March 13th, 2008 No Comments »
The level of productivity in the work force will probably drop to a record low once all the new apps become available on the 
iPhone. I anticipate high power execs, low-life lawyers and yes, your very own – Vincent will be sneaking away, finding excuses to play Namco’s new Pac man, Galaga or even PopCap’s Peggle, Zuma or Bejeweled.
I shouldn’t be too harsh on those of us finding new love for gaming on the iPhone, because we’ll be more likely productive and more organized thanks to Intuit’s version of the Quicken – claiming to “create powerful iPhone applications,” or NetSuite’s SuitePhone – which is a CRM software similar to salesforce.com.
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March 9th, 2008 No Comments »
The interest in iPhone SDK announcements is fast reaching saturation point (meaning we can all move on to theorising about whether the 3G iPhone will be announced at the WWDC, predicted to be in June) so as to underline the whole event Apple have put up a video of the full presentation. Nobody was permitted to film during yesterday’s announcements, so if you’ve been waiting to see footage of Steve & his friends then here’s your chance; you’ll need QuickTime to view it.
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March 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Folks around web are commenting on last Thursday’s announcement of the iPhone SDK. Here’s what they’re saying…
iPhone SDK: Was it worth the wait?
“Worth the wait? Well, there’s a little longer to go yet - Software Update 2.0, which includes all this goodness, isn’t released until June. But on first impressions, and until we hear from actual developers as to how easy it really is to work with Apple, the answer seems to be yes.” — Chris Davies, PHONE Magazine
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March 8th, 2008 No Comments »
The interest in iPhone SDK announcements is fast reaching saturation point (meaning we can all move on to theorising about whether the 3G iPhone will be announced at the WWDC, predicted to be in June) so as to underline the whole event Apple have put up a video of the full presentation. Nobody was permitted to film during yesterday’s announcements, so if you’ve been waiting to see footage of Steve & his friends then here’s your chance; you’ll need QuickTime to view it.
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March 8th, 2008 No Comments »
To test out the usability of its new SDK, Apple invited a couple of games studios to try their hand with the platform for a couple of weeks. EA’s Travis Boatman showed up at the Roadmap event to demonstrate their iPhone version of Spore, where the accelerometer moves the spore around, while Apple themselves created a Wing Commander-style game called Touch Fighter. Tilting the iPhone steers while tapping the screen fires.
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March 8th, 2008 No Comments »
As a “one more thing” at the SDK Roadmap event today, Apple have announced a $100m developers fund for coders keen to try their hand at creating software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s a move likely to be seen as a direct snub to Google, who last year announced their own developer competition fund for their Android cellphone platform; Google’s is only for $10m, however. The fund is being managed with Venture Capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
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