iPhone News Desk

Apple Sued for How iPhone Navigates the Web

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:45:00 EST

EMG Technology LLC, reportedly a one-man show, is suing Apple and its iPhone for patent infringement in the so-called pro-plaintiff "Rocket Docket" in Texas. Its founder holds five U.S. patents for navigating the web from a mobile device and IPTV. The patent it's waving under Apple’s nose (No. 7,441,196) just came through. It covers the display of HTML reformatted to XML as well as manipulating a region of the small screen for zooming and scrolling.

Apple and IBM Compete in Microprocessors for iPod and iPhones: District Court Judge

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:05:00 EST

The reason why ex-IBM executive Mark Papermaster can’t work for Apple is because Apple and IBM compete in microprocessors for iPod and iPhones. That’s what the judge deciding where Papermaster can work – in view of his non-compete – said in his 28-page opinion explaining why IBM was able to get the preliminary injunction that yanked him out of Apple five days after he started there as head of iPod and iPhone hardware development.

ARM to Get Flash

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST

Adobe and ARM are gonna put Flash Player 10 and AIR, the stuff of web video and rich Internet apps, on ARM widgets by the second half of next year. They mean phones, set-tops, MIDs, TVs, car mojo and personal media devices, which have so far only had access to Flash Lite, not the best in browsing. iPhone happens to be based on ARM though whether that'll be true a year from now is unclear since Apple bought Power chipmaker PA Semi.

Antitrust Claim Against Apple Fails

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:15:00 EST

Paystar, the unauthorized Florida "cloner" with dreams of breaking Apple's lock on its hardware, has had its horns broken by a California federal court, which threw out its antitrust counterclaim against Apple's EULA. Back in the summer, Apple charged Paystar with copyright and trademark infringement for selling a hacked Mac OS X on so-called OpenComputer white box gear aiming to stop it dead in its tracks.

Keynote Expands On-Demand Mobile Test and Measurement Network

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:00 EST

Keynote Systems has expanded its on-demand mobile test and measurement network to include Beijing, China; Chennai, India; Mexico City, Mexico and Madrid, Spain. Keynote and its subsidiary Keynote SIGOS give its customers the ability to test mobile performance in over 700 locations on over 200 mobile networks across more than 70 countries.

IBM Sued by the Exec It Barred from Joining Apple

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:47:00 EST

Mark Papermaster, the ex-VP of blade development at IBM and the guy that IBM stopped from going to Apple to run its iPod and IPhone development on the strength of the non-compete he signed, has sued his former master looking for a declaratory judgment in his favor.

Lightstreamer Supports Real-Time Data Push to the iPhone

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:45:00 EST

Lightstreamer is a software product for delivering real-time textual data to any kind of application through the Internet. Banks and online-gaming companies typically use it to dispatch live updates to their Web pages or Flex applications, supporting high numbers of parallel connections. Recently, solutions have been released that use Lightstreamer to push live data to the iPhone. There are two active fronts: solutions that push the data to the iPhone browser and solutions that push the data to iPhone native applications.

Court Tells Ex-IBM Exec to Stop Working for Apple

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:00:00 EST

Well it appears that non-compete agreements may carry a bit more weight in New York than they do in California – at least to a judge right down the block from IBM headquarters. Steve Jobs’ pick to run Apple’s iPod and iPhone development has been told by a New York federal court that he can’t work there. Mark Papermaster only started working for Apple last Tuesday and on Friday Judge Kenneth Karas told him to “immediately cease his employment with Apple Inc until further order of this court.”

How To Combine Virtualization, Cloud Computing and the iPhone

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:00:00 EST

Yesterday, VMware announced that they were buying Trango. Trango makes virtualization solutions for the mobile phone or other embedded devices. Now why would VMware do this? Well, if you were at VMworld then you heard all about VMware View. Basically it's the thought that once you put an app on top of a virtualization layer then the layer actually stretches all the way down to the end device so you don't have to worry about which app works with what. This is really key when you start looking out at cloud.

In a Major Move VMware Expands into Mobile

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:00:00 EST

VMware, the bruised and bloodied virtualization leader, will announce today that it’s going into the mobile business with a high-end real-time cell phone hypervisor called MVP, short for Mobile Virtualization Platform. The move, called “significant,” is VMware’s first departure from the x86 platform. VMware bought the widgetry it’s offering to ARM-based smartphone makers last month from a little French outfit called Trango Virtual Processors after pondering the space for the last two years and running up its own proof-of-concept prototype.

