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iPhone webapps to kick the AppStore habit

Posted by tom.altman on November 30th, 2009
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I love my iPhone.  I hate the AppStore.

I have not built my own iPhone app – partially because I haven’t found something I couldn;t already buy.  But partly because it seems complicated.  That’s probably why I don’t build desktop apps.  I came across a post by John Gruber called “iPhone Web Apps as an Alternative to the App Store” whih points to an article by Peter-Paul Koch “Apple is not evil. iPhone developers are stupid.” and they reaffirmed what I was thinking.

from Peter-Paul
“The fundamental problem on the iPhone is not Apple’s App Store approval policies, but the iPhone developers’ arrogant disdain for Web technologies.”

“Apple is not evil. iPhone developers are stupid. Their problems with the App Store approval process are entirely their own fault and they deserve no commiseration.”

Yea.  This is the exact arugment I’ve been having the desktop developers for 10 years – why hadn’t I connected the dots.

Although Peter-Paul has been “put in his place” and written a rebuttal – I think the issues will also be “fixed” with the competition with Android.

So – if you’re so inclined to write the iPhone app:

But the best proof is what I pointed out above: Apple itself created almost no iPhone web apps. Successful iPhone developers don’t just want to write software that works on the iPhone. They want to write software for the iPhone that’s just as good as Apple’s. Today that means using Cocoa Touch and the native SDK.

When you write a Cocoa Touch app for the iPhone, you’re not starting from scratch. You’re starting with the Cocoa Touch framework. As Faruk Ateş astutely points out in his response to Koch, to discount the framework is to discount everything that sets the iPhone apart as a development platform. Not only are native iPhone apps faster and more capable than their web-app equivalents, but they’re easier to write.

Nothing will be solved today – but as Android continues to spread in it’s open and loving ways…we’re be waiting with our web code ready to spring into action.

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The State of the Smartphone: iPhone is Way, Way Ahead – ReadWriteWeb

Posted by tom.altman on April 20th, 2009

The State of the Smartphone: iPhone is Way, Way Ahead – ReadWriteWeb.

I would have probably argued with this article not that long ago.  I made a huge mistake and bought a touch about 1.5 months ago.

I was hooked and grabbed the iPhone shortly after – and there is no lookingback.

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Ripdev: The iPhone Authority

Posted by tom.altman on March 24th, 2009

Ripdev: The iPhone Authority.

Apple is losing the death grip on the iPhone.

InstallerApp is a native Mac OS X application (soon — for Windows too) that allows you easily download applications from Installer and Cydia directly onto your computer, and install them to the iPhone connected with USB cable.

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iPhone Apps: $32k Spent vs $535 Revenue

Posted by tom.altman on March 12th, 2009

Owen had a development budget of $32,000 for the game but in the first month made $535 in revenue, despite a glowing review from major gaming site Kotaku.

via Some Brutally Honest iPhone App Sales Numbers: $32k Spent vs $535 Revenue.

Um, how do I pull that email to the dev team back through the amil server?

Seriously – I wonder how much extra traffic and users the free app people are driving back to their sites?

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Wordpress, Drupal & Django = Apple, Microsoft and Linux

Posted by tom.altman on December 22nd, 2008
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So I’m driving to work last Thursday and it comes to be.  Wordpress, Drupal and Django relate to the three OS’s we all come to know and love.

Wordpress = Apple
Think about it.  It is the prettiest of all the platforms.  It makes the hard thing a bit of a no brainer – plugins have become a simple act with. WP2.7.  Anyone can use it, there is very little training needed and as the man says “Code is Poetry”

Drupal = Microsoft
This gorilla is a solid product.  It’s not as shiny as Wordpress, but not matter what – it will work for you.   Don’t worry about the new module you wrote 3 years ago, its still supported and it always will.  This is a popular product and it gives you 40 ways to do the same thing.

