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Inspired by PhoneGap, BigFive offers an extended web browser that adds additional functionality to your web apps such as geolocation, taking photos, tracking acceleration and causing vibration. This API allows web developers to access native iPhone capabilities without learning Objective-C. Read more »
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Posted: Aug 23, 2008 | No Comment |
The web developers link resource DZone recently went iPhone friendly, and Schalk Neethling posted a detailed article outlining the process. Read more »
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Posted: Aug 22, 2008 | 1 Comment |
Though full screen web app support was left out of the OS 2.0 release, one developer has come up with a method for fixing a content area to the bottom of the screen, effectively creating a custom footer area.
We’ve covered this idea of fixed positioning several months ago on our site, but it’s great to see a functional example of this capability. Read more »
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Posted: Aug 16, 2008 | No Comment |
It seems that Apple has another winner on their hands with the new Apple iPhone 3G. There are now millions of people connected to the Internet every minute of every day using this device. The fast adoption has created a tremendous opportunity for software vendors and companies to take advantage of an extremely large ecosystem of end users. Read more »
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Posted: Aug 14, 2008 | No Comment |
GreaseMonkey is a Firefox extension permitting the installation of scripts that allow users to make on-the-fly changes to many HTML-based web pages. GreasePocket exists as an iPhone port that enables users to modify the presentation of web content in MobileSafari, embedding content areas or UI elements that provide enhanced functionality. Read more »
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Posted: Aug 10, 2008 | No Comment |
This past weekend at iPhoneDevCamp a group of individuals created a unique framework which allows web developers to format their web apps using API calls which take advantage of iPhone capabilities. PhoneGap’s mantra is “bridging the gap between the web and the iphone SDK” . We’ve just downloaded the source and will post follow up information shortly.
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Posted: Aug 6, 2008 | 4 Comments |
Right now, millions of users are surfing the web using an iPhone or iPod touch. StatCounter research finds MobileSafari is the number one mobile browser in the US and number two globally. If you run a website, chances are good that users have visited your site using these devices. Here are 4 advantages to presenting iPhone-optimized website content to your visitors. Read more »
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Posted: Jul 26, 2008 | No Comment |
For the technically inclined, Sitepen published an article today from Neil Roberts which covers touches and gesturing on the iPhone. In the article, he discusses his tests with the new APIs, which support drag and drop with touch, resize and rotate with gestures. Read more »
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Posted: Jul 11, 2008 | No Comment |
A powerful usability enhancement available to websites displayed on an iPhone/iPod Touch is their ability to access native application services such as Mail, Phone, YouTube, iPod audio/video controls, Google Maps and the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. The iPhone’s OS supports passing data from your website to these applications, resulting in a rich user experience which is available exclusively to visitors browsing your website using these devices. Read more »
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Posted: Jul 4, 2008 | No Comment |
There are literally hundreds of sites, books and companies specializing in web standards and usability, but when it comes to such standards for websites designed to accommodate iPhones, there are not very many places one can turn for advice. Apple’s iPhone is the most phenomenal new mobile Internet device to appear on the scene in recent memory. When we consider the differences inherent in its reduced resolution footprint, and users who navigate with a finger as opposed to a mouse, it becomes evident that established standards are, in fact, a necessity. Read more »
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Posted: Jun 23, 2008 | No Comment |
Story By Wayne Mulligan
The global wireless industry has been exploding — over 250 million subscribers in the U.S., over 500 million in China, there are more people on this planet that own a mobile phone than those that own a computer — bottom line, this is the place to be for the long haul. Read more »
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Posted: Jun 17, 2008 | No Comment |
Story By Amy Syracuse - Source: btobonline.com
Ask an iPhone user what the device means to him or her and you’ll likely hear that its advanced capabilities and user-friendly interface have been nothing less than life-changing. Such statements might sound like hyperbole—the ravings of an ardent group of Apple-eyed gadget geeks. But recent studies indicate there is truth behind them. The iPhone is changing lives, at least where mobile Web use is involved.
A survey of 50,000 U.S. households conducted by iSuppli Corp. in the fourth quarter of 2007 found that iPhone users spent just 46.5% of their time on the device making calls, compared to 71.7% for the typical cell phone user. The rest of the time, they were reading and sending e-mail, browsing the Web and checking out Google Maps, among other tasks. Read more »
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Posted: Jun 4, 2008 | No Comment |
iPhoneDevCamp 2 is an upcoming not-for-profit gathering to develop applications for iPhone and iPod touch using both the native SDK and web standards. This is a follow-on event to the first iPhoneDevCamp, held in early July 2007. We are pleased that Adobe Systems has agreed to provide the venue again this year.
