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The App Store has always confused me. Browsing apps today seems more like browsing the yellow pages. For users to get the best experience, they should be able to look around in a more immersive interface, without so much text. …
August 31, 2011 | Posted in Apple
Last month, Apple demoed iOS 5 at the WWDC keynote address. I made a list of predictions beforehand—let's score 'em, and make a few more since Apple predictions generate some serious traffic. Notifications: We did indeed see a revamp here. …
July 7, 2011 | Posted in Apple
At WWDC, one of the slides indicated that iOS had a much larger market share than Android, and another slide showed that there were much more iPhone devices out there than Android. This was met with a lukewarm applause by …
June 28, 2011 | Posted in Apple, Things That Would Be Great
It's time for another round of last-minute WWDC predictions! Last year, I wrote this in the hall leading up to Presidio with all the other nerds enthusiasts, but this year I'm leaving you enough time to actually read this. Here's …
June 5, 2011 | Posted in Apple, Things That Would Be Great
Amidst all the usual holiday riffraff and scurrying, the App Store review staff at Apple really came through for me today. We updated five apps (which all share the same codebase) last week, and the update went live Friday night. …
December 20, 2010 | Posted in Apple
...And I do mean last-minute! Standing in line for the stevenote as we speak. Here goes: New iPhone ("iPhone HD"?) with front-facing camera, A4 processor, new form factor, 4x pixel density, still $200 iPhone os 4 release date announced Demo …
June 7, 2010 | Posted in Apple
Why doesn't my iPhone have Flash? Why should it? Games! Videos! The Dr. Phil sound board! I hate to say it, but for every one of those, there's an app for that. OK, fine. But there's still lots of websites …
March 1, 2010 | Posted in Apple
Now that the iPad details have been released, let's see how I did on my predictions: The Tablet will offer newspaper content and micropayments via your iTunes account Verdict: Didn't happen. Looks like it's only books for now. It will …
January 27, 2010 | Posted in Apple
If there's one thing I enjoy it's thinking about future Apple products. Not only is the company good at revolutionizing the tech industry with every one of their recent ventures (iPod Touch, iPhone, new Macbooks), but they are the only …
January 24, 2010 | Posted in Apple