10.1
Progress
Apple makes a small but much needed step towards mending fences with the iPhone/iPod Touch developer community. Let’s hope the good news doesn’t stop here, though. Could there be more good news to come as Macworld approaches?
7.12
Check That Out!
Six productivity iPhone/iPod Touch apps, six check-mark icons.
7.3
UI Nightmare
Palm developer Steven’s Creek Software vomited out this app for the iPhone/iPod Touch.
The question is: will this app be “accepted” by Apple for inclusion in the AppStore or is UI design going to be a deciding factor in which apps get in and which don’t?
As leery as I am of having one gate-keeper giving the thumbs up or the thumbs down to every app I would be just as leery of having to wade through crap like this to get to the good stuff. Time will tell …
Update: pilkycrc says “no”
Original linkage, as well as the screenshot of this train wreck of a UI, courtesy of Mr. John Gruber.
6.20
Don’t Expect Many Tears
If sales drop because potential iPod Touch buyers opt for a $199 iPhone 3G instead, don’t expect many tears from Apple executives.
– John Gruber
From “WWDC 2008 Miscellany” on Daring Fireball
10.30
The Worst iPod ad Ever
So that’s why I thought it was the worst iPod ad I had ever seen. It was “user-created”. Now that I know I suppose I like it a little better but…wait, no. I really don’t