An Experiment in BlackBerry Development: Lessons Learned Writing PodTrapper
This article attempts to relay my experiences and lessons learned in the making of PodTrapper, my first mobile application for BlackBerry. It will cover
Architecture, Scalability, Web, Mobility, Synchronization
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Liked "43 iPhone Development Resources"
Programming for the iPhone is still pretty new. It might be a bit tougher to find iPhone developer resources but we found a bunch that will get you through building any iPhone app you might be starting on. Check out our list of our favorite developer books, blogs, podcasts, screencasts, open-source libraries, communities, forums, conferences, training, and more!
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See also http://jeffmerlet.com/tag/iphone
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Liked "iPhone Dev Sessions: Create a Drum App"
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And do not forget to also checkout the free iPhone development course offered by Stanford.
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iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers
The rush to develop iPhone applications is blinding Silicon Valley software developers to other platforms with potentially wide global audiences, most notably Nokia’s Ovi Store.
via venturebeat.com
It is not about devotion, it's simply about ROI, for at least small dev shop, with the simplicity of developing, testing, and publishing an iPhone app. Which is not as painful (tools, complex OS, etc.), including an expensive certification (including for Java apps), as it is currently on the other mobile platforms (except Android).
Update 1: A developer viewpoint on the iPhone devotion recent discussion. I think that Mike is spot-on.
Update 2: VentureBeat is adding more to this heated conversation with a followup post aiming directly at Nokia, and a guest post by an AdMob VP.
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Nine Inch Nails innovative approach and experimentation regarding music distribution
This is an eyes opening approach on music distribution, monetizing, marketing, fan integration, etc. from Nine Inch Nails which is on their own and not under any label contract.
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Free Stanford course on developing iPhone software
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/april1/free-iphone-software-development-course-apple-040109.html
Update 1: checkout this post from TheAppleBlog on developing a complete iPhone app.
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The Yahoo iPhone app drop down menu is really neat
Great way to provide extras functions on the same screen that are immediatly accessible.
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iPhone Yahoo vs. IPhone Google: 1 - 0
At a glance Yahoo iPhone app is: Yahoo news/media properties + Yahoo One Search + Yahoo Connect (aka your extended social stream, messenger, emails, etc.) + your own content view (based on smart keywording).
Yahoo has done an excellent job with its new iPhone app. This is definitely a full integrated user experience and not a mere Safari launch front-end like the Google app. Except that for the search experience they are equivalent with some unique features on both sides. Google has voice search while Yahoo is offering a lot more types of results (Y! Answers, related app download, related products, etc.).
The access to news & media is really done with even a better job than the NYT iphone app.
One weird lacking feature is that when you want to add your own customized inertest (movies, weather, etc.) your current location is not used!!! While in the Yahoo Everything tab the app use your own location.
Overall this is a great all-in-one app.
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