Call Dashboard
Squawk Box Sept 3 - Developing and updating applications for the iPhone Conference call organized by Alec Saunders
Conference Call Details
Agenda
Join us with guests Kerry Ritz and Martin Rosinski of Palringo, James Body of Truphone, and Irv Shapiro of IfByPhone as we discuss the in's and out's of building iPhone Applications.
Call summary
Chat
See all
Recordings
James Body said:
www.truphone.com/moo - if you need it
Thank you, Alec et al. A very interesting call.<br/>
Dan York said:
No, we don't! :-)
Dan York said:
Is James going to lapse into the cow song? :-) (Quite the enthusiasm there, James.)
Dan Rockwell said:
good answer, thanks :P
Dan Rockwell said:
lol black magic heh
Craik - I'll get to you next.
Dan Rockwell said:
Yeah apples pov not so much the consumer/fan
Dan Rockwell said:
Yeah more of a review process
Dan York said:
Third SkypeOut disconnect today... don't think I'll be calling in via Skype tomorrow.
Dan Rockwell said:
It seems like the first platform that really compliments your user experience and or take it to a new level
As soon as he mutes again.
it's Bill.
There seems to be some crosstalk of small children on the bridge?
Dan Rockwell said:
I was curious how the reviewer process works? Can you explain more about these folks who review your app concept, and basically have a say on its eventual success or not?
Dan Rockwell said:
thx
Dan Rockwell said:
has anyone run into restrictions in app develop that have come up from apple after you've made the app, following their initial guidelines? like any surprises like oh you cant make that either scenarios?
no official video support from Apple.
Dan Rockwell said:
any reason why QIK hasnt come to the app store yet?
William Volk said:
very few 3G phones are
I believe it's small now, Nick. It was very large in the 1.1 timeframe.
Nick Desbarats said:
does anyone know what % of iphones are jailbroken?
Dan York said:
Yea! (for IfByPhone being a Mac-centric place)
Dan York said:
yep
must have flaky gateways today
Dan York said:
Second SkypeOut disconnect of this call. :-(
William Volk said:
there is a link here
William Volk said:
it's on the catalog page for the app
William Volk said:
Nokia 6600 can't run signed J2ME apps. Known bug.
that's right!
William Volk said:
Apple does have a support link on the iTunes catalog for apps
William Volk said:
I have to deal with that, you need to have the fans reply ... not you
William Volk said:
Port 80 HTTP is allowed in unsigned J2ME apps
Nick Desbarats said:
LOL
William Volk said:
Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!
William Volk said:
In fact I'd say that a small publisher pretty much CAN'T get a Brew app published to Verizon handsets
William Volk said:
tens of thousands of dollars for a BREW app
William Volk said:
Or Verizon
Nick Desbarats said:
from the user perspective, you're right, it works. i'm looking at it from a developer perspective, wondering whether to go native or web.
William Volk said:
seems to be working, creme floats to the top
Nick Desbarats said:
good point, but discovery is going to be a lot harder when there are 10,000+ applications...
William Volk said:
but how do people find it?
William Volk said:
what's funny is that MEEBO.COM is the best IM for the iPhone and it's a web app
William Volk said:
The issue is discovery
absolutely. It's already happening in my case.
Nick Desbarats said:
hmmm. i wonder if people will get sick of having too many apps on their phone, similar to the way people are wary of installing apps on their PC (preferring to use web apps instead).
yeah - the business of web apps is declining, but I wonder about the use of the wrapped web browser is all.
William Volk said:
yes, native apps can launch the web app, and that makes sense for commerce, help etc.
William Volk said:
Apple has a directory of web apps, it's still there ... but not being featured
William Volk said:
Most of our web traffic came from the Apple iPhone portal, which is now buried on their website
William Volk said:
It's not that people stopped using web apps, it's that new people didn't.
Nick Desbarats said:
interesting
William Volk said:
Traffic to web apps was flat/declining when the app store opened. No boost in traffic with the launch of the 3G iPhone.
Nick Desbarats said:
gmail, google reader, etc. are web...
William Volk said:
web development was pretty much killed as a market by the app store
Nick Desbarats said:
the web vs native app question is a big one for me... interested in answers...
William Volk said:
this is interesting
William Volk said:
native coding, remote debuging and performance profiling, 3d engine
Adam Somer said:
Chrome running it great here too
Dan York said:
Oops, SkypeOut failed on me..
MOrning Arshad!
Nick Desbarats said:
Chrome's running Calliflower well for me, btw.
awesome
Jim Courtney said:
Kerry tells me he is going to join also.
Dan York said:
Dropping off for a moment to come back on using a different method.
William Volk said:
WAP, since 2000. J2ME since 2002 ... BREW, etc.
We've lost dan... hmmm....
William Volk said:
Guilty as charged
guess not.
test.... is Chrome slowing down my app?
Mark Petrovic said:
Good morning.
James Body said:
No Kerry? Shame
Irv Shapiro said:
I am on the call.
William Volk said:
William Volk said:
Game stat: Chopper game (not ours, sadly):
Clip 1
Share +
00:56:13 18.76 MB
Confirmed Participants
Not Attending
See all (2)
Awaiting Reply
See all (2)