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📅 January 21, 2009

Apple’s AppStore on the WWW

Maybe some of you might knew about this, but i just found out about it. The Apple AppStore is finally on the web. The appstore itself it was a revolutionary release, changing the way users conception about finding and install applications for their mobile phones.

This online version of the App Store, which is clearly not sanctioned by Apple, runs on Google’s App Engine. As Amit Agarwal notes, Apple uses a rather cryptic XML format for delivering the pages in iTunes. However, the developers of the online App Store have found a way to decrypt these XML files and render them as regular HTML.

There are some limitations tho, because at one point or the other, you need to run iTunes in order to install an app. Given Apple’s litigious nature, we don’t know if this version of the App Store will be around for a very long time, but it’s a great resource if you just want to link to an app in the store, for example, without your users having to open the desktop iTunes app (which, after all, is not available on all operating systems).

📅 December 29, 2008

iPhone and iPod Touch F.A.Q.

What is jailbreaking?
Jailbreaking refers to ‘breaking the iPod Touch and iPhone free from the clutches of Apple’. In other words you are hacking the iPod/iPhone inorder to gain access to its files so you can modify your device.

Is jailbreaking illegal?
NOOOOOOO!!!! Ok , this really bugs me. I keep getting emails that ask me the same question. IT IS YOUR DEVICE, YOUR PROPERTY! Once you bought it you can do what ever you want with it. Nobody cares what you do with it.

Ok, but does jailbreaking void my warranty?
Of course. Technically it voids your warranty. But if something goes wrong with your device, all you need to do is hit restore, and there is no way for apple to find out if your device was hacked!

Are cracked apps illegal?
Another question i get emailed about a lot. Really now?!?!? Yes of course it is. You are stealing from the developers! Again, to get myself heard : from the devs, not from apple. Apple is just a 2 way sucking machine. Sucks money from you and from devs. Yes i know, this blog provides cracked apps as well. Why? So you can try it cracked, and if it really suits your needs to buy it. Take it as a fully functional, no time limit demo of the app. Now you can be an ipocrit that accuse me of providing links to cracked apps, but once you done accusing me, you start to download music. Anyway to make a resume : Yes it is illegal , and if you like the app, buy it!!!

Can Apple tell if i have cracked apps?
Do you plan on telling them?

I am a paranoid pussy question : Will i get arrested if i use cracked apps?
NO!!! again nobody will know that you download cracked apps, besides you. And your conscience that will tell you every night before you go to sleep that you just stole from the developers 🙂

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📅 December 27, 2008

Photoshop Pirate Guide for CS4 & CS3 – COMPLETE BOOK for iPhone and iPod Touch

The first book ever written without using a single word – is a visual step-by-step guide to helping people to more effectively create and deliver visually rich content, using a few, fairly simple Photoshop techniques that even beginners can grasp.

Each of the chapters of Photoshop Pirate Guide is sold independently. This is the full book, all seven chapters, a total of 577 pages, where you will learn – in easy steps – how to create a picture frame effect, a realistic soda can, an amazing bullet, a stunning snooker ball, a carved wood texture and a super basketball from scratch.

This is your chance to buy all Photoshop Pirate Guide chapters and save 21% off the regular price.

THE AUTHOR

Magno Urbano, an award-winning artist living in Europe is the author of 10 books, dozens of articles, near 100 CD/DVD titles and several iPhone apps.

Magno Urbano is also an official tester for Adobe products.

Buy this from appstore for $10.99 here

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📅 December 23, 2008

ReaddleDocs for iPhone and iPod Touch ( .ipa )

ReaddleDocs is a complete document and file management solution for your iPhone and iPod Touch. It can catch documents from almost any possible source you can imagine: Windows, Mac or Linux computers, various web sites, email attachments, MobileMe iDisk and other online file storages and even other iPhones. All files are saved to your iPhone or iPod Touch file storage so you can enjoy reading them anywhere!

ReaddleDocs features network file server, web storage client, web browser, file manager and document viewer combined within single iPhone application package.

With ReaddleDocs you can:

COPY FILES DIRECTLY FROM ANY MAC OR WINDOWS COMPUTER
Any Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista computer can connect to the iPhone or iPod Touch running ReaddleDocs and operate it like a flash drive. No additional software is required to make it work.

READ ALL COMMON OFFICE DOCUMENTS
ReaddleDocs built-in viewer supports PDF and Microsoft Office files from Word (doc, docx), Excel (xls, xlsx) as well as Powerpoint (ppt, pptx). To read documents created using software like MS Project, MS Visio or OmniGraffle simply print them as PDF files and copy to ReaddleDocs.

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