Nov 18, 2009 Posted by alan jones

I don’t want more iPhone apps, I want better iPhone apps

Fred Wilson writes in The Power of Instant Approval that Apple is risking its lead in the smartphone app market by forcing app developers to wait on approval from Apple before publishing their apps on iTunes Store. It’s a growing industry concern — does Apple risk being overtaken by competitors? I think Apple understands the consumer relationship better than any competitor in the smartphone market... read more

Jun 24, 2009 Posted by alan jones

Presentation: how the iPhone changed my life

I’ll be presenting this short talk at an Optus event, hAPPlication, in Sydney, all about launching the iPhone GS and iPhone 3.0 to Optus customers and press. It’s 2:48am now and the event is happening this evening (oh my! I must go get some sleep now) but here’s the presentation… How the iPhone Changed My Life View more PDF documents from Alan Jones. And here’s the... read more

Mar 17, 2009 Posted by alan jones

iTunes 8.1 update fulfills my desire for “social music”

“With iTunes DJ, iPhone users that have Apple’s Remote application installed can request songs to be played. Users can also vote to control when songs are played. The DJ feature even has its own preferences, so you can send a welcome message to users and control whether voting is turned on or off. You can also require users to type in a password to access iTunes DJ’s features.”... read more

Nov 10, 2008 Posted by alan jones

HTC’s Android handset: the little droid that can’t

As fun to get to know as an early Linux install, for all the same reasons. I’ve got no mobile clients at the moment but I’m a mobile geek so I’ve been watching with great interest to see what the market makes of the first handset to ship with Google’s Android mobile OS. I’m not surprised that it’s gotten a rave review by people who like to overclock their PC and a... read more

Sep 4, 2008 Posted by alan

iPhone App-onomics and prospecting for gold

Thirty minutes after installing 2.01 on my iPhone 2G I had purchased and downloaded 21 new iPhone apps. The whole experience – from finding to buying to downloading and installing – was so quick and easy that my credit card barely warmed up as the money drained away. I had to force myself to stop before I blew it. It was clear there was going to be quite a market for iPhone apps. Later, I was... read more