22
Jan
Posted on 2009 under iPhone Tips |
Let's say you have several email addresses, and you'd rather people send mail to only one of those. In a desktop email application, it would be logical to use the Reply-To setting to change the email address your recipients see as your preferred email box.
And while the Email Address line in the iPhone settings screen might seem a logical place to use the preferred address, this does not have expected results. Using this approach, Mail can become confused, and may send your corporate email via your personal account. The recipient will see your corporate address, but the message will show up in your personal Sent mailbox. Or it may not send at all, instead reporting that you have some number of unsent messages.
On an iPhone, and regardless of your preferred method for people emailing you, you
must keep the Email Address line in each account set to that account's actual email address. Duplications will just cause headaches.
I haven't come up with an i...
19
Jan
Posted on 2009 under iPhone Development |
I want this. An Apple Keyboard that would allow me to connect my iPhone and use the screen as a control surface capable of showing buttons and small apps, like the Asus Eee Keyboard.
If you are not envious about the Asus Eee Keyboard—the 21st Century Commodore 64 with side-touchscreen instead of function keys—I am. The idea of having a small control surface next to my keyboard, one that would morph into different user interfaces depending on the application I am running—which could be incredible useful for both professional work, like having Photoshop shortcuts—and personal entertainment—like games or iTunes—makes perfect sense.
And then, when you add the idea of having small apps that I'm constantly looking at, but I don't want interfering in my main display, it's even better.
That's why I liked the tiny Mimo USB displays with touchscreen capability, like the one Jason reviewed. If Apple released this thing along some iPhone applications like NumberKey, I think they would sell like hot cakes.
What about these other apps?
We came across an Apple Keyboard concept similar to this. Instead of including a docking station, that concept had an induction charging surface—which I think doesn't make sense since, when you are next to your computer, you may as well dock—and a few OLED keys—which I don't think make sense either, since the iPhone surface could fit that role perfectly.
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19
Jan
Posted on 2009 under iPhone Development |
Next month at MWC, Microsoft's cloud services will crash to earth: SkyBox, SkyLine and SkyMarket. Neowin says that SkyBox is Microsoft's answer to Apple's MobileMe, the killer being that it's maybe for non-Windows Mobile phones.
Basically, SkyBox syncs a phone's info to the cloud: contacts, email/SMS, calendar and pictures, plus it has automatic backup and restore. Honestly, I'm not sure how this wouldn't be for Windows Mobile phones only, unless they're rolling out apps for other smartphones, which probably have their own cloud services anyway—Android's got Google, iPhone's got MobileMe—though I guess they could try to play ball in BlackBerry land, where a lot of Windows Mobile refugees wind up. But if they did offer this for all phones, that'd be pretty excellent.
SkyLine is a small business version of SkyBox, but with Exchange. And SkyMarket we first heard about in September—it's Microsoft's version of the App Store. Looks like it'll get an unveiling with Windows Mobile 6.5. I actually like all of the "Sky" branding, but Neowin says that all of it will probably be called Windows ____ Live, which is really just too goddamn clunky, and well, makes people think of Windows and how they don't use any of the Live services.
On a positive ending note, these are some confirmed concept shots for the new WinMo menu, first dug up by Smartphone France—they look as good as any skin by HTC or the like: 
Hopefully the rest of the OS got that kind of polish—and speed, more speed please—and then maybe, just maybe there will be a Windows 7-like Revival for Windows Mobile. Probably not, but fingers crossed. [Neowin]
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BlackBerry is finally gearing up for their 
