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I just completed reading a 3 pages article on AppleInsider and this gave me a different perspective on Android. Prince McLean thinks Google created Android as a Windows Mobile killer to safeguard its own advertising and search market, not to compete with the iPhone. And he has some evidence you should check out.
Some of the things I’ve learned I could not believe. But I do trust the source. If you have the time, check out the original. But if you’re more in a rush, here is a summary for you.
Apple recently began using computers to automatically scan for the use of private application programming interfaces. The new “static analysis tools” aim to catch those who might have snuck by the approval process before, with software that bends or breaks the rules established by Apple.
As reported by rumors sites, Apple is hiring top level iPhone games developers. People expect Apple to get into the games market on the iPhone platform and this is very likely. Apple also reportedly partnered with several mainstream magazines to create a new subscription based iTunes marketplace tailored to the press.
It is also likely that the new software will be designed to work with the new tablet device Jobs has been working on for a few years now.
At Surgeworks, we’re getting ready for the Android 2.0 powered phones wave coming in 2010, and are already able to develop custom native Android apps thanks to Rhodes.
The Motorola Droid – coming November 7th, 2009 at 199$ with a new 2 years contract – is Motorola’s first Android powered phone and one of the first devices to feature Android 2.0 out-of-the-box. Verizon’s first Android phone sports a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, GPS, WiFi, 3G data, microSD card and Android OS 2.0.
What follows is my first impression given by the videos I’ve gathered from YouTube and a couple reviews I’ve read. I’ll welcome your comments and especially any first-hand user experience!
Way back when the iPhone OS 2.0 was announced and the SDK released, we worked on our very first iPhone App: Divine Office. It is a niche app that allows Christians to listen and pray an audio version of the Liturgy of the Hours.
What we really missed at the time was the ability to quickly post-process and analyze Apple’s cryptic reports to understand how the sales were going. Apple is not providing simple data you need, like… totals. In any given moment, to find out how many units you are actually selling, you need to go through a custom spreadsheet or a database in order to get some real data out of it, and even that way, there’s a lot of complexity to be taken care of: multiple currencies, free updates, refunds, etc.
We envisioned a web app named “App Tracker” that would basically be Google Analytics for iPhone Apps Sales, but we never managed to have spare resources to assign to the project and finally the community caught up with an impressive line up of products to serve the purpose. Here is a quick list.
Flash Professional CS5 will enable you to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch using ActionScript 3. These applications can be delivered to iPhone and iPod touch users through the Apple App Store.
A public beta of Flash Professional CS5 with prerelease support for building applications for iPhone is planned for later this year.
If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch you know how it works. You get to the App Store, you browse around, find an interesting app, check on the reviews… purchase and boom, you have a new app on your device.
But what happens next?
There are some things to keep in mind when you submit your app to the store in order to make your app a successful one.
On April 23 the App Store reached 1 billion downloads. On Monday, the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch served more than 2 billion downloads of software, with a half-billion in the last quarter. There are more than 85,000 applications available to more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touch customers.
As the total number of iPhone and iPod touch users continues to grow, the rate at which applications are downloaded continues to accelerate.
Game Developer Research has revealed select results of its first ever State of iPhone Game Development report, helping to illuminate the iPhone and iPod Touch game software market.
The iPhone game development market is growing, and game development projects are becoming more ambitious. Select report metrics have revealed a trend towards longer development cycles for iPhone games currently in production.
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