Archive for June, 2009
Anatomy of an iPhone wallpaper
A few days ago I started working on some classic videogame iPhone wallpapers which have gotten thousands of views after I posted them and were mentioned on the AppSlappy podcast. I wanted to write a bit about how I put them together. The iPhone’s screen is 320×480 and has two tall banners on its home [...]
Did Microsoft make Windows XP too good?
Most people know me as a big Mac fan, but I was one of the people that stood in line at my local CompUSA in November of 2001 at midnight for Windows XP. At the time I was a big PC gamer, and I was getting a little tired of the Windows 95/98/ME crashes, but [...]
First day with the iPhone 3GS
One thing I have to say about the original iPhone is that it was the only cell phone I owned since getting my first one around 1994 that I didn’t want to get rid of after six months. It was the phone that showed the cell phone makers that the technology really needed to be [...]
Tweetdeck comes to the iPhone
Until now, the best iPhone application for handling multiple accounts has been Tweetie. It’s a terrific app, organizing your accounts into multiple pages so that they don’t interfere with each other. Not only is it good at handling multiple accounts, it’s a very good and intuitive iPhone Twitter application. Just a few minutes ago, Tweetdeck [...]
Setting up a shared Google calendar for more than one iPhone
Last week I bought my wife her first iPhone. Despite the fact she seemed less than enthusiastic about it, she’s been doing a good job at learning how to use it. One thing I noticed was that she’s been using the Calendar app to remind herself about things. I got the idea of figuring out [...]
Amish iPhone apps
Seeking to break into the market of people that shun technology, Apple will be marketing iPhone OS 3.0 to the Amish people of the United States. Listed below are the top 10 Amish iPhone apps. iChurn – This classic iPhone app will tell you exactly how many churns you need to make in order to [...]
