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Apple is evil, part 227

This one kind of speaks for itself: Opera Mini for iPhone sits on sidelines due to App Store rules A professionally-developed alternative to Apple's Safari web browser for iPhone already exists in Opera Software's labs; Apple's guidelines for App Store submissions, however, are allegedly...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-31-2008
Apple drops the iPhone NDA

Let the leaks begin. :) Apple : We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software. We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-01-2008
The Cell Phone Wars

Slate has an interesting comparison of Apple’s very closed model with the iPhone and Google’s very open model with Android: In the two months since the App Store's launch, Apple has rejected several programs for seemingly arbitrary reasons that it won't disclose. Developers havegrumbled about...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-26-2008
iPhone Software Sales Take Off

The Wall Street Journal reports that I’m not the only one downloading an obscene number of iPhone applications: In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse called the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-11-2008
iPhone SDK Beta 3

Apple emails about a new release of the iPhone SDK : Log in to the iPhone Dev Center and download the third beta version of the iPhone SDK. Make sure to take advantage of all the development resources available to you in the iPhone Dev Center, including updated documentation such as the iPhone OS Programming...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-09-2008
A new version of the iPhone SDK is now available

Apple sent me an email update today... The second beta version of the iPhone SDK is now available and includes Interface Builder, a powerful tool that allows you to visually build your interface and makes creating a UI as simple as drag and drop. We've also added new sample code and updated documentation...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-27-2008
Rejected!

Apparently, this is common , but I received the following form letter from Apple today: Subject: iPhone Developer Program Enrollment Status Dear Registered iPhone Developer, Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-14-2008
iPhone SDK Downloads Top 100,000

Apple touts the download numbers for its recently-released iPhone SDK, somehow fails to mention how many downloads that it per second: Apple today announced that more than 100,000 iPhone developers have downloaded the beta iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) in the first four days since its launch...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-12-2008
The iPhone SDK Will Be Late

An Apple product that ... ships late? No way! Well, maybe ... There’s a week to go before Apple’s commitment to release the iPhone Software Developers Kit in February runs out of room. I’m hearing from one source that its going to be late. I’m not yet hearing any reasons why, and it’s sounding like the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-25-2008

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