Archive for February, 2009

Developing Applications for Palm webOS – Preview

Feb 26 2009 Published by under Apple,English,iPhone

Developing Applications for webOS: A Preview
Date: This event took place live on February 25 2009
Presented by: Mitch Allen
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.

In this live, online event, Mitch Allen, Palm’s Software CTO and a member of the Palm webOS™ design team, will recap the material included in the introductory chapter of Palm webOS: Developing Applications in JavaScript Using the Palm Mojo™ Framework, a joint collaboration announced this week by Palm and O’Reilly, and will give you a preview into application development with the Mojo SDK. This is a great opportunity to hear an insider’s perspective on webOS development and get a glimpse into the development environment and toolset for this breakthrough mobile web platform.

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Another gift:

  • Use the code 4CAST in the O’Reilly‘s shopping cart when you check out to take 40% off your order, not working in UK. Only valid through March 15, 2009

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AppStore Secrets

Feb 22 2009 Published by under Apple,iPhone

iPhone AppStore Secrets – Pinch Media

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iHome -Releasing your Home Button and more

Feb 22 2009 Published by under Apple,English,iPhone,Mac,OS X

if you want to feel the power of the capacitive touchscreen we’re using, why not use the iphone exclusively without the home button?  Apple did not provide a way to do so, but now we got it!

Usage

  • Slide Area

  • Home State

1. Short slide from right to left -> Jump to the first page of your apps, just like single press on Home button
2. Long slide from right to left -> Open iPod Control Dialog if it’s playing, like double press on Home button
3. Short slide from left to right -> Open Power Dialog, which includes Lock, ReSpring, Reboot, Power Off and other options
4. Long slide from left to right -> Lock Screen
5. Long press 5 seconds to trigger Screenshot

  • Application State

1. Short slide from right to left -> Open Exist Dialog, which includes back Home and iPod control if it’s playing
2. Long slide from right to left -> Quit from the current app, like single press on Home button
3. Short slide from left to right -> Open Power Dialog, which includes Lock, ReSpring, Reboot, Power Off and other options
4. Long slide from left to right -> Lock Screen
5. Long press 5 seconds to trigger Screenshot

Requirement

  • Jailbroken iPhone
  • Cydia

Links

Author mj(马骏)’s Home page

iHome 0.2 Release page (in Chinese)

Bug Report page (in Chinese)

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Mini vMac – Mac Plus emulator for iPhone

Feb 22 2009 Published by under Apple,English,iPhone,Mac

Features

  • 4MB Mac Plus
  • Full screen or scrolling
  • Full simulated keyboard
  • Sound

Requirements

  • Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch
  • iPhone OS 2.x
  • Mac Plus ROM image
  • Mac disk images

More Links:

Mini vMac

Source Code

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FutureRuby

Feb 19 2009 Published by under English,Ruby,Toronto

RubyFringe presents… FutureRuby — Leaders of Tomorrow, Today!

See you there soon!

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Online Coding – Bespin

Feb 19 2009 Published by under English

Introducing Bespin from Dion Almaer on Vimeo.

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Project Homepage

Try it now

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Why myPhone?

Feb 12 2009 Published by under English

Why myPhone?

Why we need an application to calculate the MS Points?

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Lovely Video Ad for Google Chrome

Feb 11 2009 Published by under English

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The Most Good Looking iPhone App – Groups

Feb 10 2009 Published by under Apple,English,iPhone

Groups: Drag & Drop Contacts Management

Groups takes contacts group management to a totally different level. With a highly innovative user interface, you get to manage your contacts the iPhone way; drag them, drop them or trash them. As they say, “Drag & Drop is worth a thousand operations”… or something like that!

It is the most good looking app I’ve found on App Store so far. It makes the build-in ‘Contacts’ looks like a piece of …..


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