VMware Virtualization on the iPhone

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:00:00 EST

VMware has announced plans to bring virtualization and its many proven benefits to mobile phones through the new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP). Built on innovative technology acquired from Trango Virtual Processors in October 2008, VMware MVP will help handset vendors reduce development time and get mobile phones with value-added services to market faster. In addition, end users will benefit by being able to run multiple profiles – for example, one for personal use and one for work use – on the same phone.

The iPhone Is Now the Best Selling Phone In the U.S.

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:05:00 EST

When the economy takes a hit, so do cell phone sales. Last quarter, mobile phone sales in the U.S. dropped 15 percent to 32 million units, according to market research firm NPD Group. But in hard times, the strongest brands also take share. And that is exactly what Apple did. The 6.9 million iPhones it sold last quarter catapulted the $200 device into the top spot among all cell phones, even beating out the much cheaper and still-popular Motorola Razr. (Yes, they still sell that thing. They just don't make any money off of it.)

Mobile OS Fragmentation: Better or Worse?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 EST

In the midst of iPhone mania, Android frenzy, and Symbian going open source, there's been talk about growing fractures and compatibility chaos in the mobile landscape. This growing storm affects not only software developers, but hardware makers as well. With over 30 operating systems for mobile and embedded devices, developers must carefully choose which devices they want to target and which devices, along with their customer base, they must leave behind.

Ex-IBM Guy To Run iPhone, iPod Development

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST

Mark Papermaster, the ex-IBM heavyweight that IBM is suing to stop him from working at Apple, has been named senior VP of devices hardware engineering running Apple’s iPhone and iPod development. He replaces Tony Fadell, pretty much the father of the ARM-based iPod and iPhone, who now becomes a special advisor to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster will report to Jobs.

Is Sony VAIO Extended Warranty a Huge Scam or a Terribly Managed Program?

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:45:00 EST

This time I was told that “Sony must have given me their phone number, they have nothing to do with Sony VAIO computers or their warranty work, they are an outside company and they are no longer providing any warranty services for Sony.” The woman on the phone said he would transfer to the right extension who may possibly help me but hang up the phone on me.

Book Excerpt: iPhone in Action

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST

The iPhone's accelerometers can provide access to a variety of information about where an iPhone exists in space. By measuring gravity, you can easily discover an iPhone's precise orientation. By measuring movement, you can see how an iPhone is being guided through space. Further, you can build more complex movements into three-dimensional gestures, such as the shake.

IBM Sues One of its Own VPs To Stop Him from Going to Apple

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:15:00 EST

IBM has sued one of its top executives, a guy who knows all its secrets, to stop him from going to work for Apple and sharing those secrets with Steve Jobs. It has asked a New York federal court to enforce the non-compete signed by 26-year IBM veteran Mark Papermaster, the guy IBM calls its top Power expert, the guy who also ran its x86 blade development unit, so he can’t go to work for Apple for a year. According to IBM Papermaster is a walking security risk because he was one of the 300 senior managers who make up what IBM calls its “elite” Integration & Values Team.

New BlackBerry Bold Will Generate Record Revenues for the Company - AT&T Mobile CEO

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:30:00 EST

AT&T Mobile CEO Ralph De La Vega announced on Monday morning in an exclusive CNBC interview that the much-delayed and long-awaited BlackBerry Bold will be available starting on Tuesday, November 4. De La Vega said AT&T is projecting record service revenues from the new BlackBerry around the world. He said the device is already generating record revenues in Japan and in other countries where it was introduced. He continued, "BlackBerry Bold is so powerful and fast, we are expecting it to replace PC use in many cases, and data revenues will far exceed the AT&T's subsidy cost of marketing the device."

iPhone App Photo Hunter Cracks Top 50 Paid Applications in First Three Days

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:20:00 EDT

Venice Consulting Group (VCG), a leading software development and consulting firm, created the iPhone game "Photo Hunter" for bric | entertainment which has placed in the top 50 of all paid applications on the iTunes App Store. The accomplishment comes only three days after its initial release and attests to the addictive nature of Photo Hunter's new twist on a classic bar game.

iPhone Scheduler Application for Upcoming Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Delegates

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:30:00 EDT

AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo launched today, the first day of the 6th International AJAXWorld Conference & Expo, a new iPhone Conference Scheduler program, in San Jose, California. The iPhone application has been developed by Chris Laffra of IBM, and it will also serve the delegates and exhibitors of SYS-CON's upcoming Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, colocated with the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo.

