Last week, Apple showcased the upcoming 3.0 version of the iPhone operating system, widely expected to be available around WWDC in the June timeframe. If one thing became clear from this presentation, it is that iPhone OS is the next big computing platform, at least as far as Apple is concerned. After first introducing the [...]
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How to improve data exchange between iPhone and desktop
Posted in iPhone, tagged exchange, itunes, SDK, sync on Thursday February 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When Apple launched the App Store for the iPhone, it put a lot of restrictions in place. They have been widely covered for many months, and by many bloggers and journalists. Most of them are well known by developers and users, and perhaps a bit more surprising, most people accept these limitations as a fact [...]
Why podcast downloading on iPhone 2.2 is flawed
Posted in iPhone, tagged 2.2, firmware, podcast on Tuesday November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am a big, big consumer of podcasts. I became really fascinated by the ability for anyone -from large established media companies to individuals with an opinion and a microphone- to be able to record audio programs, and distribute them as easy to grab “episodes” over the Internet. I loved the idea of being able [...]
SMS text messaging and what could have been
Posted in iPhone, tagged MMS, SMS, text messaging on Monday November 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For quite some time now, I have been wondering about the popularity of SMS text messaging. Since its development by the GSM working group in the mid 80s and the initial launch to the generic public when the first SMS message was sent in 1993, SMS text messaging became the most widely used form of [...]
iPhone evolution and how to avoid the Android problem
Posted in iPhone, tagged Android, iPod nano, SDK on Tuesday October 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of the reasons for the iPhone to be such a well functioning and exceptionally usabale device lies in the fact that, completely in Apple fashion, both hardware and software are made by the same company. This way, the hardware engineers were completely aware of how the software would function, and the software engineers fully [...]
