Posted by: Brodie Beta
on Nov 30, 2008
Joost dropped a little black Friday magic in the App Store late Friday night with the release of their new mobile offering. For those of you not familiar with Joost, they've been around for a while now with a desktop application, and a range of media they've licensed including old media and new. Now with their iPhone app they're rushing into the burgeoning mobile environment, and I for one welcome them.
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Posted by: Brodie Beta
on Nov 15, 2008
With a staggering amount of mobile devices on the web you want to take a look how your site looks on the hottest new devices such as Apple's 3G iPhone. As much as I love design, when I'm mobile and looking for content I appreciate clean simple accessibility.
Smartphones like the iPhone do have full html browsers but navigating through pages and links can be time consuming on non-mobile ready sites. Optimizing your site for mobile readiness reduces loading times and makes your site work a lot smoother with Edge or 3G connections.
Additionally it will avoid displaying unsupported formats on your site such as flash (sigh ....).
Posted by: Brodie Beta
on Oct 24, 2008
To access or transfer files between devices using your iPhone you have quite a few options at the app store. Lets take a look at six iPhone apps allowing you to access or transfer your files from iPhone to iPhone or from iPhone to your Mac or Desktop. App to app the list of capabilities are in wide range between Media Share, DropCopy, GoogleDocs, iStorage, AirSharing and Briefcase.
Posted by: Brodie Beta
on Oct 15, 2008
Let's take a look at three VNC apps for the iPhone, that run from free to $24.99. Mocha Lite, Mocha VNC and Jaadu VNC apps all allow you to remotely access your Mac or PC's GUI, taking control of your desktop, mouse and keyboard.
If you'd like to manage your torrents while on the go, access your desktop files, or remotely turn on the lights for your dog using an X10 configuration, VNC apps are the ideal solution. Basic setup is similar among all three applications making configuration a breeze. VNC apps also allow iPhone users to view flash sites through the desktop's internet browser, although it doesn't support audio or video. Video is displayed but unwatchable. All three apps can view flash sites however there are noticeable gaps between apps in performance.
