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lcResTool and lcMover LiveCode Plugins Released
If you are using the LiveCode development environment, check out the plugins we’ve developed: lcResTool and lcMover. lcResTool helps you size your windows to a variety of common mobile device sizes. There are options for orientation, e.g. landscape vs. portrait, and automatically subtracting the height of the status bar for several devices. In addition there is…
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iPhone 5 Design Leaked
Just couldn’t resist this one… For what it’s worth, I predict that within 10 years or less, the handheld computer will be the de facto standard. I’ve seen 1 TB USB drives coming out this year, and Moore’s Law says that smartphones will be 1000 times more powerful than they are now in 10 years.…
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Registered iOS Developer
Just in case you were wondering, Charles Buchwald & Friends is an officially Registered iOS Developer, a member of the Apple Developer Program, the iOS Developer Program, and a full member of Runtime Revolution’s LiveCode Developer Program. CB&F is currently developing iOS apps for commercial distribution, and has just published Easy Rider, the first and…
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$1M Hidden in Your Smartphone or Tablet
Forgotten Treasures, Ltd. has retained Charles Buchwald & Friends to adapt their The World’s Greatest Treasure Hunt books for use on smartphones and tablets. Ebooks are first up, targeted to debut before the end of the year. Following soon afterwards, smartphone and tablet app versions will supply new and exciting ways to participate in this…
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App Stats from Mobile Entertainment
According to Mobile Entertainment: The average paid iPhone app has sold 101,024 copies over a lifetime of 261 days US iPhone users download 60 apps a year 51% of iPhone owners have five or more games installed on their devices says Compete 37% of iPhone owners play games at least every day – puzzle games are…
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1 in 10 Americans Owns an iPhone
… Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older, 10.2 percent owned an iPhone during the third quarter, earning Apple the #4 ranking among the nation’s top device manufacturers. It’s the first time the iPhone zoomed past the ten percent milestone in comScore metrics. Apple between the June and September quarter grew its share…
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EuroTrim™ iOS App by CB&F
Charles Buchwald & Friends is working with EuroTrim™ and GA Industries to bring their Trim Kit Finder to the iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices… with a smooth, simple, touch interface making it even quicker and easier to find just the right EuroTrim™ model. Along with the iOS app comes refinements to the branding of…
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More Apps in the CB&F Pipeline
A Vancouver business and a Victoria-area entrepreneur have contracted with Charles Buchwald and Friends to develop new iOS based apps. Currently in development, both are anticipated to debut in the Apple App Store in Q3, 2011, with Android versions following quickly. While CB&F’s three key advantages for app development—publishing on multiple platforms from the…
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GSM vs. CDMA and 2010
Admittedly it’s just a rumor, but the scuttlebutt I heard is that here in Western Canada Telus and Bell are making major investments in converting some or all of their cellular networks to GSM. Why is this important? If you are using a Telus or Bell cellular device now, or anticipating the purchase of a…