December 2009
7 posts
I figure it’s worth mentioning this because I just noticed this while browsing AppShopper.
In August, Konami released a new version of DDR for the iPhone called DDR S+. Using iPhone OS 3.0’s StoreKit framework, they let you buy song packs and essentially build the DDR song library up yourself. It’s being sold for 99 cents.
That’s not the new part.
The new part is that...
Mozilla Heats Up The Mobile App Market And Claims... →
Okay, what the fuck Mozilla. Let’s go through this bit by bit.
Mozilla VP Jay Sullivan made the bold claim that Firefox Mobile will “put an end to app stores like the iPhone’s App Store or BlackBerry App World.”
Sure it will.
Let me explain something right off the bat. A Web browser is a Web browser.
Unless Firefox Mobile has a visible storefront for Web applications, or...
Guess Who's Delusional →
When we examine the iPhone users’ arguments defending the iPhone, it reminds us of the famous Stockholm Syndrome - a term that was invented by psychologists after a hostage drama in Stockholm. Here hostages reacted to the psychological pressure they were experiencing, by defending the people that had held them hostage for 6 days.
When I examine the psychologists who came up with this bullshit...
Wandering Around Galeries de la Capitale in a...
Surgeon General’s Warning: May contain traces of reality. This is flash fiction.
On a long Saturday afternoon, I found myself wandering around Galeries de la Capitale in a state of semi-consciousness.
By state of semi-consciousness, I mean a state at which you are aware you are not conscious but not much else, or one where you seem to be mindlessly navigating like a somnambulist across a...
Callout of the Day: TUAW & Super Monkey Ball 2 →
That means that there is no way for people who bought Super Monkey Ball to get a deal on Super Monkey Ball 2. That left Sega with two choices: 1) release it as an update, meaning anyone who bought Super Monkey Ball would get it for free; or 2) release it as aseparate app, meaning that anyone who bought v. 1 has to pay full price for v. 2. The App Store does not give them any other choice.
We...