*Edit-Follow Live coverage of the event here.
Attendees will include Cocoa Touch developers, web developers, UI designers, and testers, all working together over the weekend. Development projects will include both solo and team efforts. Read more »
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Posted: May 17, 2008 | No Comment |
Story by Ben Shambaugh
Many advanced AJAX websites use JavaScript to determine if an user is coming from a mobile phone or a full browser. While this is one way to do it, there are better and faster ways.
The .htaccess file defines custom rules per site “folder”. This means you can set a .htaccess file in any subfolder and have it only apply to the folders and files within it, ignoring all others.
.htaccess is widely used to provide user authorization to parts of websites, but it can do many other things from clean up urls to redirect users based on their version. Read more »
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Posted: May 13, 2008 | No Comment |
The video below highlights some of the capabilites of an iPhone microsite. Boursier.com is a french stock exchange information website which provides investment advices, live quote information and a full suite of user oriented functionality.
The video demonstrates video streaming capabilities and user interaction with an iPhone-optimized user interface. Our microsites are created using similar frameworks, delivering functionality that mimics native iPhone applications in terms of navigation, page design and user experience. Read more »
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Posted: May 12, 2008 | No Comment |
Last November, Intel announced a suite of new chips boasting 420 million transistors per dual core. This nearly doubling of transistor density over Intel’s previous product line may be the biggest transistor advancement in 40 years. By 21st-century standards, however, the microprocessor business is a mature industry. It’s way too late to get in on Intel’s transformational phase, a phase I describe as having stock returns measured in the tens of thousands of percent. Read more »
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Posted: May 4, 2008 | No Comment |
Ten years ago most small business owners didn’t have a website and probably didn’t see the need for one. Now, a business without a website is considered second rate at best. A website is a necessity for doing business in the 21st century - but how does your website appear on the screens of today’s most popular mobile devices? Read more »
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Posted: May 3, 2008 | No Comment |
The New iPhone SDK includes several (free) tools that are well suited for iPhone microsite development - the iPhone simulator and Dashcode. The iPhone simulator is a desktop application that gives you the ability to test your iPhone microsites on your local machine before deploying your project to a web server. It accurately renders your projects, includes support for JavaScript and provides the same debug console available in Safari. Read more »
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Posted: May 3, 2008 | No Comment |
The greatest inventions in history have evolved from a need. They have usually solved a problem that plagued a lot of people. An iPhone microsite does just that. It solves a problem that plagues website owners and iPhone users worldwide.
The release of Apple’s iPhone revolutionized mobile phone technology and web browsing with its ease of use. One of the most talked-about features of the iPhone has been its ability to use Safari to browse the “real” Internet. However, until recently, this appealing idea has proven to be less than rewarding insofar as the larger pixel configuration used by most websites designed to display information on a full screen did not translate well to the iPhone’s different shape and size. Read more »
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Posted: Apr 19, 2008 | No Comment |
Ordinary websites are receiving more traffic from mobile devices than ever before. Even if you have no immediate plans to serve a microsite to your iPhone visitors, there are steps you can take to make your current website more iPhone friendly. Below we will explore several techniques you can perform to present optimized content for these users. Read more »
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Posted: Apr 19, 2008 | 4 Comments |
When designing microsites optimized for iPhone users, you want to author a separate style sheet for your microsite specific content. This will reduce extraneous markup and speed page downloads. Read more »
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Posted: Apr 7, 2008 | No Comment |
It’s true that most of the iPhone doesn’t make use of alternate fonts — the applications, UI elements and your data all render in Helvetica.
However, microsites viewed in MobileSafari will render using whatever font is specified in a page’s markup. If your project is iPhone specific you no longer need to specify multiple fonts - though it’s good practice to do so. But keep in mind MobileSafari is limited to the fonts installed on the iPhone. Read more »
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Posted: Apr 6, 2008 | No Comment |
How can you optimize your website for MobileSafari? Whats the difference between an iPhone compatible website and an iPhone-optimized microsite? For starters, an optimized microsite is created and presented to only those users visiting your site from the iPhone’s MobileSafari browser. Read more »
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Posted: Apr 5, 2008 | No Comment |
A paradigm shift has occurred in mobile phone technology and most people are only barely aware of it. Its effect on internet marketing will soon reach epic proportions and could change the way we all do business for the rest of our lives. This life-changing event commenced with the release of Apple’s phenomenal new mobile phone technology embodied in its iPhone. That invention has the power to double, triple and quadruple the sales of any business, virtually overnight. Why? Because it has created a marketer’s dream - virtually cost free access to a vast untapped and growing marketplace filled with affluent consumers. Read more »
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Posted: Apr 4, 2008 | No Comment |
