Java Verified testing and competitive price
April 15, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Nokia
A developer raised a point about the developing for the Ovi Store about Java Verified being a requirement:
I was hoping that Java Verified will not be a requirement, we are signed by Verisign but a Java Verified process will make our production costs far more expensive which will end up costing to the users and hurting the platforms accessibility…
Please Nokia pay attention to the highest selling segment in the Apple app store: the $1 applications… This price point might not be feasible with Java Verified.
In the beginning, when Symbian was pretty much the ruler of mobile applications they could dictate …read more
Jailbreaking iPhones now banned by Apple
April 2, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under iPhone
It seems that the latest developer agreement for the iPhone bans jailbreaking, or any support for jailbreaking. This means that developers won’t be able to even think about jailbreaking iPhones to install apps on. The problem with this is that a lot of the great innovations happen within the circle of “piracy” that truth be told, more can be gained from allowing devs to jailbreak iPhones.
Though jailbreaking allows access to apps that Apple doesn’t approve of and enables unlocking the phone from approved carriers, it also allows users and developers access to the UNIX underpinnings of iPhone OS, which both …read more
I love Apple computers. I hate Apple’s mobile phone division
October 1, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Apple
Call me schizo but I’m really beginning to hate Apple’s behavior on the whole exclusivity deal with the iPhone. And I’m not referring to the telco exclusivity but to the way Apple keeps developers on a tight leash when it comes to options to developing and selling apps. First, they’re required to sign an NDA, and then they can’t even keep 100% of the profit. Serves them right that Google is pressuring them through a more open platform (Android).
So Apple drops the NDA! Good for them. I think Apple seriously needs to reinvent itself once more into a more …read more
