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Category: Apple

  • Podcast Conversation with Joel Comm of iFart Mobile Fame

    Podcasts prior to March 20, 2009 had their information archived on MobileAppsToday.com. However, when it and MobileDevicesToday.com were closed and redirected to MobileContentToday.com (where I still contribute daily blog posts), the podcast archive was lost. So, I’m reposting pre-March 20 podcasts here to help people rediscover a number of really interesting podcasts.

    This one was recorded on January 16, 2009 with Joel Comm. Joel is the producer of the iFart Mobile app for the iPhone that hit #1 in the Apple iTunes paid app list during the 2008 holiday season and remained there for 22 days.

    If you prefer, you can retrieve this podcast from iTunes by subscribing to the MobileViews.com Podcast there and checking off the box associated with this podcast.

  • Podcast 21: Conversation with Derrick Story, Pro Photog and Author, About iPhone Photo Apps

    The Internet is a wonderful thing. It gave me the opportunity to work with professional photographer and author Derrick Story for the past 7 years or so even though we have never met in person. Derrick was an editor at O’Reilly Media for much of that time. And, it was he who gave me the opportunity to write a bit for O’Reilly Media. He knew about my fascination with cameraphones even back then. And, I was thrilled when he asked me to write a handful of cameraphone hacks to his book…

    Digital Photography Hacks

    I remain fascinated with cameraphone in general until today. So, I asked Derrick to speak with me specifically about the iPhone and its photo capabilities for this podcast. Derrick provides some great information about using everything from the high-end (and expensive) Adobe PhotoShop CS4 to free and low-cost (99 cents to a few dollars) iPhone photo-related apps.

    You can find Derrick’s own blog at…

    TheDigitalStory.com

    …where he often mixes in iPhone related photo information with other digital photography info. If you found this podcast interesting, you definitely want to check out Derrick’s own podcast. And, in particular, download the podcast he produced on March 17, 2009. He provides a lot of detailed iPhone photo advice in that particular podcast too.

  • USAToday 1.1 iPhone App Can Post to Your Facebook or Twitter Account

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    The recently updated free USA TODAY 1.1 for iPhone app has a neat new feature. You can post a news link directly from the app to your Facebook or Twitter account.

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    You can see the result of posting an item to Twitter in the screenshot above. I have my Facebook account set to automatically read and post my tweets. So, everything I post to Twitter eventually gets posted to my Facebook account too. Now, if USA Today and other news apps would app the ability to save to Delicious, I would be very very happy.

  • Mini-Podcast 7: Skype 1.0.1 for iPhone Sound Check

    Skype finally released their iPhone app…

    Skype 1.0.1 for iPhone

    The free app allows free Skype-to-Skype calls like other clients. Note that you can only make voice calls when using it over a WiFi network connection. However, you can use it to IM when on an EDGE or 3G wireless data connection.

    I was a little surprised by the sound quality. It seemed to lose almost all the mid and high frequency leaving a very bass heavy sound. I also noted drops in the beginning of the call (right after answering the call).

  • Utada’s English Language Music Video is This Week’s Free iTunes Music Video

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    How often does a father and his teenage daughter agree on anything? So, I find it pretty amusing that my daughter and I actually enjoy the same musical artist named Utada Hikaru (surname – given name order, btw) a lot. I was even more amused when I noticed that Utada’s new English language music video (she’s bilingual, btw) is the iTunes free Music Video of the Week in the U.S. You can find it here…

    Utada: Come Back to Me (iTunes music video)

    It should be free until the end of next week Monday (Mar. 30).

  • MobileViews Podcast 19: Pangea CEO Brian Greenstone Sets the iPhone Dev Switch Story Straight

    Pangea Software has developed software for the Mac for over 20 years. CEO Brian Greenstone recently got a lot of attention from a report that he stopped developing for the Mac to focus on the iPhone. However, it turns out that this report is not correct. He stopped Mac game development about 2 or 3 years ago but has continued to developed photography related Mac apps. His interest in developing games for the iPhone is real, however. You can hear him discuss his background in this 28 minute 25 second long podcast.

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