Tag Archives: iPhone

How the iPhone GPS differs from a standalone navigation GPS

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Steven Fisher

All models of iPhone since the 3G, as well as the iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G, include Assisted GPS (AGPS). I’ve heard that this isn’t real GPS or that it’s somehow inferior to real GPS. AGPS is actually superior … Continue reading →

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Oliver Drobnik (Dr. Touch): Understanding iOS 4 Backgrounding and Delegate Messaging. State diagram for iPhone applications with respect to multitasking. The only thing I see missing is some times when your app will be killed, but you can’t handle those anyway.

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Craig Hockenberry (Twitterrific) benchmarks the iPad. The speed just blows away the original iPhone.

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Adobe and Flash vs. Apple and iPhone

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Steven Fisher

Mike Chambers, in a more rational posting than the usual from Adobe employees. But I have a comments on it anyway: They want to tie developers down to their platform, and restrict their options to make it difficult for developers … Continue reading →

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Paul Graham (Wikipedia article) on Apple’s Mistake, with a great comparison: What would happen if every update to Mac OS X had to go through an opaque, fickle intermediary?

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Joe Hewitt, creator of the iPhone Facebook application and Three20 framework, has moved back to web development. A blog post explains, placing on Apple’s App Store process without using so many words. But he makes an observation on how little … Continue reading →

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Rogue Amoeba no longer has any plans for additional iPhone applications, following an egregious Apple rejection.

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Joshua Kaufman interviews Loren Brichter on Tweetie’s reload gesture. A good, non-technical read on finding the right way to present a feature, adding a custom gesture, and providing feedback.

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Matt Gallagher (Cocoa with Love): Adding shadow effects to UITableView using CAGradientLayer. Non-obvious and useful.

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Loren Brichter (Atebits, Tweetie): Not Your Average iPhone Screencast. How to make the simulator look like a real device in screencasts.

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off