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Opera Turns-In Opera Mini To The App Store Review Group

brad_strickland — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:15:44 +0000

On the Mac, I don’t use Opera’s browser. I use Safari myself. But you have to admire Opera’s “Chutzpah”. Not only have they made and submitted a browser to the iPhone app store that has no chance in hell of getting approved. They are drawing a line in the sand and daring Apple to cross it. This has never worked for anyone going up against Apple in the past. “At least not publicly.” But maybe Opera believes that this could be the time it does.

Opera your so full of wonderment.

Perhaps you think that with the FTC looking into the Google Voice App rejection or infinite evaluation process. You think that it may now be your chance.

It isn’t.

Not because you don’t make a good browser. It’s because your not Google.

Check out the story at macappers and the Opera Mini’s Demo Video below.

Flash Player 10.1 running on a Nexus One “Google Phone”

brad_strickland — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:39:38 +0000

Flash running on the Nexus One is no real surprise. Google has been working with Adobe for years to make Flash more indexable in it’s search engine. Everything performed well in the video, but it’s a video it’s suppose to perform well.

Will Apple start to allow Flash on the iPhone? Maybe?

Google is a huge advocate of web standards. Their search business model depends on an open and indexable internet. Perhaps they feel that the Adobe Flash 10.1 Player finally meets the minimum standards for a good net citizen? Or perhaps they have much less controller over the Nexus One, than Apple has over the iPhone and this is a concession to HTC? Both questions are speculation at this point. What isn’t speculation is that Apple has a worthy competitor to it’s iPhone and it runs Flash.

ADOBE MAX: Adobe developed iPhone tool without Apple’s help

brad_strickland — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:08:13 +0000

Macworld UK is reporting that the stand-off between the companies continues, with Adobe devising a Flash work-around on its own.

Check out the full article at Macworld UK

iPhone SDK 3.1.2 Available

brad_strickland — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:28:30 +0000

iPhone SDK 3.1.2 Available through developer.apple.com.
It’s a 2.5 gig download and is described as a bug fix release.

Developing for the Apple iPhone using Flash

brad_strickland — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:13:20 +0000

Adobe has just posted a dev article on “Developing for the Apple iPhone using Flash“. So if your knowledgeable at actionscript and interested in developing for the iPhone check it out.

iPhone OS 3.1.2 is available for download

brad_strickland — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:12:39 +0000

iPhone OS 3.1.2 is available for download. So fire up iTunes and start updating.

The update fixes:

Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone not to wake from sleep
Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular services until restart
Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video stream

Enable Tethering and MMS on Your iPhone 3.0 – iPhone 3.0

brad_strickland — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:38:20 +0000

Lifehacker – Enable Tethering and MMS on Your iPhone 3.0

Already the geeks are working the iPhone tethering and MMS problem.

(Via Lifehacker.)

iPhone OS 3.0 Release Times Unconfirmed

brad_strickland — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:21:24 +0000

It’s iPhone 3.0 software update day. Below are the launch times that are being chatted about on Twitter!

iPhone OS 3.0 Release Times

10am PDT
1pm EST
3pm GMT
9pm IST
12am AEST
2am NZT

thx @citygirl912 @HamCam @LJmadd

Excellent Web Site Tracks App Store Price Drops | Just Another iPhone Blog

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:16:22 +0000

The iPhone App addicts new friend is “148Apps.com is one of those hidden gems of a web site that offers a few great lists — the top free apps, the top paid apps, and the latest apps to offer price reductions.”

Thanks to justanotheriphoneblog.com for turning me on to this great site.

(Via Excellent Web Site Tracks App Store Price Drops.)

iPhone Development Resource List

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:48:00 +0000

webresourcesdepot.com has put together the most impressive list of iPhone related developmental resources I’ve seen. If you need icons or tutorials on application or webpage development for the iPhone. It’s definitely worth a look.

iPhone Article link

LED FootBall for iPhone

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:56:02 +0000

I’m in my late thirties so I remember playing video games when the special effects weren’t all that special. One of my favorite Mattel LED games growing up was LED Football. No Team Logos, No combo moves to juke a defender out of the shoes. Nope just a glowing red minus sign running from other glowing red minus signs and a whistle sound effect when a play was finished. It’s a great trip down memory lane for me and just fun to play. Available for ¬¢0.99 on the iPhone App Store from touchgrove.com

Apple releases iPhone OS 2.1

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:18:31 +0000

Apple releases iPhone OS 2.1 through iTunes.

Downloading the 231 meg update now.

WordPress for iPhone

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:58:33 +0000

WordPress 1.1 for iPhone is out and you will need wordpress 2.6 or higher to take advantage of this iPhone app. I’ll be testing it and reporting on my thoughts over the next week.

ITunes 7.7 is Released

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:21:35 +0000

Apple has released iTunes 7.7. This is in preparation for iPhone 2.0 software rollout this Friday the 11th. If your planning on downloading the iPhone 2.0 software you will need this update. The iTunes 7.7 update is available for mac or windows through Software Update or as a stand alone package at Apple.com

iPhone 3G Reviews from Walt Mossberg, Ed Baig and David Pogue

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:52:41 +0000

The boys at gizmodo have put together a summation of 3G iPhone reviews from Walt Mossberg of the WSJ and All Things D, Ed Baig from USA Today and David Pogue from the NYTimes.

The first iPhone 3G reviews have just hit, from Walt Mossberg of the WSJ and All Things D, Ed Baig from USA Today and David Pogue from the NYTimes. No one goes deep into the app store but here’s what they think:

Walt Mossberg of the WSJ has been testing it “for a couple of weeks” and sees that surfing on the faster 3G is between three and five times the speed of the original iPhone. However, Moss found that browsing on the 3G network drained his battery much faster than browsing on the original. Externally, he says the speaker was “much louder” (YES!) for both music and speakerphone, but otherwise pretty much the same as the original. One bug/feature he ran into was that you can only sync your calendar and contacts with either Exchange or your personal accounts, not both.

Read the article in it entirety over at gizmodo