Archive for May 2009

Comic illustration of iPhone app approval process

Funny, but sad. Any one want to buy a flashlight app after seeing this graphic (click headline for graphic on Just Another iPhone Blog)?

MapQuest now available for Android phones

Sure it would be unfair for Motorola Razrs, iPhones and other phones to have MapQuest and not Android phones. But it sure seems strange that MapQuest’s strategy is to offer its maps to people who are using a Google phone that already offers, perhaps, Google maps. Anyone else think this strange?

Apps ready as iPhone OS 3.0 nears

App updates and online rumors are pointing to the launch of iPhone OS 3.0 quite soon. When Apple announced all the 3.0 features the company only promised a launch of the updated OS in summer. Officially, that starts June 21. BUT, the missing puzzle piece is the Palm Pre. That product launches June 6 and [...]

Make wiki on your iPhone

A mobile wiki server application is now available for the iPhone, the developer, Corporate SmallTalk Consulting Ltd., announced today. “Using WikiServer, it is possible to create a fully functional Wiki hosted on the iPhone or iPod touch. Company President John McIntosh indicates that content can be as simple as words, or more complex such as [...]

Developers launch app-generator service

Dave Swartz and his MEDL partner, Andrew Maltin, launched App Incubator, a service offering to turn great ideas into apps in return for a share of the profits.  Rob Shoesmith, a 27-year-old binman from Coventry, submitted one of the first ideas selected by MEDL for App Incubator development. Shoesmith says he has only had an [...]