Posted by lorenb on Jul 3, 2009 in
business,
iphone Apple informed me that they had rejected MMATracker v2.2.3 because:
When the device is connected to a WiFi network and the user taps on any of the upcoming events, the contents on the next screen are blank. This review was conducted on iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd generation running iPhone OS 3.0.
Interestingly I can’t reproduce this at all. It works in the iPhone simulator using OS 2.x and 3.0. The build I submitted, I have installed on my iPhone 3G and it works. It works over WIFI. Works over 3G/EDGE.
The only thing I can think of is it happened due to us moving the server where the web service/DB for MMATracker lives.
If they reject it again, not sure what next steps are.
As time goes on, I find that Apple’s process gets more and more frustrating. I don’t like the delay between submission and approval/rejection. I hate the faceless bureaucracy as Apple employees hide behind generic email addresses.
Do musicians on iTunes need to have their album covers adhere to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines? Do studios have to tailor their movies/TV shows for Apple? Why do only application developers have to put up with this crap?
Posted by lorenb on Jun 23, 2009 in
business Came across an article on BlackBerry Development this morning. I found it some what shocking to hear there are no standard widgets and you have to do your own drawing code. Doesn’t look like a very appealing development platform to me.
Posted by lorenb on Jun 22, 2009 in
business,
iphone I’ve submitted MMATracker v2.2.3 to Apple. Users should see it in a few days. Mostly just code cleanups and fixing some minor issues with OS 3.0.
Posted by lorenb on Jun 10, 2009 in
business,
iphone,
linux I noticed that the new iPhone 3GS now supports OpenGL ES 2.0. The iPhone 3G and iPod Touches only support OpenGL ES 1.1. The guys at Engadget think that will cause the app store to splinter.
Might happen eventually but until there is a critical mass of iPhones that support OpenGL ES 2.0 it would be a mistake to cut off the rest of the user base right now.
I wonder when Google will update Android? They only support OpenGL ES 1.0 right now. Not sure what Microsoft has offhand, they keep rewriting the OS every version. Should make doing cross platform games more interesting or a bigger pain in the ass.
Posted by lorenb on Jun 8, 2009 in
business,
iphone Apple has released details about the iPhone 3GS. Looks like a nice upgrade for the current 3G. I’ll likely upgrade my 8GB 3G to a 16GB 3GS this summer.
Hopefully Rogers/Fido don’t make this difficult.
Posted by lorenb on Jun 2, 2009 in
business,
linux Rogers is now offering Android-based phones. They are HTC devices. With the so-called G2 out, hopefully Google will update their developer phone. I need to pick one up to for device testing at some point.
Sadly we still can’t publish any applications yet. No idea why companies in the USA, UK, France, Austria, Germany, Spain and Netherlands are so special. Maybe we’ll just have to create a US presence for the company and get around it that way.
Posted by lorenb on May 7, 2009 in
business,
technology Rogers has announced they will be launching the first Android based phones in Canada. They will be from HTC.
See the press release