Tag Archives: Apple

Are you sure?

My biggest pet peeve in iTunes is undoubtably how it asks you “Are you sure?” before doing anything, and always in an unhelpful way. As an example, I mentioned to my wife a Christmas album I used to love. I … Continue reading

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Two strikes…

Apple’s sample code includes an annoying disclaimer at the top of each file. I can understand the need for a disclaimer, but this code takes it to an obnoxious level: every .h file or .m file you open, you can’t … Continue reading

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iPhone NDA

Hooray! Apple’s iPhone developer NDA will no longer cover released software. It seemed inevitable that this NDA change would be made, but I admit I thought the change would come in January 2009. It’d be easy to overlook that this doesn’t … Continue reading

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Another Apple App Store rejection

Duplicating Apple functionality? Well, not so much.

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Microsoft doesn't get it

The new Microsoft commercial starts with a John Hodgman dressalike (You can’t really call him a lookalike, but at the distance the camera is at it doesn’t matter) saying “I’m a PC and I’ve been stereotyped.” It then goes to … Continue reading

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Some Geek In Tennessee on the App Store

I hope he’s wrong, but it’s probably a vain hope. Some Geek In Tennessee recaps the disappointments Apple’s App Store.

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Fraser Speirs on iPhone development

Fraser Speirs is dropping out of new application development on the iPhone, and I don’t blame him: Apple’s current practice of rejecting certain applications at the final hurdle – submission to the App Store – is disastrous for investor confidence. … Continue reading

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The sad case of Palm

I first started developing an application for Palm in 2000 with the Palm IIIc. I was amazed at how well-thought out the API was. A few things were missing, such as POSIX-compatible routines.1 The API looked a lot like Carbon, … Continue reading

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Michael Tsai on iPhone

I don’t usually like to report anything John Gruber posts, because everyone will have already seen it. But I’ll make an exception: Michael Tsai is right: What Apple delivers in the iPhone is less offensive than the spin as it’s … Continue reading

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The iPhone 3G pricing

I’ve been putting this off, because I really don’t want to clash horns with The Macalope. Mostly because he’s got, well, a nice rack. And I don’t. But a recent tweet by the horny one meant I have to get … Continue reading

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