Jun
8
Apple WWDC 2009 Highlights
June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
There were not too many surprises at for the announcements today at the opening of WWDC 2009. The release date continues to be the same for the iPhone 3.0 update and there newest iPhone. There are some Snow Leopard announcements and some hardware changes for the year. This is a list of the essentials.
iPhone 3.0 [...]
Jun
4
iTunes 8.2 and iPhone 3.0 Updates
June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As a technology consultant at Achieve Kids, I am often the GO-TO Guy for technology outside the scope of the workplace. Sometimes this can be annoying, but when its about mobile phones, touch and gestural interfaces like the exciting Microsoft Xbox Natal gaming idea,
and Apple products, I am happy to oblige and “geek out” for [...]
Apr
16
Working, or Pretending to Work
April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A pretty cool ad for Microsoft Office for Mac
Apr
10
Interactive Audio on iPhone
April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Smule, creators of the Ocarina application for the iPhone were presenters at the Apple iPhone 3.0 SDK presentation and premiered their Leaf Trombone application.
I’m impressed not only by Smule’s ability to make fun musical applications, but their focus on making them social, allowing people to share their experience with others and make each interaction with [...]
Mar
16
15 iPhone 3.0 features we’d like to see
March 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tomorrow (March 17, 2009), the new iPhone 3.0 software will be revealed and explained in Cupertino and there has been plenty of hubbub since the inception of the iPhone asking for new features. Here is an article listing the top 15.
System wide custom cut/copy/paste
Push notifications/background apps
Landscape mode in every app
Mail improvements
Sync notes & To-dos
Better app [...]
Mar
12
Why I Returned the Blackberry Storm
March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In a previous post, I talked about Why I got the Balckberry Storm. A couple days ago, I returned it and went back to a non-smart phone. Let me tell you why.
Over the course of the last year and a half, I have gotten quite used to (and fallen a little in love with) my [...]
Mar
12
Apple iPhone 3.0 Software
March 12, 2009 | 3 Comments
Some invitations went out today (I still haven’t received mine, Jobs!) for the March 17th conference in Cupertino to talk about the latest iPhone software and SDK that will be released.
The 2.0 software release about a year ago hailed in the flood of third party applications that made the app store a primary destination for [...]
Mar
1
Touch Interfaces On More Devices
March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
While iPhones and HTC G1 may be the market focus of touch technology, the touch and gestural interface is continuing to expand and industry leaders have plans for more devices and applications utilizing the touch technology.
A great article from Information Week interviewed several industry leaders and gives a great overview of the direction that touch [...]
Jan
7
Crayon Physics Game
January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Crayon Physics Deluxe from Petri Purho on Vimeo.
This game reminds me of the Trace game for the iPhone
However it looks more intricate. I am hoping that it will be engineered for the iPhone or other mobile touch screen devices besides the tablet shown in the video.
Jan
7
New Mac Products for 2009
January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Macworld is where Apple likes to introduce their products just a couple days earlier than CES…just to, you know, set themselves apart.
There are new accessories like mice, chargers, notebook cases and hands free bluetooth accessories for the car.
New software was introduced including all new iLife 09 with photo, movie, garageband and web applications that include [...]
