Monthly Archives: April 2009

Podcast Conversation with Joel Comm of iFart Mobile Fame

Podcasts prior to March 20, 2009 had their information archived on MobileAppsToday.com. However, when it and MobileDevicesToday.com were closed and redirected to MobileContentToday.com (where I still contribute daily blog posts), the podcast archive was lost. So, I’m reposting pre-March 20 podcasts here to help people rediscover a number of really interesting podcasts.

This one was recorded on January 16, 2009 with Joel Comm. Joel is the producer of the iFart Mobile app for the iPhone that hit #1 in the Apple iTunes paid app list during the 2008 holiday season and remained there for 22 days.

If you prefer, you can retrieve this podcast from iTunes by subscribing to the MobileViews.com Podcast there and checking off the box associated with this podcast.

Nokia E75 Slide-out QWERTY Keyboard Looks Good – But, No US Carrier Means a High Price

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Image courtesy of Nokia

Nokia announced…

Email the way you want it – Nokia E75 begins shipping

However, the Nokia USA site says it is only available for pre-order and not actually shipping. Since it does not appear to have a US Carrier associated with it, it currently only available at its full $529 price.

The E75 is based on Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. Its slide-out keyboard looks like a good one. It also includes a 3.2 megapixel camera (with zoom and flash) as well as Assisted-GPS (A-GPS). It has Bluetooth and WiFi (802.11b/g) and provides the ability to serve as a wireless data modem to a tethered device (Nokia PC Internet Access).

You can find its product page here: Nokia E75

Nokia Video Tutorial: Ovi Store 101 for Developers


YouTube video courtesy of Nokia

Interesting video from Nokia giving potential smartphone app developers a sub-4-minute video tutorial on how the Ovi Store app submission process works. Registering as a publisher is free right now. More information can be found at…

publish.ovi.com

Nokia is using the same 70/30 (developer/Nokia) split that Apple user has with their developers. Nokia will not support subscription type apps. But, they do permit both free and paid app types (naturally). I found it interesting that they allow a large number of app and content types including Flash Lite, Java, Symbian S60, WRT widgets as well as themes and wallpapers.

Podcast 21: Conversation with Derrick Story, Pro Photog and Author, About iPhone Photo Apps

The Internet is a wonderful thing. It gave me the opportunity to work with professional photographer and author Derrick Story for the past 7 years or so even though we have never met in person. Derrick was an editor at O’Reilly Media for much of that time. And, it was he who gave me the opportunity to write a bit for O’Reilly Media. He knew about my fascination with cameraphones even back then. And, I was thrilled when he asked me to write a handful of cameraphone hacks to his book…

Digital Photography Hacks

I remain fascinated with cameraphone in general until today. So, I asked Derrick to speak with me specifically about the iPhone and its photo capabilities for this podcast. Derrick provides some great information about using everything from the high-end (and expensive) Adobe PhotoShop CS4 to free and low-cost (99 cents to a few dollars) iPhone photo-related apps.

You can find Derrick’s own blog at…

TheDigitalStory.com

…where he often mixes in iPhone related photo information with other digital photography info. If you found this podcast interesting, you definitely want to check out Derrick’s own podcast. And, in particular, download the podcast he produced on March 17, 2009. He provides a lot of detailed iPhone photo advice in that particular podcast too.