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▪ Kindle for iOS, New Zealand iPhone launch chaos, 14% of iPhone apps access contacts
The latest version of the Kindle app for the iPhone adds some new and interesting features for fans. The new version has iPad search, a dictionary, and fast switching. The dictionary has 250,000 words... [continue] |
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▪ Best Buy offers free Side Shield, Apple looks into iOS 4 issues on iPhone 3G, Droid X ad pokes fun at antenna woes
Best Buy Mobile has announced that anyone who buys or previously purchased an iPhone 4 from the Best Buy Mobile store will get a free Zagg Side Shield. The Side Shield is the invisibleSHIELD film from... [continue] |
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▪ Arkhippo case concept, white iPhone antenna fix rumor, iOS 4.1 beta 2 for devs
If you like to use your iPhone in a case that adds a lot of bulk I have the concept for you. The case concept is called the Arkhippo and is made from a material that is like Crocs shoes. The idea is t... [continue] |
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▪ Canadian unlocked iPhone price, Citi iPhone app leaks data, jailbreaking voids warranty
We are stuck with AT&T here in the US, but Canadians can now buy an unlocked iPhone and use it where they wish directly from Apple. The downside is that the device is expensive with the new iPhone... [continue] |
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▪ iPhone 4 heads to more countries, aviation fuel app for iPhone, iPhone 4 antenna looses 90% of signal on contact
Apple has announced that the iPhone 4 is heading to 17 more locations on July 30. The new locations for the device include Australia, Hong Kong, Spain, and more.
A new app for the iPhone aimed speci... [continue] |
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▪ Apple starts bumper refunds, iPhone thief found in 9 min, LG can?t meet iPhone/iPad screen demand
Apple has started issuing refunds to iPhone 4 buyers who also purchased a bumper for their iPhone. This is the start of the "fix" for the antenna issue.
A thief stole an iPhone from a woman's hands ... [continue] |
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▪ Skype app updated for iOS4, AT&T profit beats estimates, AT&T comment on dropped calls
The Skype app for the iPhone has been updated to version 2.1. The new update makes the app compatible with iOS4 and adds multitasking support.
AT&T posted profits that beat estimates thanks to t... [continue] |
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▪ Quirky Tilt for iPhone 4, white iPhone 4 in London, iPhone DSLR prototype
Quirky makes all manner of wild products that are designed by the community. The company has a cool new iPhone 4 bumper case called the Tilt that has a flip down section to prop the smartphone up.
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Inside iPhone |
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▪ Augmented reality as etiquette coach - Alasdair Allan has a practical goal for AR: putting names to faces.
Alasdair Allen, author of Programming iPhone Sensors, says real-time facial identification -- the sort that pairs names and faces on the fly -- is closer than you might think. He expands on that topic... [continue] |
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▪ Which social gaming companies are hiring
Disney's announced purchase of Mountain View gaming startup Playdom, follows on the heels of EA's purchase of London-based Playfish last November. Based on active users, Zynga remains by far the bigge... [continue] |
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▪ How to use UIAutomation to create iPhone UI tests - What's new in O'Reilly Answers: iPhone UI tests, beautiful code, Objective-c, cloud computing, CS5, and much more.
One of the more useful (from a developer standpoint) features coming in iOS 4 (formerly iPhone OS 4) is the UIAutomation tool. This lets you run an automated set of tests against an application, and t... [continue] |
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▪ Four short links: 20 July 2010 - Hardware Hacking, BI Reporting Tool, Book Recommendations, and Winning the Futurist Lottery
Dangerous Prototypes -- "a new open source hardware project every month". Sample project: Flash Destroyer, which writes and verifies EEPROM chips until they blow out. Wabit -- GPLv3 reporting tool. B... [continue] |
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▪ A Super Simple Sample App for Supersampling on iOS - New in O'Reilly Answers, plus posts about iOS 4, Objective-C, MobileMe email on Android, and much more.
Looking for a shortcut to get full-screen anti-aliasing for your iPhone game? It might not be the optimal solution for your needs, but if you're rushing to get something out and need to cut some corne... [continue] |
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▪ iPhone economics and lower barriers to entry - The power of the App Store is defined by more than direct revenue.
The App Store has exposed incumbents in the mobile industry to the same sort of asymmetric competition that has reshaped the media industry over the past decade. Developers are responding in droves to... [continue] |
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▪ How to design a unique visual identity for your iPhone app - New in O'Reilly Answers, plus iPhone app design, iPhone UI tests, automation systems, and much more.
My new O'Reilly book about iPhone user experience - Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps - hits bookshelves in the next few days (the ebook is already available). I thought it'd be fun to share a fe... [continue] |
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▪ Ebook Reseller Wishlist/Scorecard
I spend a lot of time talking with companies that want to resell O'Reilly ebooks. Some are large companies you've certainly heard of, others are small startups that haven't yet...... [continue] |
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