VuvuPhone: Vuvuzela Phone Calls

June 17, 2010

Thomas Edison is rolling over in his grave. Never before has the phone system been so abused. Welcome, Vuvuphone, the world’s first Vuvuzela Phone.

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FaceTime between an iPhone and a Blackberry?

June 10, 2010

Scott created a little hack now available for free in Apple’s iTunes Store. Its called “iSlide Camera.” He uses it for sharing photos instantly, a crude approximation to FaceTime from an iPhone to a Blackberry or iPad.

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iPhone Game Development

June 6, 2010

Eric Wing put together this video to help promote our Beginning iPhone Games Development Book from APress. The video shows a live version of Ben Britten’s Asteroids Game in OpenGL. Note the use of sprites, particle effects, Core Audio, and more. The chapter I wrote on Quartz 2D shows how to write [...]

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Android surpasses iPhone in market share

June 2, 2010

Tonight I read that Android’s market share has outpaced iPhone in the US. Thought so.
Google wants to see an ad on every screen, just like Microsoft saw a PC on every desktop 30 years ago. A well engineered, free O/S is highly addictive to the carrier and mobile phone companies. They’re [...]

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