One of the web sites I currently read with regularity is Smashing Magazine. I must say that I enjoy this site a lot and have been learning a lot of things. They recently published an article by Jen Gordon of Clever Twist. The article is entitled “How To Create Your First iPhone Application”. It lists the steps that you need in order to create your first iPhone application.
With the iPhone’s rising popularity, applications for this device are rapidly gaining market share. The great thing about the iPhone is that for the first time there’s a great mobile platform that people …read more

They have iPhone apps available for just about everything out there. Lately, I have seen quite a few good apps related to fitness. If you want to use your iPhone as a full-fledged GPS personal trainer, there’s an app for that. It’s called AllSport GPS by Trimble Outdoors, and it’s available now for the iPhone 3G.
The application complements a variety of outdoor activities, including walking, running, hiking, cycling, mountain biking and snowboarding.
After downloading AllSport GPS, you can:

Begin a new fitness routine or maintain your existing workout plan
Track exercise activity by monitoring time, speed, calories burned, and distance traveled during …read more

I finally got to play with an iPhone 3GS. While the official launch in the Philippines is still slated for the 31st of July, my brother got his hands on a unit from Australia. It just happened that one of my friends bought 2 units and sold the other one. I was supposed to get it but my brother wanted it as well so I gave way to him since I’m still happy with my iPod Touch and Nokia e71 combo.
I have to say, it’s really fast. The apps are much more responsive. It really helps the UI. The only …read more

The iPhone 3G S while highly, anticipated made it’s debut in a more subtle way than its predecessors. Gone are the long lines that used to be a fixture at Apple stores during the launch of the previous models. This was a result of Apple taking pre-orders for the iPhone, thus eliminating the need for people to camp out at the stores.
There were still people who camped out at stores. Just not in the volumes previously witnessed.
A couple of days ago, the 3.0 version of the iPhone OS was made available. This upgrade brings a lot of the feature of …read more

Apple took the wraps off some high-profile new products at the WorldWide Developer’s Conference in San Jose. Chief among them was the next upgrade in the iPhone, the iPhone 3Gs. The 3Gs is being touted as up to twice as fast as the iPhone 3G,with longer battery life, a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, video recording, and hands-free voice control. A ton of new capabilities are built into it. The 16 gigabyte iPhone 3Gs retails for $199, with a 32 GB model for $299.
Also today, the iPhone 3G, the last generation 8 GB model, is available for an incredible $99.

[image courtesy of Information Appliances Associates]
Sometimes the it’s the simple things in life that give the greatest pleasure. That also translates to apps. Great apps don’t have to be complex.
This is true with the new game from Information Appliances Associates. Puzzlicious is a simple puzzle game but it’s quite addicting. Basically, the app grabs a picture from Picasa or your iPhone/iPod Touch’s photo library and creates a jigsaw puzzle out of it. You drag the pieces around until you complete it. There’s a time limit so you’re racing against time. It’s that simple and yet, it’s one of the enjoyable …read more

Most of us were still playing with toys when we were 9 years old. Lim Ding Wen, isn’t like any other kid though. At the tender age of 9 Lim is already an accomplished iPhone programmer. His program “Doodle Kids” has been downloaded 4,000 times from the iTunes App Store.
The program is a high-tech etch-a-sketch. You can draw on the iPhone using your fingers and then shake the device to erase it.
He’s fluent in a number of programming language. At the age of 9 I could barely cope with the english language, much less programming languages. He’s the …read more

There’s a new application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that will help protect your kids from browsing objectionable content on the internet. While internet filtering software is nothing new to the desktop environment, it’s still relatively new to the iPhone/iPod Touch platform.
InternetSafety.com introduces Safe Eyes Mobile, an internet filtering software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It blocks inappropriate content but still allowing you to view the rest of the World Wide Web. You don’t need to turn off all the browsing capabilities of your mobile device.
Below is the official press release about this product.

New ‘Safe Eyes …read more

I posted about the WordPress app for the iPhone and iPod Touch awhile back. Unfortunately the WordPress version we’re using for The After Mac wasn’t a version that was supported by the mobile app.
b5media, upgrade the WordPress versions of the blogs, hence I can now post via the mobile app. Woohoo!
I’ll post a better review about the app tom.

[image courtesy of Apple]
[via CNET]

Apple had a rocky road at times with the iPhone in 2008, but it finished the year having turned its first phone into its most important product. The iPhone began the year as a gadget status symbol in four countries and ended the year as the world’s second-best-selling smartphone, putting Apple in perhaps the best financial shape in the tech industry as the world entered a severe economic downturn.

2008 truly has been the year for the iPhone. Looking back this is the year that Apple’s new jewel made its mark not only with Apple fanboys but …read more