A lot of people I know and respect have been commenting on problems associated with the iPhone mute switch: John Gruber – On the Behavior of the iPhone Mute Switch Andy Ihnatko – Unmuting on The Mute Question Marco Arment – Designing “Mute” Guy English – Mute This Both sides of the argument have valid [...]
The bank we use for our business account recently mandated the use of a product called Trusteer Rapport while accessing our information online. Although Mac OS X doesn’t have any problems with “increasingly sophisticated malware in the online environment”, I do need to periodically check our accounts and transactions so I proceeded with the installation. [...]
Dear Steve, I’m one of the developers that is affected by the Lodsys patent infringement claim. I’m writing not to beg for your support, but rather to give you a better idea of how this legal action affects the average iOS developer. We’re a small company. We have 12 employees that have created 14 products [...]
It’s no secret that “multitasking” is one of the great new features of iOS 4. Unfortunately, many people have a misconception about what Apple has implemented. Hopefully this short essay will help you understand the restrictions and the good reasons for having these limits. On your desktop, multitasking means that any application or process can [...]
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I’ve always wondered what it would be like to write a book. Now I know. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but rewarding beyond words. For those of you asking for PDF or Ebook editions, you can order them now directly from O’Reilly. The printed version will be available in a couple of weeks. [...]
Dear Steve, First, let me congratulate you and everyone at Apple on the release of the iPad. From my dealings with your company, I know it wasn’t easy. Thanks to everyone for busting their asses: a lot of very complex puzzle pieces came together during those last 60 days! I recently had an encounter with [...]
Until Gizmodo publicly apologizes to Gray Powell, this is going to be in my /etc/hosts and in all of the DNS servers under my control: 127.0.0.1 gizmodo.com 127.0.0.1 www.gizmodo.com 127.0.0.1 m.gizmodo.com 127.0.0.1 gawker.com 127.0.0.1 www.gawker.com 127.0.0.1 m.gawker.com The person at fault is the shithead who stole the phone, not some overworked engineer drinking beer. Please [...]
It’s been a little over 2½ years since I last looked at the performance of Apple’s mobile devices. A lot has changed with the software and hardware since then, let’s take a look at how the new iPad compares to the devices we’re more familiar with. Native performance Test iPad/3.2 iPhone 3GS/3.0 Faster by 100,000 [...]
I’m too busy right now to write about the iPad in detail, but I do want to make one quick point that I haven’t seen covered in other essays. An important observation that I’ve made with the iPhone is that it’s perfect for “relaxed” computing. I use it while lying in bed, watching TV, waiting [...]