Django = Unix
This is solid and requires some serious console time to get things done.  Django screams masicist and taped up glasses.  Now – this baby will give you some serious street cred, but you have to REALLY know the jung-fu to get around.

OK – that was the drive, it’s a bit off the wall; but it makes sense, at least to me.

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Moblie Me v. Live Mesh

Posted by tom.altman on July 22nd, 2008
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I’ve been called a Microsoft fanboy more times than I care to admit.  And – I’ll have to say…it’s true to an extent.  Now – I’m not ALL Microsoft – ALL the time, but I lean that way.

I do have respect for the other stuff and as I continue to futher my career in technology, I am finding myself woo’d by the open source world.

But I really have to laugh at this one (Apple’s MobileMe vs. MicroSoft’s Live Mesh) and have to say that I have not done any reseach about MoblieMe – but have been beta testing Live Mesh for a good month.  I really like LiveMesh.  And after hearing about the latest update – peer-to-peer sharing…this is h-hot.

I just find it very amusing that there will more than likely be a bunch of people raving about the MobileMe and poo-poo-ing the LiveMesh…so from this fanboy to the world.

I like LiveMesh!

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What products or software are you looking forward to in 2008?

Posted by tom.altman on January 1st, 2008

Lifehacker had this post a couple of days ago and I thought it would be perfect for today “What products or software are you looking forward to in 2008?”

My thoughts:

  • Hardware winner:  Apple.
    I think we will see some innovative things at Mac World Expo in Jan. and many will be trying to catch up.
  • Software:  Microsoft.
    Yea-yea, I know.  But IE8 is coming gonna lead the way with some interesting things.  I think they (Microsoft) is being way to quiet about a lot of things.  Maybe this is a new business strategy!  :)

Take a look at the comments on the link…good interesting stuff.

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Best Operating System Ever Written

Posted by tom.altman on October 31st, 2007

Wow – some big words from PC Mag talking about the new version of Apple’s OSX – Leopard.

“like truly automated backups, preview images in folders, and notes and to-do lists integrated into the mail program”

Here is a link to a “Windows Guy” (but one I have found very level headed) with his thoughts, Paul Thurrott.

And then a link to an Apple Fanboy – with a Leopard post – which really turns out to be a Microsoft bash.

Either way you cut – Apple is definetly making a stir in the “OS Wars”

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To Mac or Not to Mac – is there a question?

Posted by tom.altman on September 18th, 2007

I was just talking with Kim H the other day and explaining some of the “hot” topics I have been hearing the most about…they were IPTV and Apple.

IPTV – is the internet protocol television, where shows are “broadcast” over the net. Apple – in the context that Microsoft is dead and the Mac is moving in and I have to say – the new mac books are very intriguing, especially for those who need to use programs which are “mac” and also those which are “PC”.

But what these podcasts and websites are saying is the Mac is rolling over the PC and back up before you get it too.

An article in the NYT doesn’t agree:
“The official line from Apple is that all has gone swimmingly. The company said it shipped 1.52 million Macs in the first quarter of this year, up 35 percent from the year-ago quarter. In the second quarter through June 30, it shipped 1.76 million Macs, up 32 percent from a year ago, an all-time quarterly record.

Funny thing, though: based on the ratio of Windows and Macs actually in use, no gains can be seen for Apple. ”

So, depending on which set of fanboys you believe – it’s Mac or PC.

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Now this is innovation

Posted by tom.altman on August 22nd, 2007

Sometimes – innovation takes a giant leap, with both feet. It happened when Apple invented the iPod and I think it happened when Nooka invented the dot watch. Click here – then click “nooka story” (remind me to tell you how much I like Flash interfaces)

It is just really cool to see a guy say “Hey, there has to be more than 2 ways to tell time!” So he invented this dot watch – and how cool is that.

Now, how can we take a look at our content and do the same thing – there has to be more ways to use this content than JUST TV and newspaper.

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