April 2008 Archives

I read on Engadget by the beginning of April that Microsoft would finally launch their foray into multi-touch computing, Microsoft Surface.

And they've shared their sightings with everyone!

I am not the best person to say if the idea is good or not, but is looks amazing to me. I want one, and I want it now!!!!!

There's an interesting article about the way people use the iPhone, regarding the use of mobile phones. It seems that most of iPhone users have it not as a telephone, but rather as an appliance that may be also used as a telephone. This article, by International Business Times states that "iPhone owners spend just 46.5 percent of their time with the product engaged in voice calls",

I really don't think that English is too hard, but maybe it's only me!

Some time ago, Apple released the Beta iPhone SDK, and with it a Developer Program that anyone could enroll, and that would be necessary to have one's apps eventually available at the App Store. After a couple of days, Apple started sending messages to the people that applied, and all of the messages had the same wording:

I've been thinking about the possibility of writing an app for the iPhone ever since it appeared on the news.

Two problems, though:

• I don't really know how to program anything other than some basic php stuff, and some SQL statements;
• There was no official way to develop for the iPhone, and the non-official way was way too difficult for someone like me.

That's when Apple released its SDK for the iPhone!