It's no mystery that getting noticed in an endless sea of 100,000 apps populating Apple's wildly popular App Store has quickly become the biggest challenge facing iPhone developers once they hurdle over Apple's internal approval processes.
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iPhone Applications Can Be Coded Using .Net and C#
Novell technology lets developers use .Net and C# instead of C or Objective-C to build applications for the iPhone.
Novell released a developers kit that leverages MonoTouch which allows developers to utilize code and libraries written for .Net and programming languages like C#.
WidgetPad: web development for iPhone apps
WidgetPad allows Web developers to create applications for the iPhone using only their knowledge in web-based code. (HTML, CSS, Javascript) The software allows you to write web based applications using the code and then transfer them to standalone applications for iPhone or iPod touch.
The first iPhone development reality show?
We've heard stories of rapidly-developed iPhone applications before, but we've never seen the process play out live before our eyes (well, some of us haven't). That's exactly what the guys at Command Guru are doing: Developing an iPhone app from scratch with an international team and streaming the whole thing live over the course of 7 days.
Rejected by Apple but approved by Steve Jobs iPhone app
Steve Jobs intervenes, approves Knocking streaming video app
The impassioned pleas of one developer e-mailed to Steve Jobs resulted in a quick reversal of his app's rejection. The launch of the app today is the first known approved app that can stream live video directly from one iPhone to another, and the first approval for an app with known use of private APIs. Apple's change of heart came "directly from the top," and is a sign that real change in the App Store approval process is in the works.
iPhone worm author lands job as application developer
Just recently, an Australian by the name of Ashley Towns released an iPhone worm into the wild, which essentially Rick-rolled the user if their phone met certainly vulnerability criteria. Now, however, Towns has managed to get a job with a development firm, escaping any legal punishment he should receive.
iPhone App Rejected? There's a Site For That
iPhone developer? Had your app rejected for unfathomable reasons by Apple? Hey, there's an app - well, actually a website, though we'd have thought it's a logical next step to make it an app - for that.
The site you're looking for is apprejections.com, set up by British iPhone app developer Adam White who describes himself as "games developer specialising in online games... usually at a senior level".
10 Awesome Lists of Amazingly Cool iPhone App Websites
To compete with thousands of iPhone apps in the App Store, having a good app icon is not enough. A nicely designed website for the app is very important. A beautiful website helps to drive traffic in and also makes your app stand out from the crowd.
So, need inspiration for your new app web site! Voici, Best examples of iPhone apps webpages.
New iPhone App from Adobe Developed Without Apple’s Aid
Adobe Systems has recently announced that beta testing for its next version of Flash Professional is set to be released later this year. The set of tools is designed to allow app developers to create native iPhone applications without
Rogue Amoeba Quits iPhone Development in Frustration
Rogue Amoeba has quit iPhone development due to the terrible treatment and policies of the Apple App Store team.
Their story has become one of an increasing number of developers who have become disenchanted with Apple due to their "tyrannical" management of the App Store. The most famous example being Facebook developer Joe Hewitt.
iPhone Application Sketch Book
The iPhone Application Sketch Book. This attractive notebook holds 100 blank to-scale iPhone templates ready for you to design that next big iPhone App hit.


