Demand for Apple’s newly upgraded line of MacBook Pro notebooks was strong on the first day, with scattered reports of the low-end 13-inch model selling out in some retail locations
via AppleInsider | New MacBook Pros off to strong start, 13-inch model selling out.
My reading of this new language is that cross-compilers, such as the Flash-to-iPhone compiler in Adobe’s upcoming Flash Professional CS5 release, are prohibited. This also bans apps compiled using MonoTouch — a tool that compiles C# and .NET apps to the iPhone. It’s unclear what this means for tools like Titanium and PhoneGap, which let developers write JavaScript code that runs in WebKit inside a native iPhone app wrapper. They might be OK. The folks at Appcelerator realize, though, that they might be out of bounds with Titanium. Ansca’s Corona SDK, which lets you write iPhone apps using Lua, strikes me as out of bounds.
via Daring Fireball: New iPhone Developer Agreement Bans the Use of Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone Compiler.
Nota bene: Apple will release its own app front end that allows a simpler development environment (than XCode).
yet when I eventually got my hands on one, I discovered that one doesn’t relate to it as a “tool”; the experience is closer to one’s relationship with a person or an animal.
via Apple’s iPad: The Mothership Prepares for Launch – TIME.
Can’t wait.
Citing an unnamed executive familiar with the plans, MediaPost claims that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has been touting the upcoming service, rumored to launch April 7th, as “revolutionary” and “our next big thing” amongst his inner circle. No further details were reported.
via AppleInsider | Apple rumored to introduce iAd App Store service on April 7th.
On December 30th 2009, I wrote:
I think it’s a certainty that Apple will introduce an ad serving platform for the iPhone (and any tablet) in 2010. This will amount to a checkbox that developers will check when submitting their app to the store.
Time’s Managing Editor: iPad Content Awaits ‘Its Orson Welles’ – Digits – WSJ
He compared it to the era after sound first came into motion pictures. For a while many movies were more like filmed plays, until directors really learned to take advantage of the opportunities of the medium. For the iPad, too, “the medium is waiting for its Orson Welles,” Stengel said.
Never mind the gossip and tales of intrigue. Ignore the stories of betrayal and affairs. Forget the animosity and ego tripping.
No, the real reason you should be nervous if you are betting on Google long term is that Schmidt gave his first iPhone away.
By August of 2007 it’s reported that “Schmidt had long ago given up on the Apple handset because he couldn’t stand the on-screen keyboard. His wife had tested a prototype, but didn’t care to keep it. Schmidt, we’re told, ended up giving his iPhone to [his mistress] as a gift”
Here is a guy who has in his hands one of the first iPhones and he treats it with contempt.
He did not get it.
Nor, it seems, does he get the iPad.
Google does not understand where computing is going.
I don’t mean this in a small way. I mean this in a big way.
Total Apps Total Apps Approved: 200638 Total Available Apps: 173175
link: iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, Deals and Discovery at App Shopper
Despite the fact that the Google Nexus One is the most advanced Android handset to date, and enjoyed substantial buzz leading up to its release, the launch has been overshadowed by lower than expected sales.
link: Initial Sales of Original iPhone, Droid, and Nexus One Compared – Mac Rumors
On the heels of the 71% cut in estimates this should not be a surprise. Nor should it be given Rubin’s stated goal:
Rubin hopes his company can sell, at the very least, 150,000 Nexus One devices.
link: Google’s Mobile Chief Andy Rubin on the Google Phone & the Androidification of Everything – GigaOM
