By now it’s clear that Apple has its hands full trying to deal with the deluge of iPhone developers straining its iPhone AppStore infrastructure. Apple was apparently unprepared for the flood of iPhone application submissions, leading to the iPhone-maker’s continued backlog in approving iPhone apps for the App Store. Now, we’re hearing of even more…
Adobe Flash support coming to Android OS!
With a smartphone, browsing the “mobile web” is nearly indistinguishable from browsing the “real web.” Most smartphone users are used to browsing the same webpages that they’d be exploring on their desktop, and the mobile experience is fast catching up to desktop browsers. But, if you’re looking to interact with any sort of Flash-based content,…
LiveFire uses Quake 3 engine to blow our iPhones away!
iPhone gaming is here, and it’s here in a big way. As such, hardcore gamers may just have a new friend in the iPhone. iPhone game developer ngmoco has again blown us away with their LiveFire first-person shooter for the iPhone. We’ve all seen Quake running on an iPhone, but LiveFire promises to blow us…
Windows Mobile 6.5 ditches honeycomb homescreen
Microsoft really is working hard to give their touch-optimized Windows Mobile 6.5 update everything it needs to capture a good chunk of the smartphone market. In fact, Microsoft is even working to ensure that it ditches design elements that aren’t expected to be received well by the public. In that vein, Microsoft is reportedly cutting…
Newber’s plug pulled after iPhone AppStore delays
Apple’s known for doing a lot of things well. Apple is also unfortunately known for taking their sweet time in reviewing some iPhone apps for entry into the iPhone AppStore. Some developers have been waiting months on end with nary a word from the iPhone maker about where the potential iPhone application stands. In fact,…
Microsoft integrating Silverlight Mobile into Windows Mobile 7!
Microsoft’s Flash competitor, Silverlight, is about to get a big boost. Word from Microsoft has Windows Mobile 7 rocking an integrated Silverlight Mobile client that should allow smartphone users to view and play with all kinds of Silverlight-based streaming and interactive media on the web. Unfortunately, Silverlight is only slated for Windows Mobile 7 because…
iPhone Push Background Notification – A multi-tasking compromise?
Apple announced this week that the iPhone 3.0 OS would include support for push background notifications. The iPhone maker was expected to go live with background notifications late last year, but missed that mark as they retooled the background notification system. The push-data service will allow inactive iPhone applications to receive updates from a server…
AT&T to offer Apple iPhone 3G sans contract!
Sprint cleaning? Perhaps. AT&T is apparently looking to move a good number of iPhone 3G stock over the next month or so. Internal training documents point to a renewed iPhone 3G sales push that will have Big Blue peddling iPhone 3G’s without contract to existing AT&T customers. The new promotion will give current subscribers with…
Second Chapter of webOS Guide Ready
Palm has just unloaded chapter 2 of their official developers guide: Application Basics. Keep in mind, this is a Rough Cuts version, so Palm webOS: Developing Applications in JavaScript using the Palm Mojo™ Framework is still subject to a lot of feedback and editing before it’s ready for primetime. Here’s an intro of chapter 2,…
‘Find My iPhone’ feature in iPhone 3.0 OS tracks stolen iPhones!
While there are literally a hundred different new features packed into the iPhone 3.0 OS that’s due to hit market in a few months’ time, the discovery of a new iPhone-tracking feature comes as a genuine surprise. iPhone developers have apparently been teasing apart the developer release of the iPhone OS 3.0 beta, and have…