Posted by James Eunson | June 6, 2010 | Categories:
The Moscone Center is fully decorated for Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference starting tomorrow, June 7. This year’s WWDC is a big departure from previous years, with the exclusive focus being on apps created for the iPad and iPhone. Specifically, there are no awards for Mac applications – a move which is sure to leave some developers scratching their heads. Sessions and labs are still being run on getting the most out of Snow Leopard technologies though.
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Posted by James Eunson | June 1, 2010 | Categories:
Another rushed iPad app bit the dust today – the St George banking application was pulled from the iPad app store. While parts of it were good, looking at the core banking part, it’s not hard to see why.
The main app screen has an attractive coverflow-based selection of the services they offer and a Google Maps integrated store finder. Initially it’s not a bad app at all.
But when you click the button to do your banking, there’s no attractive in-app banking but rather, your browser opens to reveal the same site you could have manually navigated to.
Purpose of the app? We’re not sure either. And it’s possible St George agrees, with the app having just disappeared off the App Store.
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Posted by James Eunson | May 29, 2010 | Categories:
The iPad has finally had its official release in territories outside of the US and has attracted crowds and enormous queues to be the first to have one.
Rahul Kuduri was the first in line at the launch at the flagship Sydney store, lining up from 2AM the previous night. We applaud your dedication, giving professional line standers worldwide a run for their money!
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Posted by James Eunson | May 22, 2010 | Categories:
Founder of digg.com and Angel Investor, Kevin Rose has been at the forefront of iPad reviews, giving it one of the first in a fun 20 minute segment on the diggnation show and providing one of the best rationalisations of buying one on his blog, leading up to the release.
Posted to his blog today is his review of the one of the nicer iPad cases going around, the Dodocase. Read more
Posted by James Eunson | May 21, 2010 | Categories:
The App Store is now accessible on the iPad in UK and France as well as in New Zealand and Australia. Previously, it was possible to purchase iPad apps using iTunes but not access the store via the actual device in these countries.
This is a boon for early adopters, who finally can download apps on the device, without encountering a frustrating error message.
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Posted by James Eunson | May 19, 2010 | Categories:
The sales figures for GQ’s slick-looking app for the iPad are looking a little thin on the ground. Only 365 of their December 2009 Men of the Year issue were sold as of last week, according to this source.
The iPad app, priced at $2.99, is forging into new territory for GQ’s owner Conde Naste and is selling for $2 less than the newsstand version.
“This costs us nothing extra: no printing or postage,” says GQ VP/Publisher Pete Hunsinger. “Everything is profit, and I look forward to the time when iPad issue sales become a major component to our circulation.”
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Posted by James Eunson | May 16, 2010 | Categories:
The biggest news overnight in the tech world is that of intrepid serial-provocateur/journalist Ryan Tate venting his spleen to Steve Jobs over the wording used in this recent advertisement. The sticking point is describing the iPad as a “revolution” and Ryan Tate appears to have taken personal issue with this, contacting Steve at his well known company email address.
It is worth noting, Ryan’s employer Gawker Media and Apple have a history, and not the good kind. For those not in the know, Gawker is the organisation currently involved in legal proceedings over shady dealings relating to one allegedly stolen iPhone next gen prototype.
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