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Samsung has announced final details and specifications of the Galaxy Tab, a tablet device running Android 2.2 “Froyo”. It has a 7-inch1024x600 multi-touch screen, 1.00 Ghz processor, GPS, wi-fi, 3G internet, 1.4 megapixel webcam, 7 hours battery life if playing a video (I imagine much longer than that in normal use) …continue reading Samsung Galaxy Tab – among the first of many iPad clones Developing for iPhone is a hot topic. Many developers are not only having to learn Apple’s Objective C and the Cocoa application framework, but are also new to mobile development. It is a big shift. Josh Clark is a iPhone designer, and his book Tapworthy is about how to design apps that people will …continue reading Review: Tapworthy – designing great iPhone Apps by Josh Clark Google has made a change to its search algorithm that means most of the results shown for a search may now come from a single domain. Previously, it would only show a couple of results from one domain, on the assumption that users would prefer to select from a diversity of results. The example …continue reading Google favours big brands over diversity Now here’s an article to strike fear into Microsoft. Stuart Sumner reports on iPad trials at the BBC and in the Army. The BBC’s CIO John Linwood says: We’re seeding the organisation [with the devices]. We put some iPads into production and some into management and other roles to see if people would be …continue reading Apple iPad replacing PCs as well as paper? This should be three blog posts; but you’ve read this news elsewhere. Still, I can’t resist a brief comment on three recent trends. Browsers The first is that usage of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has levelled off after a long period of decline. Microsoft says it is increasing but the numbers are too small to …continue reading Stats that matter: Android grows in mobile, IE stops declining, eBooks take off Apple’s iPhone 4 is still relatively new; and I when I pulled it out of my pocket at a social occasion last weekend someone said, “isn’t that the new iPhone?” and another, “isn’t that the one with the aerial fault?” Another person then showed his iPhone 4, with shattered screen. His had been dropped, …continue reading Lies, damn lies, and Apple’s antenna-gate Apple’s iPhone is still perceived as primarily marketed to individuals rather than corporates. However, I was interested to see how much Apple is doing to attract corporate developers. First, Apple now supports some basic enterprise-friendly features, such as Microsoft Exchange (with a few caveats), VPN, remote wipe, and the ability to lock down iTunes …continue reading Enterprise app development on Apple iPhone and iPad HP’s Todd Bradley, Executive Vice President of Personal Systems and formerly CEO of Palm, was interviewed by Jon Fortt at CNBC. Fortt asks some great questions which mostly get woolly answers, but did get this statement from Bradley: We will not do a Linux, Android phone. We won’t do a Microsoft Phone … we’ll …continue reading HP will not do Android or Windows Phone 7 smartphones – but what chance for webOS? Today the BBC received approval from the BBC Trust to create apps for mobile devices such as Apple iPhone/iPad and Google Android. Wasting no time, the corporation published a BBC News App on the App Store today. But what is the point? Is this really better than simply going to the web …continue reading BBC News app arrives on iPhone After 4 weeks with Apple’s iPhone 4 I’m mainly impressed with everything other than the call quality (I am in a poor signal area for O2). I’ve been exploring the App Store though, and while there are many great apps there, there is also a huge amount of junk. Here’s a review for an …continue reading Why is there so much junk in Apple’s App Store? |
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