January 2010
3 posts
Greener Pastures in the App Store
Monday night I finally decided to pull the trigger on a decision I’ve been debating for quite some time. I moved Gas Cubby from the Utilities category to Productivity.
As the App Store grows, the “Top Paid” list (the top 100 apps by sales volume) in each category has become crowded with various levels of crap, soft porn, and cheap apps. I don’t know the exact number, but...
Touch Screen Edge Cases
While fiddling with the Nexus One last week, I was incredibly annoyed at how many times I accidentally tapped the Home button while trying to tap the space bar on the software keyboard. I posted this little note on Twitter about the issue: “DON’T EVER PUT BUTTONS FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF A SOFTWARE KEYBOARD. PEOPLE WILL ACCIDENTALLY TAP THEM AND BE PISSED”...
Quick thoughts on the Nexus One
Overall I don’t think Apple has much to worry about with the Nexus One, but Google sure is trying. The thing is, my 55 year old mother LOVES her iPhone. I could never recommend something fiddly like the Nexus One to my parents (who took to the iPhone like a duck to water). The logarithmic growth in smart-phones is happening in the non-techie crowd and Apple clearly has the best device for...