Monday, March 23, 2009

iPhone Dev News of The Week [03/15/09-03/22/09]

  • Hi, I have heard of a tool? developed by Omniture which gives the developer a feedback about the usages of his application by the customers. Any...
    • Increasingly, geeky pasttimes are seeping into the mainstream. Like creatures in a Neil Gaiman story, the boundary between the dimension of the fantastical and the land of the normal is blurring. And with that blur, faithful adaptations of heroes and villains have made the leap to the world of movies. That means that in addition [...] Related Posts GigaOM: How To Make Money From iPhone Games TheAppleBlog: iPhone Developers: What 3.0 Means for You TheAppleBlog: Fonts 201: Font Management Apps for the…
    • Did you have the idea for iFart before iFart? Are you working a desk job only because you don't know how to program for the iPhone? Then hire a developer to code your genius. Through iPhoneAppQuotes.com, you pitch your idea and receive three free quotes from different developers who'd be willing to complete the project. We have no idea whether or not this is a reputable service that's worth your time and/or money, but the idea is certainly pretty enticing. If anyone seriously pitches an app, let…
      • Neil Young, CEO of ngmoco:) , announced today at GDC Mobile plans to launch a new collaboration with developer Secret Exit , a project he said would emphasize the individual "super powers" of both companies. He also announced more free level packs for Rolando, as well as launch dates for Rolando 2 and Rolando 3.
        • Optimum Lead Generation, LLC has launched iPhoneAppQuotes, a site that helps businesses and consumers to connect with "up to three iPhone development companies and receive a free price quote." This network is open to any iPhone developer, development company and freelancers.
          How iPhoneAppQuotes works? This site explains: Fill out our confidential quote form on this page.
          We send [...]
          • Filed under: Books , iPhone , iPod touch Last month I reviewed iPhone in Action for our TUAW Bookshelf series . Since then iPhone OS 3.0 has been unveiled, and developers have access, but the basics haven't changed. iPhone in Action covers more than the SDK, with the first half of the book dedicated to creating iPhone-tuned websites and web apps. We're giving away two fresh copies of the book this week, and all you have to do is tell us what category of app you'd create: Books, Business,…
            • Stops routing calls to Indian call center after BBC report of data theft
              • This week is the iPhone 3.0 Week. A few days before the iPhone OS 3.0 Software event, Digg founder Kevin Rose has confirmed that one of upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 features is copy/paste ability. It's a good news for developers (as well as advertisers). Developers could optimize a new app to enjoy traffic exchange in the [...]
                • When Apple gave us a preview of iPhone Firmware 3.0 which includes more than 100 new features; they also released iPhone firmware 3.0 beta which is available only to developers of the iPhone Developer program. But during Apple's special event, they showcased only some of the features out of the...
                  • Copyright © 2009 PatrickJ. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/general/recommended-tuaws-interview-with-the-developers-of-transactions-app/ . TUAW has a great post up today – covering their interview with the developers of two very groundbreaking iPhone apps.  Kyle Richter and Iain Baird are the developers of Handshake – an app that lets you wirelessly share photos and contacts and that is [...]
                    • Filed under: Developer , iPhone , App Store , iPod touch I recently had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) and have a chat with Kyle Richter and Ian Baird , two iPhone developers who have come up with the game-changing Handshake app for contact sharing on the iPhone ( TUAW review ), then released the credit card and payments app Transactions ( TUAW review ) which can transform any iPhone or iPod touch into a basic point-of-sale device. We talked about how they came up with the idea of their…
                      • Since the Dev Team finalized their iPod Touch 2G jailbreak, completely untethered, we’ve got guides for your on how to jailbreak your iPod on a Windows or Mac. Windows
                        Before you start, download C++ redistributable and LIBusb.
