Archive for April, 2008
Welcome, David Martin
We’d like to welcome David Martin to the iphone Atlas editorial team. David has more than 20 years of experience in the industry as a programmer, systems and business analyst, author, and consultant. He cut his teeth on the memorable Commodore PET writing in BASIC doing advanced things with the POKE command, learned assembly language […]
No commentsApp allows video as wallpaper on the iPhone; how to use
Though it’s somewhat buggy and a significant drain on battery, a new unofficial application distributed under the jailbreak umbrella allows users to replace the static wallpaper (background) image on their iphones with dynamic videos in the .mov format.
In order to use this application, dubbed vWallpaper, use our guide to jailbreak your iphone and get it […]
No commentsHow Apple’s PA Semi Acquisition Fits Into Its Chip History
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple’s acquisition of PA Semi does not signal an entirely new direction for the company. Throughout its history, Apple has designed sophisticated custom chips for use in its computers, in addition to codeveloping complete microprocessors. According to those in the know, it appears that after acting to jettison its internal custom silicon efforts […]
iPhone Download on the Rise
The iPhone music is making the long trip across to Europe. How will it fare? That is anyone’s guess but if we can judge by the reaction in the US then ‘pretty well’ will be a good answer.
Carriers have been chosen to represent Apple with the iPhone in the UK, Germany […]
New iPhone OS build has support for “inactive” apps; not background apps
The latest build of the iphone SDK (beta 4) and accompanying iphone OS 2.0 beta release (5A258f) include support for “active” and “inactive” applications. Though some developers initially interpreted this inclusion as the addition of the ability to run third-party applications in the background — a notable omission from the initial SDK. However, it appears […]
No commentsEvernote for Mac, iPhone to make managing information overload easy
With the deluge of data hitting users in the modern age, managing piles of information has become increasingly important but also more difficult. Evernote is on its way to both the Mac and the iphone, and promises to simplify the effort needed to catalog, tag and organize web clippings, text and handwritten notes, photos, emails, […]
No comments