7 October 2007 – 10:57 am
According to Ars Technica, Apple are planning a new web-based SDK for the iPhone to be released sometime next year. It will enable offline Web 2.0 apps, similar in concept to Google Gears, so you don’t need to have EDGE or WiFi connectivity to use an app (provided the data has been cached locally). It [...]
A quick update, the DECO1200 Minisite 2 has been posted on the MON site, although I have decided not to import the content into WordPress. I think it would take too long — time I could better use working on the DECO1005 and DECO1008 assignments (in typical style they all end up due at the [...]
Revision 2.2: Updated to show operation of edit screen and navigation. Adds help button? Below is a Flash prototype for the Mobisnap application. It’s programmed to run you through a “product tour” of the program – although the final slide is still incomplete. I’ll update this as soon as I can think.Your comments are welcomed [...]
Minisite 2 is currently online at http://people.arch.usyd.edu.au/~dcos5821/deco1200/minisite2/index.html. I’ll upload it to WordPress a bit later.
28 September 2007 – 10:23 am
Rumours are circulating that Apple is planning a revival of the Newton handheld (which still kick Windows PocketPC) in a similar form factor to the iPhone. With a large high-res multitouch screen and useful features like copy & paste that the iPhone lacks, it should be more like a PDA. Obviously though, all of the [...]
25 September 2007 – 11:26 am
Some more iPod Touch related news: first, a review from US PC World Magazine, which describes a few issues with the screen, sound quality and stability. In particular, it seems to have difficulty working with high-end headphones – something you wouldn’t expect from a “high-end” MP3 player. As usual with Apple gear, it seems that [...]
19 September 2007 – 7:33 am
That’s no help to us, since O2 aren’t a carrier here. Given their wide range of choice between Hellstra, Optarse and Vodafaux (and 3, forgot them), I wonder which Apple will choose. On the upside, 3G networks have widespread (ish) coverage here – something the US doesn’t have (they couldn’t even settle on a single [...]
15 September 2007 – 10:23 pm
This is very fun, it’s an iPhone smudge and scratch simulator! It even has a cute little cleaning cloth to wipe the fingerprints away. Given the way most consumer-electronics smudge up, someone really needs to come up with a smudge-resistant surface. C’mon nanotechnology, where are you now ‘eh?! On a slightly more useful note, Gearlog [...]
14 September 2007 – 9:49 pm
This is pretty much directed at Rob: I’ve mirrored my minisite at http://people.arch.usyd.edu.au/~dcos5821/deco1200/minisite1/ it’s been deCMSed (if that is a word). There is a version saved with the SWF and CSS if the spiders break – you can grab that here all in one ZIP file. You can also grab the Minisite straight off the [...]
14 September 2007 – 12:51 pm
I hate republishing files from other peoples blogs, but since the original link to it has disappeared, google finds no leads and a few other DECO students want to print one off, I’ve put a copy of the PDF online for your very own iPhone cardboard cutout. Kudos to the original author, and of course to Apple for [...]