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Advanced iPhone Development - iTunesU

Recent search on iTunes listed the Madison Area Technical College classes on iPhone development by Dr. Brad Larson

Session on OpenGL ES 2.0 recommended by Gurus. Go and download the complete sessions from here

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Angry Birds – I give up

Angry Birds is one great app in Apple App Store that worth every penny (Full version is only $0.99)

I am not a great gamer, I give up on games too early. But this Angry Birds is one hell of a game (next to Road Rash & NFS II) that makes me addicted for a long time.

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WWDC 2010 - iPhone 4

  • iPad didn’t replace common tasks. Steve was referring his notepad on stage:). Old habits die hard.
  • Steve can still memorize 24 countries and repeat them in the same order. Bravo! Good job Steve.
  • Yes, he appreciated Microsoft for their HTML5 demos.
  • Now the revenue will be shared  60-40%. 40% of iAd revenue to Apple.
  • Will FaceTime work if there are quite a few devices on the Wi-Fi network?
  • If FaceTime is Open, then H.264 and AAC too?
  • If the same front side glass was used in the back of iPhone 4, can we replace the backside glass for the front in case of damages to the front?
  • 29$ for bumb ( a band covers the antennas’). Come on Steve, let the poor guys live with the iPhone/iPad cover business.
  • FaceTime is open since it use many OpenSource tools & standards.

are few points I noticed during Keynote.

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Download Apple WWDC Keynote videos

I was always disappointed with Apple Keynote pages. It allows you to stream and watch the videos with QuickTime which is not great for streaming and videos are not HTML5 yet. Another restriction with QuickTime is, you need to have QuickTime Pro to save the video.

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Why AppStore submission process sucks!

They only check the binary to see if they use any private API nothing other than that. Sometimes they reject the app and give you a reason that it doesn’t fit with their HIG standards. Eg., one of our app got rejected for this reason. They said + button should be used when you use add contacts to the app from Address book. But the same + icon was used in USA Today app and is available in appstore. Moreover we just copied the idea to have + to show larger images.

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How to Register iTunes Account for Free (In Any Country Without A Credit Card)

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Follow the steps below:

  1. Launch iTunes
  2. Log out of your account (if any)
  3. Scroll down the iTunes page and hit the flag on the right
  4. Select your country of interest
  5. Try to buy a random free app (Note: You will see payment option None only when you register after/while downloading a free app)
  6. iTunes will ask you for your credentials, hit open a new account
  7. Accept the terms
  8. Enter a valid email, pick a password and so on. Hit next
  9. Select “none” as the payment method. Then fill in the form with some random address in the country you picked (Google maps is your friend) or avail the service from http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/
  10. Finalize & click the validation link in your email

Thanks: AppAdvice

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