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
27
iPhone Available on Verizon
April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Could it be that all my dreams will come true? Apple recently announced that there would be no change to their exclusive deal with AT&T. Then we hear the announcement that they are in talks with Verizon and that the iPhone could be available for Verizon customers as soon as next year. USA Today article
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
31
Skype on iPhone
March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I am not sure how I hadn’t heard of this before (maybe because I went out of town the last 4 days and didn’t even take my laptop!) I was ‘off the grid’ for a while….really enjoyed it, actually.
Regardless, I was perusing the blogosphere this morning as well as monitoring Twitter and Facebook. Lo and [...]
Mar
17
iPhone 3.0 Software
March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
Macworld did a great job of giving us a live commentary of what the improvements would be for the new software.
Rather than repeat them all, here is the link to the commentary:
Macworld iPhone 3.0 Commentary
There will be additional announcements over the coming week, but they did manage to get some of the 15 features I [...]
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 [...]
