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Although I try not to believe anything that I read about pre-launch Apple products, there’s been a fair bit of speculation regarding the device’s processor. I’ve even, perhaps rashly, quoted some of the details in various discussions. Was it all just breathless fanboi excitement?
The San Jose Mercury News’ Chris O’Brien wrote a compelling column announcing that, “The era of the PC’s dominance is officially over. We have crossed over into the age of mobile computing.” While I am in complete agreement with the conclusion, I differ regarding the indicator that he has selected.
Fast Company is reporting that EA is about to launch some major games on the iPhone. Is this the beginning of the end for indie developers?
Apparently, the devious folks behind ColorMagic were able to fool the mechanism supporting Staff Favorites on the App Store. Makes me wonder how the “Favorites” are actually selected.
Congratulations to the team at Rogue Amoeba! They raised enough of a stink that Apple called them, and actually reversed a previously issued rejection.
It’s about time. Apparently, they’re finally automating scans of submitted apps for any calls to private API’s. This (the automation) is a good thing.
I’ve been following the back & forth between @mikeash and @jeff_lamarche over Rogue Amoeba’s decision to bail on iPhone app development. As with many such things, it’s worth considering the implications for the rest of us.
It seems that you just can’t trust anybody these days. Some players in the service world appear to be in a race to the bottom, and they aren’t above stretching their credentials a bit on the way down.
Apparently, the iPhone launch in China generated only 5K new customers for China Unicom. Ouch.
According to a recent survey by Retrevo, iPhone owners assess themselves as more “cool” than do Blackberry owners. Rating categories included these seemingly shallow criteria: Extrovert, Jock, Intellectual and Media Buff. iPhone owners ranked themselves as higher across the board. After dealing with the “community” for most of this year, I’m sure that they think that.
