Recently I have spent some time programming for the iPod/iPad/IPhone. I found iPhone Development rather technical: You need to be used to Objective C notations and learn the iPhone SDK objects libraries. Finally I have been looking at faster and easier ways to create iPad applications like Appcelerator's Titanium.
Google is now trying to tackle this problem with App Inventor (read the news on cnn.com here). I find this an excellent strategy. There is no reason why building applications for Mobile Phones should be a difficult task.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Improvement imperatives for iRex - some ideas
iRex is currently facing financial problems. I'm the owner of an iRex Digital Reader (DR1000) and I really hope iRex is going to survive those difficulties.
The DR1000S isn't as flashy as the iPad of course, but it is an excellent (but not perfect) reading device. You can't completely compare ePaper with flat screen technology, it wouldn't be fair.
Irex claims they missed a sales window in the US, nevertheless I believe iRex has some deeper issues to look at. If they continue I believe the following topics should be addressed:
The DR1000S isn't as flashy as the iPad of course, but it is an excellent (but not perfect) reading device. You can't completely compare ePaper with flat screen technology, it wouldn't be fair.
Irex claims they missed a sales window in the US, nevertheless I believe iRex has some deeper issues to look at. If they continue I believe the following topics should be addressed:
- Pricing. ePaper is quiet expensive on the iRex. Facing the iPad at around 500€, iRex can't keep its prices so high. The cost structure of their eReaders needs to be carefully analyzed because some costs have to be cut down. It's a matter of survival on the market. It could mean for iRex to diversify the product portfolio to find some volume cash cows, why not with a good tablet....
- Solution Thinking : Rather than just selling a just product, iRex should rather push complete solutions where the eReader is a piece of the value chain. Business Solutions need to be further developed. Those Business Solutions should be independant of the eReader and allow to push eReading on other devices like the iPad.
- End User support : If you walk around the iRex Forum, you'll read many people have questions and remarks. They are not always addressed in a good way. Customers have paid a high price for their eReaders and they feel abandoned.
- Firmware : iRex has to face it, their Linux based firmware is rich in functionality but is too slow. One would need to take the risk to start it again from scratch or in collaboration with some other vendor (HP Palm OS, Android...). My usage of Xournal or FBReader on my iRex shows me some applications can behave reasonably fast. The challenge is to separate the processing of information from the display. It's not easy but it needs to be tackled.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Links of the Weekend - June 7th 2010
- One of the applications of eReaders : cooking. It is now also possible on the iPad : Petit Larousse pâtissier sur iPad
- Another example of Knowledge on the iPad : encyclopedia about Babies : Hachette accouche du Larousse du nouveau-né
- appSolution is a Belgian company who writes applications for the iPhone and the iPad.
You can get those links live via Twitter or once a day via eMail:
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
NewsPapers on a eReader - 3 links
Today I was working on reading the newspaper on eReaders . Here are some interesting links Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:13 AM PDT The Metro newspaper in PDF version |
Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:07 AM PDT L'offre ePaper Les Echos.fr. |
Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:02 AM PDT Old news but I want it in my delicious : newspaperDirect on iRex DR1000S You can get those links "live" by following @appepaper on Twitter. |
iPad in the Entreprise : 2 links
Yesterday (May 31st 2010) I was thinking about some use cases of the iPad in the Entreprise. Here are the links I've bookmarked.
Posted: 31 May 2010 01:50 PM PDT
Five essential iPad apps for enterprise IT (feat. OmniGraffle)
Posted: 31 May 2010 01:47 PM PDT
A study of Sybase shows tablets would be used for... working !
Monday, May 31, 2010
Links for Mon May 31st 2010
You can also get those links via Twitter : follow @appepaper. Asus Eee Tablet - Un bloc note à écran tactile de 2450 dpi Posted: 31 May 2010 06:29 AM PDT |
Posted: 31 May 2010 06:28 AM PDT Asus officialise ses tablettes tactiles |
Posted: 31 May 2010 05:35 AM PDT The iPad clone : the iPed |
Posted: 31 May 2010 02:56 AM PDT BNP Paribas propose une application "Mes Comptes" sur l'iPad |
Posted: 31 May 2010 01:17 AM PDT E-book Sales Statistics from BISG Survey |
Posted: 31 May 2010 12:55 AM PDT Aptara : eBook Services, Document Conversion, eBook Creation, Digital Publishing, & More |
Posted: 31 May 2010 12:43 AM PDT The digital debate in Muppet Show style |
Posted: 30 May 2010 09:05 AM PDT Woaw that's cool. Develop once and deploy on iPhone and Android ! |
E-Book sales are now 5% according to BISG
E-book sales grew exponentially in the first quarter of 2010, jumping
from just 1.5% of total US book sales in 2009 to 5% of the market in the
first quarter of 2010, said Kelly Gallagher, vice president of
publishing services at R.R. Bowker, who presented the findings of Book
Industry Study Group (BISG) research Wednesday during BookExpo America.
Source:
from just 1.5% of total US book sales in 2009 to 5% of the market in the
first quarter of 2010, said Kelly Gallagher, vice president of
publishing services at R.R. Bowker, who presented the findings of Book
Industry Study Group (BISG) research Wednesday during BookExpo America.
Source:
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