Ahoy there me hearties!!! If you are a sailor and want to keep an electronic version of your logbook then RockAByte may have the answer for you with the JourSail application available in the AppStore. This app basically allows you to record pertinent data of your voyage, and then send it via email to friends [...]
JourSail Shiping logbook
Ahoy there me hearties!!!
If you are a sailor and want to keep an electronic version of your logbook then RockAByte may have the answer for you with the JourSail application available in the AppStore. This app basically allows you to record pertinent data of your voyage, and then send it via email to friends and family.
The GPS and iPhone clock are used to timestamp and log position with each entry. Each entry can be displayed on an interactive map. I assume that this is over the wireless connection which, of course will not be available at sea…
Available for £3.49 or $5.99 this seems to be somewhat overpriced for the functionality provided.
Available on the iTunes AppStore 
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In the last week we have had a number of announcements from GPS companies regarding Turn by Turn navigation for the iPhone. Yesterday AT&T added their offering to the market available for “FREE” on the iTunes App Store. However it seems that Apple have allowed AT&T to break all the rules… The AT&T Navigator application [...]
AT&T Navigator for the iPhone
The AT&T Navigator application is free to download, but to use it you need to pay a monthly subscription of $9.99 directly to AT&T in your monthly billing. This is a double rule break. Firstly Apple states that all applications that require subscriptions or in-app purchases must be chargeable in the first place. Secondly AT&T are openly billing their clients outside the App Store (and assumable not passing Apple any commissions).
Now the question here is are Apple setting a president and does this mean that any developer can use the same principle to provide a subscription service? Or is it that the wireless carrier waves a big stick and demands one-off policy changes. Knowing Apple I would not think it is the latter, but I also doubt it is the former so what is really going on here? Continue reading »
After the excitement of the iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade coming out yesterday I decided to upgrade my iPod Touch. After connecting to iTunes I was met with a screen telling me I needed to pay for the upgrade. Woah hold on are iPod Touch users second class Apple citizens? This was something that Apple had [...]
After the excitement of the iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade coming out yesterday I decided to upgrade my iPod Touch. After connecting to iTunes I was met with a screen telling me I needed to pay for the upgrade.
Woah hold on are iPod Touch users second class Apple citizens? This was something that Apple had kept very quiet in the run up to the launch of the new OS, but I suppose alarm bells should have rung when there was no beta software for the iPod Touch.
The upgrade costs $9.99 on the US AppStore or £5.99 on the UK one.
iPod Touch OS3.0 Rip-off??
Well we have been waiting for this moment for a while now, but the Apple iPhone OS 3.0 has just arrived for download. Use iTunes to upload it.
Well we have been waiting for this moment for a while now, but the Apple iPhone OS 3.0 has just arrived for download. Use iTunes to upload it.
iPhone OS 3.0 available for download
