Seven dollars (USD $7) is the price you need to pay to free your iPhone without apparently “jailbreaking” it. This is the price of software that will allow you to download iPhone apps on your computer, and transfer them to your device with an iTunes-like interface, without pushing you into deep geek territory.
This is the exciting claim that comes with Swiss developer Ripdev’s release of InstallerApp and it seems likely to be a huge hit. It’s a Mac app (but coming soon for Windows) with “Pusher” software, that RipDev says can install Installer.app on your iPhone without “jailbreaking” it, so you can use Apple’s approved AppStore, alongside InstallerApp simultaneously.
The app supports Cydia, a popular installer for jailbroken iPhones, but does so, according to Ripdev, without making a mess of your iPhone’s file system or replacing any system libraries, as Cydia does, and you need Intel processor and OS X 10.5 Leopard or above. InstallerApp supports first generation iPhone and iPhone 3G, but not iPod touch as yet.
One $7 license lets you sync up to three iPhones and gives you access to free updates and email tech support for one year, and Ripdev even promises to support iPhone 3.0 shortly after the new software is released and jailbroken.
The Next Web talks with Tim Bray at Future of Web Apps, London. Tim gives us some tips for the tough times ahead. He knows that even if he’s wrong, we should listen.
I was checking my blog statistics just the other day, and found an unfamilar link to a story I’d written in January. I clicked through to find that Koollage, which produces a mobile version of my blog, had linked to my blog from their ‘press’ page, and someone had recently followed the link to my original story
But I was also intrigued to find that the widget version of this blog shows that is has been viewed 12,553 times since January 2008, when it was set up. That’s 12,000 visitors that never showed up on my web stats - rather more than I’d anticipated! The power of the mobile web is getting greater every day - and although this site is already optimised for viewing on iPhones, I see all of those stats through the wonderful Clicky.
The size of our audience is missing…
I think there’s a market for the company who can figure out a way to measure and pinpoint the ‘hidden traffic’ that comes to blogs and news sites through through widgets, RSS feeds syndications, friendfeed references and so on. These figures are not insignificant, certainly for a little blog like this, and knowing where an audience is coming from always helps when you’re working to address that audience - quite apart from simple curiosity.
Koollage Widget for Digital Biographer. Koollage were featured this week at DEMOFall08 in San Diego, and the beta version of their product is now open to the public.
Do you know how many iPhones are out there? Millions of them.
Do you know what your web site looks like on an iPhone? Really?
Well, this web site looks pretty good, thanks to a great WordPress plugin called WpTouch. It automatically formats this web site’s content with an Apple-inspired, full-featured theme when my visitors are using an iPhone or iPod touch.
Does your web site work well on portable devices? Or does it work at all? Mobile search (and specifically mobile search for local content) is growing rapidly, so your visibility and LEGIBILITY will be more and more important.
The iPhone currently the subject of much frenzy and queueing as the 3G Version goes on sale today, has an advantage over most mobile browsers with its high resolution screen at 160 pixels to the inch, as opposed to a more common 96 dpi for an LCD computer monitor, and has an easy to manage zoom facility, so one can view any website fairly well - but do you know what your site actually looks like when it’s viewed?
iPhonemy.com is an elegant, simple site that allows you to answer this question - you can download free software (for Mac users) or have a screen shot of your site viewed on this software sent to you. For WordPress users, there is also a link to a plugin that automatically senses when an iPhone or mobile phone is viewing your site, and displays your site with a specific mobile-friendly theme.
It’s worth remembering that a mobile phone is also a wallet - and it’s always there, and almost always switched on… Informa Telecoms & Media predicts spending on mobile advertising as a whole to reach £5.6 billion by 2011.
Raymond O’Hare, Director, Microsoft Scotland, spoke to David Petherick for http://thenextweb.org/ about how Microsoft are working to enhance Scotland’s future, following the Herald’s ‘Shaping Scotland’s Digital Future’ Debate in Glasgow.
He touches upon education, politics, common standards, collaborating with competitors, and has a word or two for "those currently in power".
Photograph Caption:
24-April-2008, The Teacher Building, Glasgow
At Lectern: Raymond O’Hare, Regional Director, Microsoft Scotland
Seated, L-R Steven Thurlow, Technical Director, Graham Technology
Gordon Thomson, Operations Director, Cisco Scotland & Ireland
I had a chat with Tony Purcell of W00tonomy, and though it’d be nice to share it…
Tony has started the first ‘content marketing’ company in Scotland, with the wonderful name of W00tonomy, and found out a little more about where they add value where strategy meets online marketing in the social media sphere.
I had the pleasure to talk to Werner Vogels at The Next Web on Friday last week in Amsterdam, and asked him about what’s next for Amazon’s ‘Kindle’ product…
Dr. Werner Vogel, Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com, talks about The Kindle. And what’s next, of course…
At London’s startupcamp.org, I had the opportunity for a one-to one chat with Steve Garnett, formerly with Oracle and Siebel Systems, and asked him about what salesforce.com has planned to further integrate and enhance SaaS (Software as a Service) from the perspective of a web 2.0 entrepreneur.
The tenth in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 10: Call to action
If you don’t ask people to do things - guess what - they don’t do anything. So remember that if you want people to contact you or buy from you or talk to you - you need to ask them to do it.
Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.
Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?
This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.
The ninth in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 9: Talk to strangers
Yes. Talk to strangers before you commit your profile to the digital winds. Ask people who perhaps don’t know you all that well to look at what you’ve drafted - and they’ll tell you where it’s good, and bad. Better to find out now, than later…
Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.
Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?
This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.
I was delighted to have Fedex bang at my door a little earlier today - and guess what - a whole bagload of goodies from Utterz.com!
I really appreciate this, and of course, my small promotion of Utterz.com is now ready to continue - Bessie will be appearing in a few unexpected places and may be becoming a moovie star in the future.
The eighth in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 8: Be human…
Tell me about what makes you tick. I may, or may not be interested in the fact that you like scuba diving and cricket. But what if I love cricket - and you never told me?
I may have a lifetime of loathing for The New York Giants, but at least I can start a conversation with you a little more easily now that I know you are a fan, or send you an appropriate message when your team wins (or loses) a big game?
Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.
Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?
This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.
The seventh in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 7: Tales of the Unexpected
Are you the most boring person in the world? No, I didn’t think so - but unless you tell me (or show me) something unusual, unexpected, unique and interesting about yourself, it’s difficult to tell that.
Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.
Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?
This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.
This is the exciting claim that comes with Swiss developer Ripdev’s release of InstallerApp and it seems likely to be a huge hit. It’s a Mac app (but coming soon for Windows) with “Pusher” software, that RipDev says can install Installer.app on your iPhone without “jailbreaking” it, so you can use Apple’s approved AppStore, alongside InstallerApp simultaneously. 
