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iPhone Development (Progress Report)

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Number of Apple computers in my house: 4
Number of Apple computers with Leopard: 2
Time spent downloading and installing iPhone SDK: approx. 30 min.
Time spent learning Cocoa and Objective-C: approx. 8hrs
iPhone Applications developed to date: 0
Book(s) I’m planning to purchase: 1

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Do you wish the iPhone could copy and paste?

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

A humorous iPhone copy/paste proof-of-concept demo:

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iPhone Instant Messenger

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

So, apparently there are some complaints about the lack of an IM client for the iPhone. “Sure, it has SMS…but we want the real deal!” I think the existence of Meebo makes this a virtual non-issue. Early reports claim that it will work because the iPhone’s browser is reported to be a [...]

Apple iPhone Battery Life

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

The iPhone has taken some punches lately regarding it’s battery life. It’s also rumored that the battery is not replaceable. I found the following statement buried at the bottom of the iPhone Technical Specifications page:

Technical specifications are subject to change. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Up to 5 hours [...]

Handling iPhone Objections

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Stephen Frank, in his article I’ve got iPhone Fever!, explains his enthusiasm for the recently announced gadget, and handles some common objections. This one made me laugh:

But I hate Cingular
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ve used all four of the major cellular carriers in the US and they’re all scum-sucking spawn of Satan. None of them [...]

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