Justine Pratt from Creative Algorithms wrote a brilliant piece on the history of mobile app distribution. She is making some excellent points on why despite all the problems, the Apple App Store still beats any other distribution system we have seen so far. Although I saw the irony in Justine’s title (and I double-checked with [...]
Archive for November, 2009
We can’t really go back
Posted in Opinion, tagged Opinion on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crouching iDragon – Why the iPhone is no success in China
Posted in Opinion, tagged iOS on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Had a very eye-opening discussion with a China based developer today. Asking if he is going to buy a 3GS as a testing device, he told me that he indeed visited a Unicom Shop to check for prices yesterday. With a sobering result. “Official” iPhones are sold without Wifi in China and at a price that is [...]
How to use a Droid as Android Developer Phone
Posted in Development, tagged Android, Development on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes it takes a new experience to I ask myself: “What was I thinking before?” Unpacking my new Droid, trying to set it up for development was one of those moments, where after the first hurdle I was like “oh no”, remembering lively how many curveballs the Apple environment throws at you there. For the [...]
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