ActivIdentity To Address ID 360 Market Segments

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:15:00 EDT

Under ActivIdentity’s new solutions strategy, the company will leverage its identity assurance platform and credential management system to apply a common approach to registration / enrollment, authentication, authorization, auditing, credential issuance / management, and use of credentials across each of the ID 360 market segments. This approach takes into account that organizations in all ID 360 market segments require the assurance of a trusted chain of identity that allows them to conduct their day-to-day business in the digital age with the same level of confidence as face-to-face transactions.

iPhone Developer Summit Offers Priceless Insight in San Jose, California

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:45:00 EDT

Could Apple iPhone become a viable portable gaming solution (like PSP or NDS) one day? If the iPhone does as expected and takes a decent chunk of the growing smartphone market then will malware writers start to give OS X some serious attention as the overall penetration of OS X skyrockets? These are among the dozens of questions to be asked and answered at the iPhone Developer Summit being held in New York City in March - an intensive and content-rich two-day program designed to satisfy the growing hunger among software developers and IT professionals for a broad spectrum of sessions informing developers what kinds of development options and opportunities the iPhone provides.

Tutorial: Installing Google Android SDK 1.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:30:00 EDT

This guide explains how you can install the Google Android SDK 1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With this stable release of the Android SDK, you can now develop applications for Android smartphones (like T-Mobile's G1) and offer them on the Android Market.

ICEsoft Named “Gold Sponsor” of SYS-CON’s AJAX World RIA Conference, October 20-22, in San Jose, California

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that the leading global rich Internet technology provider ICEsoft Technologies named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's upcoming AJAX World Conference & Expo 2008 West, which will take place October 20-22, 2008, at the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California. ICEsoft Technologies is a leading provider of standards-compliant, AJAX-based solutions for developing and deploying Java EE, rich Internet applications. The company's portfolio of enterprise level Java products includes ICEfaces, an AJAX application framework that enables Java EE application developers to easily create and deploy thin-client rich Web applications in pure Java.

Global IP Solutions Launches Video Calling Capabilities on Mobile Phones

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDT

Global IP Solutions announced the availability of its VideoEngine Mobile on the Windows Mobile platform, which enables peer-to-peer video calling and multi-point video conferencing on mobile phones. Using GIPS VideoEngine Mobile, wireless carriers, application developers and mobile handset manufacturers can provide high-quality video calls, even under adverse network conditions.

iPhone Developer Summit "Gold Pass" Free Registration Coupon

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDT

In the 2-day iPhone Developer Summit, delegates will hear from industry experts about the impact the iPhone is having on delivery of rich content to mobile users. Technical sessions will explore a world of web development opportunities on the iPhone including building applications using the new ASP.NET MVC framework, building social applications, and developing high-quality, iPhone-style web-based GUIs for your applications.

The iPhone - A Great Cloud Computing Device

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT

The iPhone is a great example of cloud computing – or more accurately Software plus Service. I’ve said this at a few recent conferences and it always gets a raised eyebrow when I put an iPhone in my presentation but it gets the message across. The combination of Internet connected devices and Internet delivered services is the direction the industry is headed.

AJAX Push for the iPhone with ICEfaces

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT

The iPhone has brought the unification of the Desktop and Mobile Web, but there are still a number of challenges in bringing AJAX applications to mobile devices, including reduced bandwidth, increased latency, reduced screen size, and limited battery life. This session provides an overview of the mobile web and how mobile constraints are satisfied by the ICEfaces AJAX framework, presenting a number of JavaServer Faces application techniques that allow both iPhone and desktop users to be addressed simultaneously. Demos and case studies will include AJAX Push applications focusing on enterprise collaboration.

Sybase iAnywhere Launches Migration Program for Nokia Intellisync

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Sybase iAnywhere has launched its new Nokia Intellisync Migration Program. The program is aimed at supporting Nokia Intellisync partners and customers affected by Nokia’s decision to stop the development and marketing of its behind-the-firewall business mobility solutions. Sybase iAnywhere is offering Nokia Intellisync customers free copies of selected Information Anywhere Suite components, including mobile email, device management, device security and application enablement capabilities.

