what does that location database on your phone really do?

April 21, 2011

Jim Smith, who knows a thing or two about mobile, pokes around in the controversial consolidated.db database on the iPhone and comes up with this: “I’m pretty certain that consolidated.db is used to seed the assisted GPS used for iOS location servers. If you open the map, or check in via FourSquare, it will look [...]

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When is “the best price” for customers not “the best price” for customers?

March 1, 2011

The Sage Gruber’s contortions to position Apple’s subscription pricing scam as “good for consumers” are getting so wild that he’ll be a high-level yoga master before you know it: “Why not allow developers and publishers to set their own prices for in-app subscriptions? One reason: Apple wants its customers to get the best price — [...]

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Apple’s subscription system: A mess

February 17, 2011

From ‘Apple Just Fd Over Online Music Subs’ | paidContent: “Music and video services do not have a 30 percent margin to give away to Apple NSDQ: AAPL. It means you’ll see them exit the market on iOS devices, paving the way for Apple’s own iTunes streaming.” Does the subscription system include music content? No [...]

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Moodagent – a great tool for playlists

January 24, 2010

Once you start to have thousands of songs on your iPod or iPhone, if you’re anything like me you tend to find that you listen to the same few songs over and over again. It’s almost like you’re paralysed by having too much choice. Apple’s Genius mixes are one way around this, but they tend [...]

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Five things Apple could do to make MobileMe great

January 24, 2010

One thing that hasn’t been talked about in connection with the (presumed) launch of Apple’s tablet on Wednesday is how MobileMe fits into the picture. There’s a good reason for this: MobileMe is one of Apple’s “forgotten products”. Used by many, but rarely talked about, mainly because it has been upgraded only slowly and has [...]

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Is this the end of the road for Hackintosh netbooks?

November 1, 2009

Oh dear. According to OS X Daily Apple is effectively killing off support for Intel’s Atom processor in OS X 10.6.2. The biggest consequence of this is, obviously, that anyone who wants to roll their own netbook running OS X is going to have to stick to either 10.5 or 10.6.1 – or, for the [...]

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The iPhone was “a wake up call” says Nokia CEO

May 29, 2009

But, as he says (and the Palm Pre proves) “innovation doesn’t stop here”.

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If Apple is going to control the iPhone app channel, it needs to do it properly

July 16, 2008

Fraser Speirs – App Store Review is broken. "The problem that I and others are having right now is that it doesn’t scale. Apple requires that every single update to every app go through the same vetting process (although who knows exactly what this involves?). I submitted Exposure 1.0.1 to the App Store last Friday [...]

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