Edible Apple

How Apple wins by not pandering to feature whores

A great and must-read article over at Counternotions explores how Apple’s latest iPhone 3.0 announcements will further cement its lead over its competitors. The new iPhone OS finally brings some long sought after features to the iPhone – Cut and Paste, MMS, and Push Notifications all come to mind. And while those are welcome improvements, [...]

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iPhone OS 3.0 coming on March 17

Engadget reports: We just got the announcement, iPhone OS 3.0 is coming. Set your clocks, mark your calendars. It’s going down March 17th. Apparently, we’ll get a sneak peak at the new OS, as well as a look at a brand new version of the SDK. Exciting stuff indeed, and we’ll be there live at [...]

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Palm hires ex-Apple guy as manger of its Palm Pre developer community

Former Apple employee Chuq Von Rospach recently accepted a position at Palm where he will serve as the Developer Community Manager for the Palm Pre SDK.  Apple’s app store is already off to a commanding lead, and the Palm Pre, which doesn’t launch for another few months, will have to play a significant amount of [...]

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Interview with EA’s head of iPhone Development

MacLife has an enlightening interview with Travis Boatman, the iPhone boss over at Electronic Arts. Regarding the iPhone as a gaming device compared to the DS and PSP: I think all three devices actually provide really great play experiences. How they’re different, though, is what’s important. I think, fundamentally, the DS and the PSP are [...]

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Opera Mini browser was never submitted to iPhone App Store

Well it seems that all the hoopla regarding Opera Mini’s supposed rejection from the App Store is much ado about nothing.  John Gruber over at Daring Fireball did a little bit of investigating and found out that the browser was never even submitted to the App Store in the first place. My understanding, based on [...]

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