The title to this May 9 story, suggests another Apple bashing: “Is Apple’s dominance of Mobile Development on the Wane?” It appears to be an old editorial trick, the classic alarmist headline, because the article itself goes on to answer in the negative: Apple is the logical choice for mobile development today Where is market...
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Forbes: Android is shipping more phones but Apple is still the logical choice for mobile development
As Stuart notes, Skype iPhone multitasking is borked
Being able to have Skype on the iPhone run in the background is cool. However, as Stuart notes in his post Skype iPhone Multitasking Not Ready for Prime Time, there are problems in practice. The biggest problem is your battery. Once you run Skype, it will keep running, and sucking up your battery. Instead...
My take on metered AT&T iPhone/iPad data
For most of us, looking at our data usage history, the new metered plans look like they’ll save us some money. But, let me tell you why there’s more to it than that. First, I’ve heard a lot of people say recently, statements along the lines of “2GB is more data than I’ll ever...
Good example of why Apple was able to beat the wireless operators
PC World reports: AT&T Wireless CEO Hints at ‘Managing’ iPhone Data Usage saying that AT&T is overwhelmed by the data usage of iPhone users and may have to do something about it. iPhone users apparently consume 13 times the data of “the average smartphone customer.” Yeah. You know why? Because the iPhone provides a...
Nokia handset sales down 19 percent
Alec Saunders provides his analysis of Nokia’s recent report that profits fell 90 percent in the most recent quarter. I agree with Alec’s points. I would add that this news fulfills my predictions (here and here) that it’s not about the hardware. If it were, Apple would already be in trouble. The iPhone doesn’t...
Skype for iPhone challenged by limitations
Apple’s decision to not allow “background” apps and AT&T’s decison to not allow voice calls over their network, severely limit the utility of Skype’s iPhone application. No calls unless you can get Wifi. In general, incoming calls are impractical, even if you’re on wifi, since the Skype app has to be the one and...
iSpykee – Open-source Spykee for iPhone
I finally finished making my previously mentioned iPhone hack for Spykee into a form I could release for public consumption. It’s still not perfect, but at least I’ve removed external dependencies so it can be installed without too much difficulty. Basically you run the “controller” software on your LAN (the same LAN as the...
Nokia N97 – when will they get that it’s not just about a touchscreen?
Om has a nice post about the forthcoming Nokia N97 Superphone to be released “sometime in the second quarter of 2009.” He says: As for the 5800 Xpress, a friend of mine recently brought one to the U.S. and after I played around with it for an hour, my response was meh! The touch...
Spykee iPhone Hack
At left you’ll see my first cut at a rudimentary Spykee mini-console for iPhone. If you’re familiar with the standard PC or Mac Spykee console app, you’ll recognize many of the functions. This app only implements a sub-set of the full PC and Mac consoles. I basically wanted to get some minimal functionality working...
100 Million Apps Installed from iPhone App Store
Steve Jobs today reported that in the first 60 days, iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded more than 100 million applications from the App Store. My guess is that’s more mobile phone application installations than all mobile phones combined, certainly for the same 60-day period, and perhaps for the life of the mobile...
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