I 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… →
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Apple's reviews system on the App Store is unfair?
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?
iPhone Apps: what's your launch strategy?
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.
App Store: 2 billion Native iPhone Apps downloaded
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… →
Market analysis: iPhone Games and Development
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… →
Summary: Apple's "it's only rock and roll" event
Here is a summary of the new products and updates introduced by Apple on September 9, 2009. Contrary to the rumors, Steve Jobs did take the stage and started the presentation…
Apple: "it's only rock and roll", new iPod Touch lineup
Apple Introduced a New iPod touch Lineup today, September 9, 2009. “At just $199 the iPod touch [8Gb model] is the most affordable gateway to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
Emulators on iPhone, C64 coming to the App Store
A Commodore 64 emulator that was previously rejected has been approved after the developer made changes to align it with Apple’s SDK. Then rejected again. Manomio’s $4.99 C64 title was rejected in June despite having lined up all the proper licensing rights.
iPhone Icons, How to Preview the Glossy Effect.
We’ve already discussed a long time ago how to remove the glossy effect from iPhone icons. But what if you just want to look at how different icons will look with the glossy effect on the iPhone, while avoiding to recompile the app for every icon draft you made? Here is the solution: apply a… →
Xcode won't recognize iPhone OS 3.0.1
If you see a message like “The version of iPhone OS on (your phone’s name) does not match any of the versions of iPhone OS supported for development with this copy of Xcode” after the 3.0.1 update, the quick fix is to run in a shell: sudo ln -sf 3.0 (7A341) /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/3.0.1 And then restart… →
App Store: average user buys 2 apps every month
The latest Mobile Metrics Report from AdMob for July 2009 shows that iPhone users download an average of 10.2 applications from the App Store per month, with 2.6 of those paid. However, iPod touch users appear to be more app-hungry, downloading an average of 18.4 each month, with two paid.
iPod Touch & iPhone TV Video Out not working after OS 3.0 upgrade
Hello, I’m an iPod Touch first generation. I was just upgraded to OS 3.0 and now I refuse to work with any cheap AV-Out Composite cable you can find on eBay, Amazon or any other supplier. Apple has been using lock-out chips to control third-party video accessory development and effectively preventing older, less expensive accessories… →
Native iPhone look in rhomobile
Rhomobile provides great instant gratification in building applications. See my last article for a starter. There are some elements you’ll miss as you start to work on the iPhone target. The back button is one and the custom tab bar is another. The main bar can currently be customized by building rhodes from source (the… →
Nokia, Apple iPhone and RIM are the real players in the smartphones market
Apple’s iPhone held onto a 13.7% share of global smartphone unit sales in Q2 2009, outpacing Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, which now claims just 9% of the market, according to Canalys. Canalys specialises in delivering high quality market data, analysis and advice to the world’s leading technology vendors. The results of their research can be summarized… →
New iPod Touch and Nano with Cameras likely to be introduced on September 9
Apple will hold its annual iPod and media centric event for the week of Labor Day, scheduling the keynote for Wednesday, Sept. 9. Expected to be a part of the event are “Cocktail” Apple’s full-length album download bundle with extras, and a new iPod touch and iPod nano, both sporting cameras, to be released together… →