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• Which e-reader apps do you use?

  

  By macslocum : Yesterday, 05:26 AM

  My iPad looks like a bookstore strip mall. The iBooks app on one end. The Kindle app on the other. Borders and Barnes & Noble are crammed in the middle. [attachment=1211:ereaders-ipad.png] ...

  Tags:

  • mobile
  • borders
  • kindle
  • b&n
  • ebooks
  • ibooks
  • ipad
  • ereaders
  • toc

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• What is the optimal size of an iPhone touch target?

  

  By adfm : 30 June 2010 - 07:30 AM

  Designing an interface usually involves matching up to a grid. For a finger friendly interface to be effective you'll want the active interface elements to be no larger than a finger tip. But who&...

  Tags:

  • UI
  • iPhone
  • interface
  • mobile

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• Why do you develop mobile apps?

  Asked by macslocum : 23 June 2010 - 07:01 AM

  Tags:

  • iphone
  • gold rush
  • App Store
  • mobile
  • android
  • apps
  • app development

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• Why does the BlackBerry rule Washington when the United States loves the iPhone?

  

  By Alexander Howard : 21 June 2010 - 10:45 AM

  Nielsen data shows that 23% of mobile consumers in the United States now have a smartphone. comScore February market share data indicated tht smartphone penetration is now 19% in the U.S., with 45 mil...

  Tags:

  • government
  • mobile
  • Washington
  • BlackBerry
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • smartphone
  • Gov 2.0

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• HTML, CSS and JavaScript: The other way to develop mobile apps

  

  By macslocum : 01 June 2010 - 05:12 AM

  Certain companies aren't too keen on cross-platform mobile apps, and that puts developers in a bind. Should they pour time and resources into one form of development? Should they hedge their bets on a...

  Tags:

  • app development
  • mobile
  • JavaScript
  • CSS
  • HTML

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• 5 things to know about Windows Phone 7

  

  By macslocum : 04 May 2010 - 05:39 AM

  The first handsets running Microsoft's rebooted Window Phone 7 will appear later this year, so now is a great time to get ahead of the development curve and examine the operating system's feature set....

  Tags:

  • Microsoft
  • apps
  • mobile phone
  • Windows Phone 7
  • mobile

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• The first 5 things I noticed about the iPad

  

  By macslocum : 03 April 2010 - 05:00 PM

  My 16GB iPad arrived late this afternoon. I've been fiddling for a couple hours now, so I thought I'd weigh in with a few initial observations. Your mileage -- and opinion -- can and will vary. Wei...

  Tags:

  • ipad
  • mobile
  • tablet
  • apple

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• Elements of Interaction

  

  By adfm : 31 March 2010 - 02:14 PM

  As our notion of interface leaves the boundary of the desktop it's a good idea to be prepared. This excerpt from Peter Morville & Jerrery Callender's Search Patterns encourages us to engage the elem...

  Tags:

  • iPod
  • iPad
  • mobile
  • interface
  • design
  • interaction
  • search
  • iTunes
  • patterns

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• Best Android apps: an ongoing list of recommendations

  

  By macslocum : 22 March 2010 - 04:41 AM

  The Android Market has upped its success rate in recent months. When I search for an app I've used on the iPhone/iPod Touch side, I typically find an equivalent Android application around 50 percent o...

  Tags:

  • apps
  • mobile apps
  • Android
  • smartphones
  • Android apps
  • mobile
  • mobile devices

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• How to dry out a soggy iPhone

  

  By adfm : 19 March 2010 - 12:35 AM

  In a random post from Seattle Weekly titled How A Bag of Rice Can Save Your iPhone and Your iPod?, Erin Thompson shares a chance encounter with an AT&T employee that lead to a tip to fix a soggy i...

  Tags:

  • iPhone
  • repair
  • hack
  • mobile

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