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Merci, vais tester

1:04PM Thu, September 13 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a decent Git gui.. for hum, windows? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

Oooh.. I am idiot. Totally missed they had windows version. I said nothing.

8:55AM Thu, September 13 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend a decent Git gui.. for hum, windows? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

Might look into this though (runs on server instead of my home computer) http://t.co/Ei1jSQDE

2:52PM Wed, September 05 2012

In reply to: " Is there a way to setup a mail filter where I can run simple php or python scripts on incoming mail? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

Not a bad idea but then not sure how I'd delete incoming e-mail. Worth investigating.

2:50PM Wed, September 05 2012

In reply to: " Is there a way to setup a mail filter where I can run simple php or python scripts on incoming mail? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

@therealkerni Was yours for a universal app? or just for iPhone? Maybe that's the difference?

8:48AM Wed, August 22 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if Apple uses the icons from the .ipa bundle on the AppStore on device? Or do they scale down the 1024 pix ? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@therealkerni I created the new version today, added a pair of new languages in description and was required to put the 1024px vers

8:48AM Wed, August 22 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if Apple uses the icons from the .ipa bundle on the AppStore on device? Or do they scale down the 1024 pix ? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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It's not. I had to include one when publishing an update right now. Which is why I quickly hacked an ugly version.

8:42AM Wed, August 22 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if Apple uses the icons from the .ipa bundle on the AppStore on device? Or do they scale down the 1024 pix ? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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SOunds good for me. I have to see I did something rather dirty to colors with icon to get a non-pixellated 1024px version so.

8:40AM Wed, August 22 2012

In reply to: " Does anyone know if Apple uses the icons from the .ipa bundle on the AppStore on device? Or do they scale down the 1024 pix ? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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there’s a very dark handle on the bottom of the rightmost panel

4:49AM Mon, August 06 2012

In reply to: " How can I undock/remove additional docked panels in @tweetbot for Mac? " -Asked by @OliverDrobnik

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@blackjack75

i love how adobe showcases this https://t.co/yhdupvzw (~100 downloads) in their video http://t.co/wy4pfxh6

6:13AM Mon, June 18 2012

In reply to: " Anyone using @Adobe FLEX to build mobile games? What are the Pros and Cons? #indiegames " -Asked by @NicolasG_B

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@blackjack75

if a game is good enough to succeed on iOS then you shouldn’t worry about porting. You’ll have $ to port to android later

6:05AM Mon, June 18 2012

In reply to: " Anyone using @Adobe FLEX to build mobile games? What are the Pros and Cons? #indiegames " -Asked by @NicolasG_B

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@blackjack75

the thing is you will be competing with native apps, so if you hope to beat them, you’d better be sure your tools are as good

6:03AM Mon, June 18 2012

In reply to: " Anyone using @Adobe FLEX to build mobile games? What are the Pros and Cons? #indiegames " -Asked by @NicolasG_B

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@blackjack75

if Flex lets you build stuff that isn’t different from what you get with native (not laggy, access to all API) then go for it.

5:59AM Mon, June 18 2012

In reply to: " Anyone using @Adobe FLEX to build mobile games? What are the Pros and Cons? #indiegames " -Asked by @NicolasG_B

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@blackjack75

just assuming adobe would brag about it, if it ever happened. Never tried Flex really, just wary of multiplatform tools

5:57AM Mon, June 18 2012

In reply to: " Anyone using @Adobe FLEX to build mobile games? What are the Pros and Cons? #indiegames " -Asked by @NicolasG_B

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is there any adobe flex game in the rankings anywhere? Aiming for the lowest common denominator was never great.

5:45AM Mon, June 18 2012

In reply to: " Anyone using @Adobe FLEX to build mobile games? What are the Pros and Cons? #indiegames " -Asked by @NicolasG_B

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@blackjack75

safari's inspector has a "profiler" you can start and stop. https://t.co/8aitdej5

11:51AM Sat, June 16 2012

In reply to: " #LT In Safari, among dozens of opened pages, how do you find the one which is taking all the CPU? " -Asked by @nst021

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@blackjack75

Kill the flash subprocess and see which pages changes?

11:06AM Sat, June 16 2012

In reply to: " #LT In Safari, among dozens of opened pages, how do you find the one which is taking all the CPU? " -Asked by @nst021

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@blackjack75

I guess 6x1gb is just their way of saying buy your own RAM (or buy ours at 3x the market price)

7:56AM Tue, June 05 2012

In reply to: " Just tried configuring a Mac Pro (for fun I move too much). Really, they start with 6x 1 GB slots? ONE GB? Where do they buy these? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

Because most companies fails while most employees "succeed" at being employees. Universities don't want the blame for failures.

