by Andy DeSoto on July 31, 2008
“The difference in quality and usefulness amongst the free iPhone apps is staggering; a few are basically drawings with affiliate links.”
- Merlin Mann, July 30, 2008
Third party applications are the future, the Internet seems to agree. As closed systems become a thing of the past, more and more technology services turn to eager third-party developers to craft new and unique applications, interfaces, and utilities in order to better the user experience.
Unfortunately, when the tools for application creation are available to any Manny, Moe, or Jack, an enormous quality discrepancy is almost guaranteed. As Merlin Mann correctly intuits, Apple’s new iPhone and iPod Touch Application Store is becoming one such instance of this discrepancy.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a problem of this caliber, though: it’s easy to draw a comparison between Apple’s current directory woes and those of the social networking giant Facebook.
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by Andy DeSoto on July 23, 2008
The iPhone Application Store is pretty groundbreaking in its design, integration, and offerings. Regrettably, however, is that the apps available are of extremely variable quality.
There are a lot of great applications out there that will undoubtedly change the world of personal computing as we know it. Unfortunately, there are some that are better off far away from your iPhone and computer, at least for a few more weeks.
Here’s my list of Five iPhone applications that just aren’t cutting it:
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by Andy DeSoto on July 21, 2008
This past Friday, I was finally able to get Apple to take my entire summer’s savings for an iPhone. After a year of regretting that I had not jumped on the first generation model, I had no choice but to take the plunge when the opportunity offered itself with the iPhone 3G’s July 11th release.
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