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iPhone Christian Prayers App in the Top 10 for Reference apps in Italy

Mauro Dalu

iphone-prayer-appPrayers is an easy-to-use, multi-language Christian Prayers database. It represents the ultimate reference to Catholic Prayers for iPhone and iPod Touch.
The native iPhone app is in the top 10 of the Reference Category in the Italian App Store, and in the top 100 apps for the Reference Category in Spain and France.

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Apple iPad: will it be a success or a flop?

Mauro Dalu

Apple-iPad-MosesThe new iPad. Will it be a success? Will it be a flop? Why people complain about it? Is it worth to get my apps optimized for the iPad? What if it will be a huge flop?

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New Free iPhone Ringtones App, iFist Pump: Techno Ringtones

Mauro Dalu

iPhone App iFist Pump Techno RingtonesA new Surgeworks developed iPhone and iPod Touch app hits the App Store today: it’s Toneaphone’s free iFist Pump: Techno Ringtones application. The new application includes a new, different selection of Techno Ringtones for all your iPhones (in M4R format) and for all other mobile phones (MP3 format) if you are connecting through an iPod Touch.
iFist Pump: Techno Ringtones is free. Grab it today!

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What if there is no Apple Tablet?

Mauro Dalu

Apple-FutureA few recent articles on various rumors sites made me think that in late January we may very well not see any Apple iSlate tablet-sized iPod-Touch-like or Mac-like device.

It is very likely that a new iPhone SDK will be introduced, and that this will allow iPhone Apps to support different screen resolutions. It is very likely that a 10-11″ OLED/LCD display based product will be introduced, but…

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Where is the text-to-speech “speak” command in Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

Mauro Dalu

Add-to-itunes-as-spoken-textI was used to have a “speak” command somewhere in the services menu to be accessible whenever you had a text selected. In Snow Leopard, that has disappeared but a new Automator command is provided instead.

The command will convert any text to an iTunes track containing the speech synthesis reading the text. A new “Text-to-Speech” album is added to iTunes containing the tracks.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Not Worth $10 for iPod Touch Users?

Mauro Dalu

ipod-touch-iphone-os-3-adoption-ratioA new study by Chitika Research claims that “despite its hype, iPhone OS 3.0 had very little to offer iPod Touch users. Push notifications? MMS? Tethering? Essentially useless on a device that relies on WiFi for a connection. iPod Touch users are essentially asked to pay for copy/paste, in-app purchases, and the ability to buy a segment of the latest apps from the app store.”

The ad network’s sample data shows that 94.4% of iPhone users upgraded to OS 3.0, and only 55.24% of iPod Touch users upgraded.

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iPod Touch growth silently builds a consumer base for future iPhone revisions.

Mauro Dalu

NovPulse2009_iPodTouch_Games“The highly publicized launch of Droid last month marked a major effort by Google, Verizon and Motorola to slow the iPhone’s growing power in the marketplace. And while the Android platform is the most legitimate challenger to iPhone smartphone dominance, it’s important to remember that the iPhone’s flank is protected by an often overlooked, powerful fighting brand: iPod Touch. According to Apple, 58 million iPhone OS devices have been sold worldwide through September 2009. Of those, Flurry estimates that just over 40%, around 24 million are iPod Touch devices.”

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Top iPhone App Sales Figures and Estimates

Mauro Dalu

iphone-app-storeMacRumors.com gathered some data a while back from various sources to determine what the potential market for a very successful paid iPhone app might be.

This is very good motivation to invest real money in both iPhone native app development and marketing :)

Here is a collection of the known sales numbers for some of the top 20 paid apps…

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How to build iPhone Native Apps with Flash CS5

Mauro Dalu

flash-iphone-appsFlash 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.

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Creating an iPhone Game, the Developer’s view

matho01I personally enjoy game development very much since every game is a challenge to program, an exciting experience unique by nature unlike those boring database applications that as it seems constitute the majority of custom software market. Many of the games will use your hardware up to the limit and require thorough optimization in fight for higher frame rate.

From the technical point of view…

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