photo: moriah sunrise
In March of this year Apple applied for a patent on technology that enables or disables features of a phone via a config file. The tech is already in use: it’s the carrier profiles we’ve been downloading recently. On the one hand this is just an extension of the parental controls that Apple has included [...]
With AT&T facing lawsuits for not delivering MMS features at the iPhone 3GS launch, they kind of had to do something. I’m not sure if I’d be satisfied by this video if I were among the plaintiffs, but I think it does a good enough job. The stat about 300% annual increases in mobile data [...]
Those unwilling to open of their iPhone to adjust the camera focus might take a look at Griffin’s Clarifi, a case with a built-in close-up lens that can slide in our out of place as needed.
Flickr user Meine Ideenecke, meanwhile, has figured out the iPhone camera specifications. He says it’s about 37MM (35MM equivalent), though [...]
I spent some time looking for panorama-related apps for the iPhone and came up with the following:
Panorama by Airshed
Panoramas by Helix Interactive
TripStitch by Byteslice Software
Pano by Debacle Software
Panoramascope by Phil Endicott
PanoLab and PanoLab Pro by Originate Lab
I’ve actually played with PanoLab a bit (landscape, portrait) after seeing p0ps Harlow using it.
Option GlobeSurfer X•1 router: “a new product that transforms any USB wireless modem into an instant Internet-connected WiFi network capable of supporting multiple users.” Too bad I can’t figure out where to buy it.
Also too bad that I can’t simply do this with a jail-broked iPhone. I mean, doesn’t an iPhone have everything it needs [...]
Two interesting submissions to the Core77 Business Card Hacks Challenge: earbud speakers and a cord winder.
f you’re already building web apps, you might wonder why you should bother to build an iPhone native app. The short answer is that you might not need to, but you should still optimize the app for iPhones.
Native-looking chrome
Set these in the head:
// set a custom icon for when a user bookmarks the app to [...]
I’m at Apple’s iPhone Tech Talk in New York today. Info is flowing like water through a firehose, so I’m not going to attempt live blogging, but here are their suggested ingredients for a successful iPhone app:
Delightful
Innovative
Designed
Integrated
Optimized
Connected
Localized
The picture is of the main theater for the event. It’s by far the most beautiful space I’ve ever [...]
Re-imagined a bit, anyway. Why browse a vertical list of results when you can flip through them like pages in a book (or album covers in iTunes). Searchme on the iPhone and iPod touch does just that.
As you type your search term, icons representing rough categories appear, allowing you to target your search and [...]
Catherine asked me what iPhone apps I recommend, so I went looking. Exposure, WordPress, and Google Mobile App are on the first page of my home screen. Mocha VNC and Band are buried a little deeper, but deserve mention.
I’m surprised to say that Loopt and Whrrl disappointed me. iPint was good for one laugh, but [...]
