Iphone-apps Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPad SDK allows you to take photos and other insights

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2010)

Turns out a camera in the iPad may have been closer than we thought -- Engadget has been diving into the SDK released yesterday (NDAs be darned, I guess?) and discovered that the ability to "Take Photo" is still hidden in the iPad's code. Of course, the device doesn't actually have a camera, but ...

For sale on eBay: One iPhone development business, batteries not included

by Mike Schramm (Nov 7th, 2009)

Want an iPhone app business without all the boring hassle of actually programming and releasing iPhone apps? Boy, does Brice Milliorn have a deal for you! He's auctioning off his iPhone app business, which he says has 87 different apps for sale, over on eBay. Milliorn says he started out ...

Chilli X has birthday - everyone gets presents, but no cake

by Brett Terpstra (Oct 9th, 2009)

If you look under your seats, you'll find a bevy of free iPhone apps. That's right ... you get an app, you get an app, everybody gets an app (or 16)! We've mentioned Chilli X a few times, and I've developed a fondness for their collection of sleek, simple iPhone apps with great-looking ...

Push pulled from latest iPhone firmware beta

by Mike Schramm (Aug 19th, 2008)

AppleInsider says that Apple has yanked the Push notification framework from the latest version of the iPhone 2.1 firmware beta. Push got a lot of play during WWDC -- it's a service that will send information to the apps on your iPhone as needed (tweets, for example, will just come rather than ...

Did Web-only development fail the iPhone?

by Erica Sadun (Oct 19th, 2007)

A thoughtful post over at FactoryJoe.com asks whether the Web failed the iPhone. Apple's initial decision to support only Web 2.0 third-party apps on the iPhone gave the web-based community a huge shot of creativity and incentive to see how far they could push the iPhone and Safari in terms of ...

TUAW Interview: Inco, simple sysadmin from your iPhone

by Michael Rose (Oct 14th, 2007)

The dream of remote system management from your handheld device -- like Dick Tracy's wrist radio, but for geeks -- has long enticed IT professionals. Who wouldn't rather be at the beach or the ballgame instead of chained to a laptop and network access in case something goes wrong? There are already ...