If your iOS development model can be summarized by the words “show me the money,” then you need to sit up and pay attention. Whereas last year at this time paid apps accounted for the lion’s share of the cash, freemium is the new black and savvy developers are coding appropriately.
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How do you use your iPhone, iPod touch and/or iPad? One of coolest, and unheralded, uses I’ve found is putting manuals on my iDevices, which saves on printing, keeps ‘em handy and backed up. Here’s how to take a PDF manual or whatever and save to iBooks.
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You’re going to get coffee anyway, why not get some go-go juice for your Apple smartphone at the same time? The really good thing about this offer is, whereas the caffeine will leave feeling like a rung out dish rag in a couple hours, your shiny new free app will keep your iPhone feeling funky fresh for days if not weeks and months.
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Apple has announced that iOS 5 will ship in the Fall, which officially begins at 5:04 a.m. on Sept. 23. Will we get our hands on this hotly anticipated mobile operating system release before then? Perhaps another large-scale “semi-public” beta like Apple employed with OS X Lion?
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Call it sheep for the fleecing if it helps keep you regular, but the real import of this news is that the app sector is maturing, rapidly so. Whereas pay-to-play apps once represented a plurality on the App Store, an overwhelming majority are now free (if you don’t make any in-app purchases).
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As a developer, you may prefer Android’s attenuated version of “open,” but nothing compares to cashing that check. Blorge has brought you the news that iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are much more willing to pay for apps and twice as likely to click on in-app ads — now we close the circle.
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Buzz, buzz, buzz. Google’s finally created something that’s generating a lot of it. And, although the limited rollout isn’t taking new members, there’s no shortage of people wanting in. That said, when it comes to social, it ain’t real until you can do it on your iPhone.
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From the unscientific study department comes this list of great iPhone and iPod touch games for tween boys — my 10-year-old son and his idevice toting pals have very definite ideas about what’s wicked cool and just so much nasty drool. Put on your rain slicker, because this is gonna get messy.
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Developers, developers, developers are what you need to succeed and the one-time market leader is losing the battle for these all important hearts and minds. Thereupon, three top names in the mobile app development space are taking their skills elsewhere.
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Here’s another way the iPhone clearly excels, leaving the competition in the dust. Granted, for the time being this feature is only available to developers, but the promise is very real. As you’ll see, although it’s still in beta, Apple’s PC free restore functionality is buttery smooth and all but ready for the rest of us.
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