Strike 1 on the Palm – Community FAIL 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! 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? 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 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? 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. 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 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 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 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? 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
control a model helcopter with an iphone? Hecka yea! What more can I say?? This is uber-geek cool. Just watch the video. Course, nothing was said as to how many choppers were hurt in the creation of this film. 🙂 here is the link.. http://aleptu.com/controlling-a-radio-control-helicopter-with-an-iphone-0419920.html… Read More
Run Pandora in the background on the iPhone.. Jailbreak only of course. This is great. I use Pandora as my radio when I drive for my radio music exclusively. I have another app for BBC and NPR, but music… pandora. I do not even remember the last time I listen to the radio for music. Funny thing though, the radio stations in the Bay area stink for… Read More
New google comic is out. Chrome. No, I have not read it Last year I went to Google’s IO event and loved it. Here is a post from last year. I’m going again this year and will report on it again, although I expect it will be a bit more toned down, but hey, you never know. So they send me a comic on the mail. I’ve… Read More
You KNOW you messed up when John Stewart wants to kick your arse I really do not have much to add here, but safe to say, I’ve never seen john lets his character be ‘aggressive’. Yes, the FAA and AF1 really screwed up here. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Mistakes on a Plane thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First… Read More
iphone web cam viewer I’m not sure what I would use this for, but hey, you never know, I’m sure someone out there will find it useful, and thus… to posting!! This comes from ‘Hack n Mod‘ a very cool site. It’s pretty easy actually, here are the steps from the site.. On your iTouch/iPhone start up i-c-livecams. In… Read More
iphone on Verizon??? What?? Begin rumor control… Just read this USAToday… Verizon (VZ) and Apple (AAPL) are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say. Really? Wow. And the buzz I was hearing the last few days with that Apple was quite happy with… Read More
Baby Shaker iphone app pulled from app store… Do we need a rating system? I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard of useful and cool apps rejected from the Apple store for ‘typically’ stupid reasons, and when I heard about ‘baby shaker’ getting through, all I could do was shake my head and think, how did a sick tasteless app like this get through? Well, it took… Read More
AT&T 3G network to get faster … PLEASE! And it might. I wrote an article for iphone life over 6 months ago where I said things will improve as they move to a lower freq. Well, according to Kevin Fitchard from Telephony Online AT&T is increasing the downlink capacity on its high-speed packet access (HSPA) from 3.6 megabits per second to 7.2 Mb/s… Read More
Sweet Multi touch visualization hack for 4-20 This is pretty cool. I fully agree with Peter Kirn that Apple rejecting this as an app is sillyness. But then again, thats not new. Still, I admire the push to get this to work within the browser. I have not tried it myself since I only have PHP running on my linux box which is not… Read More
Rumor alert: HULU coming to the iphone Actually, I’m not sure I should even call this a rumor. I mean why not? I do not think youTube has a contract or anything that would incourage Apple to keep them out.. so I say Hurraa and speed it up! From the webware site: Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that a dedicated Hulu application is indeed… Read More