We finally have an iPad and an iPhone 4. The 3GS now goes to the lovely wife with a very apt case. Since we’re both using iPhones now, SMS has become a lot more fun with the Emoji icons. Also, it’s easier to tell her about apps that run on iPhones since she can install them as opposed to before when her only way to access iOS apps was via a first generation iPod touch. That iPod touch will now be turned into a development device, specially useful when I need to test on slower devices and iOS3.
The first thing that I think anyone would instantly notice about the iPhone 4 is that the Retina Display is just so clear. Everything looks sharp. Just one glance you’ll easily see which apps have not updated their graphics for the Retina Display. There’s also a different feel to it compared to the 3GS and I have yet to settle on a way to hold it. As for the iPad, after trying out Universal apps that I already own, the increased real estate really does open up a lot of possibilities for creating usable and intuitive interfaces. It pretty much dispels, at least for me, most people’s initial notion that it’s just a big iPhone or iPod touch. Also, I didn’t have too much problems typing on it. But, probably that’s because I’m a touch typist.
Anyway, I’ll probably be writing more about the iPad and iPhone 4 once I’ve had more time playing with them. So far, I’m enjoying every bit of it.
My biggest motivation for submitting bug reports is because I love using an app and I want to continue using it. So when I encounter a bug with an app I love using, I put time and effort to articulate why I consider it a bug, why I think it’s happening and how to reproduce it. The least I expect from the makers of the app is to acknowledge that the bug exists. Some app makers go beyond that and also tell me what they plan to do about it, when and why.
So far, the makers of the following apps have gone beyond. So I’d like to thank them for keeping me happy and making me want to continue using their apps again and again.
(listed in alphabetical order)
(reposted from t.scrufus.com)
Published on
2010-06-11 in
Apple.
Coming here in Singapore in July and there’s no doubt we’re getting one each.
Things I like on the new device:
- Retina Display — no more pixels
- Better camera w/ LED flash — would really make it the best camera I’ll carry everyday
- FaceTime
- It’s thinner than the 3GS and a lot more compact
- iOS 4 — I’ve been using it for a few days, and I really like the subtle improvements they’ve made in the OS. And once apps start supporting multi-tasking, everything will be a seamless experience.
There’s also news on the developer front:
- a new version of Xcode — which from Twitter chatter seems to be quite an awesome release
- Safari 5, now with Extensions — Apple’s really betting on HTML5 and the whole web stack (HTML, CSS, JS) with this release
Next year, I hope to be there for WWDC when the new iPhone is announced.
Published on
2010-04-30 in
Apple.
Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
- Steve Jobs, Thoughts on Flash
Published on
2010-04-06 in
Apple.
Tags: iPad.
After seeing all the reviews, videos, anecdotes and screenshots of what is possible on the iPad, I’m really excited to get my hands on one, start imagining, and eventually developing apps (web and native) for it. There’s just so much stuff that can be done on a device as intimate as the iPad. I think it’s finally something I could give my mother so she’ll have a better sense of what the Internet is and the stuff I create on it.
Although I don’t think anyone really goes to this site, the stats sure look interesting.
Browsers
- Firefox (40.86%)
- Safari (20.84%)
- Internet Explorer (18.00%)
Operating Systems
- Windows (51.31%)
- Macintosh (26.61%)
- iPhone (13.17%)
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Apple just announced its tablet device, the iPad.
I want one.
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