                        1. Download unofficialsn0w 2.0
                        2. Get the 2.2.1 iPod Touch
                        3. Rename the 2.2.1 ipsw to OriginalFW, and place it in /IPSW
                        4. Run [...]
                        • Tomato Boxes was originally a cult DOS game created by Tomato. It’s basically a Sokoban clone, where Tomato pushes the boxes to the goal points. One of the awesome things about it was the animated background that pushed the limits of DOS programming back in the day. There are plenty of planned updates. The free [...]
                          • Developers are excited about the prospect of making new apps with Apple's iPhone Software 3.0, but concerns over the App Store continue to linger.
                            • Ars Technica reports that further evidence of unreleased hardware is lurking in the iPhone 3.0 beta software. While exploring the iPhone's updated system files, a developer has found references to two new iPhone models and what may be another iPod touch model. Two other unknown pieces of hardware are also referenced as "iProd" and "iFPGA."
                              • Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Gaming , Hardware , Software , Apple , Security , Developer , iPhone , iPod touch Blizzard is one of the biggest software developers in the world -- they're behind some of the most popular games of all time, including the Diablo series, and of course their legendary MMO World of Warcraft (full disclosure: I'm a senior editor over on TUAW's sister site about that game, WoW Insider ). And they've always been Apple friendly -- while other developers…
                                • Copyright © 2009 PatrickJ. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/general/recommended-a-developers-perspective-on-whether-cheaper-is-better-in-the-app-store/ . As I’ve mentioned here before, Ilium Software are one of my favorite mobile software publishers, and I’m a big follower of their blog site as well – which has consistently good content on lots of mobile topics.
                                  Today, Marc (their Product Manager) has a very [...]
                                  • Pangea Software's Brian Greenstone was interviewed by The Guardian this week at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. During the interview, Brian revealed that his company would no longer develop software products for Macs and would instead focus entirely on the iPhone and iPod Touch platforms. Like many other iPhone application developers, Pangea Software is finding plenty of money to be made in the iTunes App Store. The company has earned $1.5 million on iPhone and iPod Touch…
                                    • Jason Snell and Craig Hockenberry join us for a special look at the Apple SDK event. Show notes can be found at iPhoneAlley.com/podcast . If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, email us at Podcast[at]iPhoneAlley.com.
                                      • Being enrolled in the iPhone Developer Program, I was lucky enough to have access to the iPhone 3.0 pre-release beta, which I installed on my iPod touch as soon as Apple’s servers recovered from the initial shock. I was a little hesitant to put it on my iPhone 3G right away, since it is my [...]
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                                      • Are developers themselves gaming the reviews for their own apps in the App Store, to make it seem like user feedback is more positive than it actually is?
                                        • Filed under: Hacks , Developer , iPhone Update: We've heard from two separate developers ( Ari Weinstein and Jake Marsh ) that they've put together quick and easy methods for enabling tethering on 3.0 iPhones (an all-in-one tool and a full user guide, respectively). Check out the links for details. When something so appealing as the possibility of wireless Internet access anywhere you go is dangled in front of you, is it any surprise when you reflexively reach for it? After developer Steven…
                                          • UPDATE: This post corrects a post written and originally published on 4/18 that contained incorrectly attributed information.
                                            The single most talked about and demonstrated feature of iPhone 3.0 software at Tuesday’s launch event — push notification — remains absent from the beta release distributed to developers, with no indication thus far forthcoming from Apple when it [...]
                                            • Apple keeps adding features to the updated OS for “free”. One such feature will be built-in Voice recording in OS3.0. Interesting, how free features will kill the business of developers of recording applications, who keep sacrificing their time to develop useful apps. The funny thing is, that while the Rec SW developers will probably turn to [...]
                                            • One developer was successfully tethering his iPhone 3G to his laptop over USB, MacRumors wrote. Steve Troughton-Smith, the hacker, is now working on the same thing but through Bluetooth connection. Tethering is a feature that allows you to share your iPhone's internet connection with your laptop, but has not been an allowed feature up until iPhone [...]
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