14 March 2011
Apps UI Pattern
It is typical for non-developers to assume the UI used in iPhone app can be used for Android, and vice versa. Of course that’s not true. There are websites that documented the…
7 March 2011
How to identify fake reviews
App Store reviews play a very important role in a customer’s decision to download an app. As such, it is very common for the developers to write “reviews” for themselves. I was…
9 February 2011
Awesome memo from Nokia’s new CEO!
Stephen Elop, Nokia’s new CEO, has sent out an awesome internal memo . Yes, I said Awesome . This is because it is not common for a CEO to send out a…
8 January 2011
SG Traffic on WP7
My first WP7 app for KAI Square is released on 28th Dec, 2010. It is a free app that streams live images of the traffic condition, to help motorist on the roads…
16 December 2010
Wireless Ad Hoc Distribution for iPhone Apps
This post is for iPhone developers who need to send pre-released apps to (beta) testers. For a long time since iOS development began, whenever developers need to send a pre-released app, testers…
19 November 2010
The Developing World, by Fredrik Härén
The Developing World is a book by Fredrik Härén . If you belong to a developed country, this book provokes you to “wake up!” and realize how fast the developing country is…
17 November 2010
iDon8 debuts iPhone app
Following the release of iDon8 , TBA is reaching out to High School by giving away an iPad, and introducing them the convenience of the blood donation app! Quoted from TBA press…
13 November 2010
SG Radio brings you ALL 15 local radio stations
SG Radio is (finally) released! It took a long 2 months before it is finally approved by Apple. There were some hiccups due to our first design that looked too much like…
11 November 2010
SG Toto v2 – Updated after 1 year!
SG Toto has been updated to version 2, after a long 1 year! The last update (version 1.0.8) was 1 year ago, and it was just a minor fix. In fact, nothing…
5 November 2010
JDToaster – Android’s Toaster for iPhone
One of the UI component that I like in Android is the Toast Notification . It is subtle, non-intrusive and fades away automatically. You simply call: Toast. makeText ( context, “Hello Toaster…
4 November 2010
Why WP7 will be a successful mobile OS
I have used LG Optimus 7 for a week, and I believe it will be a hit (eventually), and be a leading mobile OS. Here is why: 1. Innovative User Interface (UI)…
23 October 2010
Juzz4 Released!
Juzz4 is an iPhone app I have developed with KAI Square which connects and streams from IP cameras. There are many awesome features from the app, and these are few that I…
2 October 2010
iDon8 Released!
iDon8 is an iPhone app that I have developed together with the folks at The Blood Alliance . The Blood Alliance is a community blood bank in the US, and services hospitals…
1 October 2010
Reading iPhone Crashlog
I don’t have to discuss why you would want to read a crashlog.. it is just so much helpful than someone complaining “your app crashed”. Reading iPhone’s crashlog is so much simple…
30 September 2010
Pitfalls with XIB Deployment Target
I encountered a bug when installing my app on a device running iOS 3.x. The app runs fine with iOS 4.x, but crashed on iOS 3.x. The error message is an NSUnknownKeyException…
22 September 2010
SG Motor Racing is released!
Good news from Apple, my SG Motor Racing iPhone app is released today! Usually my apps usually get approved like in 22 days , but this time, I requested Apple for an…
21 September 2010
My Torchlight app, 2 days to develop, 22 days to approve!
My torchlight app is finally released! It took me 2 days to develop (with most of the time dealing with the graphics), but it took Apple 22 days to review and approve!…
11 August 2010
Building Your Own iPhone Static Library/Framework
It is good programmer practice to build your very own framework. As a programmer, you would find certain tasks often the same across multiple projects. You might have experienced these before –…
8 August 2010
Wireframe Templates for iPhone and Android
These are wireframe templates specially for printing on paper, and sketching your design on it. It is a good resource for developing your initial idea on paper. iPhone Wireframe Template by Evan…
1 August 2010
Pitfall in using default values in settings bundle
If you are implementing application settings using iPhone’s Application Preferences , then you will want to take note of this pitfall. Referring to the schema reference for PSTextFieldSpecifier , you would notice…