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A Super Simple Sample App for Supersampling on iOS – New in O’Reilly Answers, plus posts about iOS 4, Objective-C, MobileMe email on Android, and much…
Looking for a shortcut to get full-screen anti-aliasing for your iPhone game? It might not be the optimal solution for your needs, but if you’re rushing to get something out and need to cut some corners, then this excerpt on supersampling from Philip Rideout’s iPhone 3D Programming is for you. Read more.
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iPhone economics and lower barriers to entry – The power of the App Store is defined by more than direct revenue.
The App Store has exposed incumbents in the mobile industry to the same sort of asymmetric competition that has reshaped the media industry over the past decade. Developers are responding in droves to the economic incentives that lower barriers to entry create, as well as the fact that the App Store has generated $1 billion in royalty payments in just a few years.
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How to design a unique visual identity for your iPhone app – New in O’Reilly Answers, plus iPhone app design, iPhone UI tests, automation systems, and…
My new O’Reilly book about iPhone user experience – Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps – hits bookshelves in the next few days (the ebook is already available). I thought it’d be fun to share a few of the book’s big-picture design ideas here. For instance, choose a personality for your app.
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iSatPhone Pro gone global
iSatphone pro hands on Inmarsat’s global satellite phone that we got wind of earlier this year has now become available by various satellite phone providers, Satworx being one of them and is also appearing on eBay . Their $495 price tag for the the iSatPhone Pro seems steep at first, but if you’re operating an adventure travel business, disaster-readiness operations or just visiting remote locations then this handset is an invaluable investment. A monthly fee of $19.95 will give you 75 cents per minute talk time. Satworx says that is cheaper than competing satellite phone company plans by 65%.
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More details leaked on RIM touch-based slider hybrid
BlackBerry Storm 3 leaked image Research in Motion is rumored to be working on a touch screen phone hybrid that also includes a slider style keyboard, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal and our previous reports dubbing the device the BlackBerry Storm 3 . Those familiar with the new hardware claim it is not unlike Apple’s iPhone and boasts many similar technical feats, possibly similar to RIM’s patents from 2008
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iPhone 4: Should you upgrade?
iPhone 3gs and iPhone 4, should you upgrade? With all of the pandemonium surrounding the iPhone 4 , the question surrounding Apple’s new masterpiece is: should I upgrade? The decision right now fueled by the excitement of innovation and hype is to do so, but if you take a step back and think, it may not be as clear as you had imagined
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$130 HTC Aria gets Android 2.1, on AT&T June 20
HTC Aria Android 2.1 phone headed to AT&T June 20 Up until now, if you were looking at Android phones, but in on an AT&T contract your choices were pretty slim. You could go for the Motorola Backflip , or a reincarnation of Dell’s Mini 3, the Dell Aero . Today the Aria enters the Android line expanding AT&T’s offerings with another mid-level phone.
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Best Buy joining Apple in iPhone 4 pre-orders tomorrow
iPhone 4 smartphone Photo: Robert Scoble Best Buy is getting in on the iPhone 4 groove by announcing their pre-sale which begins tomorrow. That’s June 15th, which so happens to be the same day you can pre-order from Apple. iPhone 4 deliveries are set for June 24th. These dates are the same that Apple announced, so no big surprise here. Best Buy is eager to remind everyone in case they some how forgot in that time gap between reading about the iPhone 4’s features, watching hands-on iPhone 4 videos, voting for the iPhone 4 as the best thing ever, and having iPhone 4 dreams at night. Here’ s a snippet from their press release to show just how excited they are: “Offering the iPhone 4 to consumers is just the latest example of how Best Buy Mobile has become the place to go for the best smartphones.
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Carriers discuss unlocking phones at Canadian Telecom Summit
It’s very rare to see the major competitors in a giant industry sit down and openly discuss where the market is moving. It’s like when they got Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to chat in front of a live audience. Well, the same thing has happened with Canada’s telecom firms. Over at the Canadian Telecom Summit earlier this week, a panel was moderated by Iain Marlow of the Globe.
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