Sunday, December 20, 2009
It’s a fact: if you know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you already have the tools you need to develop your own iPhone apps. With this book, you’ll learn how to use these open source web technologies to design and build apps for both the iPhone and iPod Touch, on the platform of your choice — without using Objective-C, Xcode, or Interface Builder. What are the advantages? Device-agnostic apps are the wave of the future, especially for mobile devices, and this book shows you how to create one product that can be used on several platforms. You’ll get guidelines for quickly converting your product into a native iPhone app, using the free PhoneGap framework. And you’ll learn why releasing your product as a web app first helps you find, fix, and test bugs much faster than if you went straight to the App Store with a product built with Apple’s tools. Build iPhone apps using tools you already know how to use Compare the pros and cons of web apps and native iPhone apps Learn how (more…)
Saturday, December 19, 2009
A full-color guide to the iPhone, including the new iPhone 3G S With its new 3G S model, the iPhone is definitely the must-have mobile device. This fully updated guide covers all the cool features of the fastest iPhone ever, including the Spotlight search feature, voice control, and video camera capability. iPhone For Dummies, 3rd Edition also covers the basics of using the multitouch interface, setting up iTunes, browsing the Internet, sending and receiving e-mail, and more. The iPhone 3G S is the fastest and most powerful iPhone yet, with a host of new features Learn to use landscape mode for e-mail, texting, and shooting widescreen video See how to copy or cut and paste text, video, photos, and Web content from one app to another Find out how to make calls, play music, or create new playlists using voice control Locate anything on your iPhone with Spotlight, whether in your calendar, contacts, e-mail, iPod, apps, or even saved Web clips Discover how to create (more…)
Friday, December 18, 2009
iPhone and iPod touch app development is serious business, which is why there are so many blogs, tweets, and online discussions about it, and why there is so much general interest in the measures of iTunes App Store success. And the success stories keep coming from all corners of the rapidly expanding iPhone developer universe. The Business of iPhone App Development is a developer’s guide to achieving and managing success right from the start of the design and development process. This book includes the information to help you, the developer, plan every aspect of your app with an eye toward business success—from design, to implementation, to the importance of early and continued market analysis, and on past launch into support and updates. And let’s not forget the business of the iTunes App Store itself! This is the book you wish you had read before you launched your first app! This book provides complete business-oriented workflow for the freelance, inde (more…)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Amazon.com
The Magellan Premium Car Kit transforms your iPhone into a complete in-car solution for GPS navigation. Simply place your iPhone in the cradle and connect the power. There’s no need to remove your protective case–the cradle adjusts to your needs. Transform your iPhone into a complete in-car solution for GPS navigation. Click to enlarge. Secure, adjustable vehicle mounting. Works with any navigation or location-based app. Magellan Premium Car Kit for iPhone / iPod touch With the built-in GPS receiver, you’ll automatically enhance the iPhone and iPod touch navigation experience. The Premium Car Kit works with all turn by turn applications available today, including the Magellan RoadMate for iPhone apps. The premium car kit connects your iPhone via Bluetooth to deliver a superior for hands-free calling experience. The noise canceling speaker delivers crystal clear calls and turn by turn directions. FeaturesBuilt-in GPS rec (more…)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Review
John Ray’s and Sean Johnson’s book Sam’s Teach Yourself iPhone Application Programming in 24 Hours is without a doubt the best book on the subject that I have read so far. As a high-level instructor myself, it is easy to assume that someone new to a subject can just ‘assume’ something that the instructor takes for granted. The authors’ attention to detail is nothing short of incredible.I have very little prior programming experience and having been busting my hump to understand this subject on my own. I have bought every book released on the subject so far and I can assure you that this is the best one for someone new to the subject with no prior experience to go.Thanks for a great book. I’ll be sure to pick up more of this series on other subjects and recommend them to others!”–Mark Fitzgerald
A clear, easy-to-understand tutorial for developers who want to write software for today’s hottest market: iPhone, iTouch, and App Store! The start-to-fin (more…)
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
“Great for beginners — even if you don’t know object-oriented programming, you can learn from examples on the ‘Net and be on your way very soon. You will be able to confidently build apps that rival the ones included by Apple itself.” — Josh Content, iPhone Developer Developers everywhere are eager to create applications for the iPhone, and many of them prefer the open source, community-developed tool chain to Apple’s own toolkit. In this new edition of iPhone Open Application Development, author Jonathan Zdziarski covers the latest version of the open toolkit — now updated for Apple’s iPhone 2.x software and iPhone 3G — and explains in clear language how to create applications using Objective-C and the iPhone API. Zdziarski, who cracked the iPhone code and built the first fully-functional application with the open toolkit, includes detailed recipes and complete examples for graphics and audio programming, games programming with the CoreSurfaces and CoreImage int (more…)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Amazon.com Review
The new iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3.0 software have arrived, and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is on top of it with a thoroughly updated edition of iPhone: The Missing Manual. Each custom-designed page helps you use your iPhone for everything from web browsing to watching videos. The iPhone is packed with possibilities, and with this handy book, you can explore them all. iPhone 3GS Picture-Taking Goodies by David Pogue If you have an iPhone 3GS, then you’re in for some extra camera goodness. See the white box in the center of the screen? That’s telling you where the iPhone thinks the most important part of the photo is. That’s where it will focus; that’s what it examines to calculate the overall brightness of the photo (exposure); and that’s the portion that will determine the overall white balance of the scene (that is, the color cast). But often, dead-center is not (more…)
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Review
Praise for Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone “For those not ready to tackle the complexities of Objective-C, this is a great way to get started building iPhone apps. If you know the basics of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, you’ll be building apps in no time.” –August Trometer, Owner of FoggyNoggin Software, www.foggynoggin.com “Lee S. Barney takes the complexities of iPhone application creation and utilizes simple and often witty examples and language to make this book an enjoyable and useful read. It is not a simple how-to book, but if you have some web programming background and an idea, this book can provide you with the foundation for well-made, maintainable, and useable applications for the iPhone.” –William Dalton “This is an outstanding book! If you are interested in building applications for the iPhone, this is the book for you. Lee S. Barney makes it simple and easy to understand. He has you creating a custom appl (more…)
Saturday, December 12, 2009
If you are like most aspiring entrepreneurs you probably think about your business and the next thing you need to do in order to make your work a success, even when you are away from your computer. While doing what needs to be done is what can take you from nobody to somebody, most cell phones do not have the ability to provide you with the software you need when you are on the go. Here are some of the most popular productivity applications that exist for the iPhone so you can stay on track with everything that needs to be done for your business, regardless of where your day may take you.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Here’s the fun and easy way to learn how to create your own iPhone applications Whether you’re a professional developer or an iPhone user with a knack for technology, this plain English guide shows you how easy it can be to create your own cool iPhone and iPod touch apps. The open iPhone SDK offers a world of opportunities, and with the information in iPhone Application Development For Dummies, you can get in on the fun and profit. You don’t need high-level programming skills to create iPhone apps. iPhone Application Development For Dummies walks you through the fundamentals for building a variety of applications using Objective-C and covers the critical steps for creating applications that get accepted into the AppStore. Apple’s open SDK for the iPhone allows any developer to create iPhone applications This guide helps you develop new applications for use on your own iPhone or for release to other iPhone and iPod Touch users Covers small and large-scale (more…)
