Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Photoshop for iPhone should focus on what it does best – image editing

After spending some time with the Adobe Photoshop app for the iPhone – it leaves a strange taste. Yes, the app is simple enough that users can edit photos quickly. The app has replaced my other photo editing apps – but I’m still using ToyCamera for most of my photo purposes. What I like: Simple, [...]

New iPhone has 3 megapixel still and video camera

The new iPhone 3GS (not much of a cool name, betting personally it’ll be called iPhone Video by the press) includes a 3 megapixel camera used for shooting stills and videos. Here’s Apple’s description of the camera: “iPhone 3G S features a new 3 megapixel autofocus camera that takes amazing pictures and video, making it [...]

New iPhone controlled by talking to it

Talking to your phone will no longer be reserved for the crazies: the new iPhone announced today includes voice control. From Apple: ”The voice control feature in iPhone 3G S offers hands free operation for both iPhone and iPod functions. Simply speak the appropriate commands into the built-in microphone or headset microphone to dial by name [...]

Palm Pre has good operating system, but lacks apps

Interesting bit Gigaom says about Palm Pre in its discussion on 3 ups and 3 downs of the phone. “Similar to the initial iPhone and Android launches, the software cupboard is bare, with only a dozen apps or so. Smartphones without apps are just expensive feature phones these days, so Palm needs to get the [...]

Tweetie needs a better icon

Here’s a beautiful array of Twitter birds and icons. My favorite thing about Twitterific on my iPhone (and computer) was its icon — that darling, medium-blue bird with great details. But, the app only offered one way to use Twitter — reading tweets by chronology. I needed a better Twitter app, one that would let [...]