iPhone app globalization: Ready for take-off
The WSJ has an article about iPhone developers taking their apps global. It’s very early days, but it’s safe to say that localization vendors are drooling over the possibilities. Although …
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Country code wallpaper for your iPhone
I realize I’m a bit obsessed with country codes. It’s a sickness, I know. After I created the Country Codes of the World map, I began looking at other platforms …
Chinese IME, aka Etch A Sketch
I’m fairly certain that I’m not using the iPhone Chinese IME in the way it was intended.
Chinese IME: From iPhone to laptop
Via Blogos, I was fascinated to read that the new Mac Snow Leopard OS features a Chinese input method editor (IME) that allows users to input characters via track pad. …
The Kindle forces the question: Is it bookworthy?
It doesn’t have backlighting. It doesn’t natively support PDFs. And it’s not cheap. And yet I still ended up getting the Kindle. It’s thinner than I expected and I really …
An iPhone game that I still haven’t won
I’m not very patient with games. Which is probably why I’m not very good. My brother has concocted a tile puzzle game for the iPhone, shown below, that I still …
Apple iPhone 3G illustrates the value of a global design template
Apple today announced the iPhone 3G — a tri-band phone that will operate in most countries around the world. So it’s no surprise that Apple wants to sell the iPhone …