Creating On-Demand Enterprise Applications for the iPhone

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT

The arrival of the iPhone has heralded a new era for Internet-enabled devices; however, the device wasn't designed with the enterprise user in mind. To be successful, enterprise apps need to be optimized for the user experience and fit business requirements. In this session, Dave Carroll will demonstrate how developers using a modern Model-View-Controller (MVC) development approach provided by the Force.com platform can shape the presentation of data to a specific context and use standard web development technologies—including HTML, and AJAX—to create on-demand enterprise applications. With these technologies developers can easily add the iPhone to provide mobile access to their enterprise.

iPhone Office: 100 Ways to Turn Your Device into the Ultimate Productivity Tool

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:45:00 EDT

The iPhone is a fun little gadget and great for staying connected, but did you realize that it has incredible potential as a productivity tool? That's right, the iPhone has the power to supercharge everything from your e-mail to your parking space. Read on to see how it can be done.

Develop an iPhone App and Beat the Credit Crunch!

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

From the press some of the initial iPhone apps have been getting, it seems that there are going to be quite a few Apple iPhone App Store millionaires this year! So why not write your own and join the crowd? Don't know Objective C or XCode - then get learning! A nice resource is theiphonedevplace, which has many tutorial links now that Apple rescinded their NDA. So what you waiting for? Get going - beat the credit crunch!

Developing AJAX Applications for iPhone and iPod Touch

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

The iPhone is transforming the Web as we know it and compelling every Web designer to consider handheld portable devices. This will cover various aspects of iPhone and iPod Touch development. It will include tips and tricks as well as best practices to follow. Williams will also cover how to use an integrated development environment (IDE) for building iPhone and iPod Touch applications and how to use the iUI library to easily build iPhone applications.

AJAX World Conference $200 "Gold Pass Registration" Savings to Expire This Friday

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EDT

Rich Internet Applications offer the potential to fundamentally change the user experience and in doing so, yield significant business benefits. The theme of this October's AJAX World Conference & Expo 2008 West is 'Beyond AJAX to the RIA Era' and the Call for Papers, which is still open, specifically encourages submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases of the fast-emerging RIA alternatives.

Mobile Collaboration Using the iPhone

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDT

The iPhone is a very successful mobile device. This session shows how to use it for business: How can I access my records? Where to manage accounts? How to deal with customer requests and other employees? The session will also include development guidelines for your own enterprise mobile clients, mail support efficiency and case studies.

Understanding iPhone JavaScript Extensions

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Apple has introduced a number of extensions to the JavaScript programming language to assist iPhone Web developers. Including new fast lookup functions, native SVG graphics processing, CSS effects, database storage and full screen mode. These new functions will transform the way Web and AJAX developers look at the iPhone for application development. This session introduces the JavaScript extensions, and shows practical examples of their usage.

iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDT

There are two distinct ways to develop applications for Apple's iPhone, the top tech gadget of the year. Programmers can choose to create optimized web applications using web languages or to write native programs using the iPhone SDK. Rather than seeing this as an either-or proposition, developers should consider the choice a continuum and pick the right tool to create each individual program. With iPhone web applications, programmers can enjoy all the advantages of the Internet, including ease of development and deployment, speed of updating and off-line server access. Meanwhile, with iPhone native applications, programmers can immerse themselves in a sophisticated development environment, dig deep into an object-oriented language, and access the iPhone's built-in utilities, like its accelerometers and its GPS. This talk will highlight the advantages and disadvantages of each style of programming and discuss ways to hybridize them, creating integrated projects that utilize the best of both worlds.

How to Create On-Demand Enterprise Applications for the iPhone

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EDT

Choosing the Right Mobile SDK and Platform for Your Application

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:30:00 EDT

I am currently of the mindset that Android should be considered a wait and see technology. The iPhone SDK sports the best mobile application deployment and purchasing channel on the market, but can be problematic for enterprises and apps requiring high levels of security. Also, there is some risk in building an app that might be rejected. The .NET Compact Framework is a tried and true, proven mobile development framework that provides a relatively easy way to build apps for Windows Mobile devices. It takes some effort to make your Windows Mobile apps look decent, but you get the benefits of a huge community, re-use of your C#/.NET skills, great tools and more.

Apple Drops the iPhone NDA for Released Software

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Rest assured that I'll be commenting further on this subject, but I wanted to post letting people know that the floodgates are about to open. I'm guessing iPhone bloggers are going to start posting massive amounts of code samples in the coming days. Good times for all... It's just a shame that Apple took so long to open the doors. I feel really bad for the authors who had to change their writing plans and even change the content of their books to accommodate Apple's resistance to lifting the NDA.