Tag Archives: Mobile

Conference, Development, Musings

Things I learnt at Apps World Asia 2011 (Singapore Suntec Convention)

Had the opportunity to present and also attend session at Apps World Asia 2011. Jotted down a few notes (still trying to summarize the content and will probably take awhile).

Presentations I’ve found interesting (not see rest on Slideshare yet)

Highlights

  • Mobile helps to enable
    • Improved Global Distribution
    • New features, updated content (fast) and adapting to new habits with a new distribution medium
    • Increase revenue with one-click buying (convenience)
    • Lower the barrier to purchase (cost)
    • Flexibility allows experimentation to what works (and what does not)
  • Understanding Local is important in a Global world (Culture)
  • Freemium approach to monetization is becoming very common
    • Give away free (viral) and encourage in-app purchases (long tail)
  • Good Content (Editorial) raises quality and draws repeat readers
  • “It’s about the users”
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Development

Installing iPhone OS 4.0 beta on the iPhone 3GS

The recent announcement of iPhone OS 4.0 beta brought some interested features for developers. I’m still pretty new to iPhone development and was trying to figure out how to update my phone. Below are the instructions once you’ve downloaded the IPSW file to update the firmware.

Installing iPhone 4.0 beta on the iPhone

  1. Make sure to have downloaded the iPhone 4.0 beta firmware that relates to your iPhone (e.g. 3GS).
  2. Extract the firmware IPSW to a folder.
  3. Connect the iPhone to your computer.
  4. Get the UDID registered on the iPhone Developer program. Provisioning Portal > Devices > Add Devices
  5. Open iTunes and click Restore while holding the Shift key (for Windows) or Option key (for Mac).
  6. Locate or browse to the firmware IPSW.
  7. Wait for iTunes to unpackage and install the firmware.

UDID can be view in 2 ways:

  1. In Xcode, navigate to the ‘Window’ drop down menu and select
    ‘Organizer’. The 40 hex character string in the Identifier field is your
    device’s UDID.
  2. OR In iTunes, select your device in the ‘Devices’ section and navigate to
    the Summary tab. Click on the Serial Number label to reveal the
    Identifier field and the 40 character UDID. Press Command+C to copy the
    UDID to your clipboard.
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Development, Homepage Posts, Musings

Back to basics in Mobile Development

I’ve been holding off starting iPhone development for some time. The recent iPad announcement coupled with the lack of progress in the Windows Mobile world has lead me to making a decision to try out a new platform (finally). With the purchase of the MacBook Pro, it’s time to dive right in and start from basics again. I first started in Palm development (horrors of C++), moved on to .Net (C#) and now with Objective-C, it seems “C” is the common thread linking my mobile development path.

Time to dust off the great “C – How to Program” and gettting started with the first book “iPhone SDK Development“!

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