11 July 2008

iPhone 3G: $199.99 to call 9-1-1

For those who woke up bright and early this morning, played hooky from work and stood in line for hours to get their hands on the new iPhone 3G, disappointment quickly set in. With the release of the first major upgrade to the iPhone stores are currently unable to activate the phones and customers are leaving with overpriced 9-1-1 dialers.

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iPhone 2.0 Software Update and iPhone App Store

So I found a link on LifeHacker which had a link to MacRumors on where to get the iPhone 2.0 update a day early via download and manual install. Pretty much been playing with it all evening and downloading apps.

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17 June 2008

Adobe Labs: Adobe AIR Update Framework BETA

Adobe just released a new Adobe AIR Update Framework that will aid developers in building AIR applications that can "periodically check for updates based on an interval or at the request of the user." The framework will also provide capabilities The framework comes with a default user interface developers can use to alert users of updates ready for download, confirm the user wants to check for updates, displaying information on availability of updates and showing progress and error information.

Developers can also create their own custom user interface to use with the update framework as well.

On a related note, Adobe also announced the launch fo the AIR Cookbook site where users can share and find answers to problems.

How the ‘EFF’ Did We Ever Get Anything Done?

I just did an image search for screen shots of older versions of Adobe Flash and stumbled on this gem of a site. I was particularly fond of the Flash Splash Screens and Corel Draw Splash Screens sections.

Take a walk down memory lane, laugh and wonder how the hell we ever got anything done 10 years ago. Enjoy!

27 May 2008

Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth BETA

It appears Adobe just released Adobe Dreamweaver Beta, Adobe Fireworks Beta and Adobe Soundbooth Beta on Adobe Labs. These releases come just twelve days after the release of Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta. Could the Adobe Flash and Adobe Thermo BETAs be on the horizon?

I'm excited to take these three for a test spin and check out some of the new features. I'll be sure to post my findings here.

Enjoy!

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