3:34PM Sun, April 29 2012

In reply to: " Why, instead of teaching how to write a résumé and hunt jobs, don't universities teach their students to create companies and create jobs? " -Asked by @akosma

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@blackjack75

don't really have an opinion on this. I have them localized on Android but it on iOS. Maybe it inspires confidence ...

8:54PM Sat, April 21 2012

In reply to: " Why do very few apps localize their iTunes descriptions or app name? Surely that'd bring in more sales than just localizing the app itself? " -Asked by @andrewnicolle

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@blackjack75

unless you have a big brand localizing the title has always the biggest impact (since it shows in search)

8:26PM Sat, April 21 2012

In reply to: " Why do very few apps localize their iTunes descriptions or app name? Surely that'd bring in more sales than just localizing the app itself? " -Asked by @andrewnicolle

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@blackjack75

hardest thing to make programmers understand is that they are NOT average people. They may think cute icons are stupid, others don't

5:32AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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@blackjack75

if you are joining forces with typical "feature checklist" programmers it will be very hard indeed (and may kill the project)

5:26AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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you can give examples: tweetbot -> lots of attention to detail -> lots of sales even though there is a free client promoted by Apple

5:23AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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@blackjack75

or in other words, if you come up with a better flashlight that the ones on the market you will get the users. Polish is part of it.

5:20AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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@blackjack75

I lack context to provide more precise instruments. All I am saying is I can make a comfortable living because of attention to detail

5:19AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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even if it's not for profit ranking well can only further your goals. Quality brings more users (provided there is interest at all)

5:15AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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@blackjack75

did I mention all that actually lead to more money? :-)

5:13AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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@blackjack75

get them to look at the top ranking apps with highest prices and best comments. They are made our of polish.

5:09AM Tue, April 17 2012

In reply to: " How do you convince someone that polish and focus is essential in a mobile app? " -Asked by @echoz

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@blackjack75

Same here. I'd get one for my mom if I knew everything would be sync'ed and backed up on iCloud.

12:01PM Sat, March 17 2012

In reply to: " The biggest question that prevents my parents from going iPad only is where to store their photos. Am I missing something obvious? " -Asked by @MarkusN

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@blackjack75

That's one Facebook service I'd pay. 1$ a month to NOT compress the photos and video horribly.

5:59AM Thu, March 01 2012

In reply to: " Why does Facebook insist on compressing all life out of the photos you upload? It’s horrible. " -Asked by @thijs

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@blackjack75

I know the trend is on the in-app purchase but so far I am doing fine with ads in free plus sales.

8:05AM Fri, December 30 2011

In reply to: " So the question is how do I make a previously paid app free and ad supported without those that previously paid having to see ads? :/ " -Asked by @IrvTheSwirv

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@blackjack75

a few #ifdefs can get you a second build. That's what I do : free + paid. At least the reviews on the paid stay good.

8:04AM Fri, December 30 2011

In reply to: " So the question is how do I make a previously paid app free and ad supported without those that previously paid having to see ads? :/ " -Asked by @IrvTheSwirv

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@blackjack75

you'd have to release a paid update that logs udid.. But that will still make angry those who reinstall after three months

7:56AM Fri, December 30 2011

In reply to: " So the question is how do I make a previously paid app free and ad supported without those that previously paid having to see ads? :/ " -Asked by @IrvTheSwirv

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@blackjack75

You can set release dates in advance if it was approved before.

10:32AM Wed, December 28 2011

In reply to: " How did the IMDB app release an update on December 28th? iTunes Connect is still shut down. " -Asked by @ameir

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@blackjack75

Did you not hear about the flooding in Thailand? #hdprices

7:51PM Thu, December 22 2011

In reply to: " The hdd I bought for my storage box has doubled in price since I bought it a few months ago. WTF, since when do hdds increase in price? " -Asked by @zargony

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@blackjack75

The mafia?

8:58AM Sat, November 05 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know of a service that handles invoicing customers / collecting money and provides an API to check if they're paid? " -Asked by @mojombo

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@blackjack75

I had that problem with the safari URL typing. Then I looked at my bookmarks (millions of duplicates due to iCloud beta test)

11:05PM Wed, November 02 2011

In reply to: " Can someone tell me why Mobile Safari crawls to a halt when you start typing a URL and how that was seen as in any way acceptable by Apple? " -Asked by @aral

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@blackjack75

In germany there is no plural form for iPhone 4s, due to legal issues. You are only allowed to buy one.

3:10PM Fri, October 07 2011

In reply to: " Grammar people: What is the correct plural form for iPhone 4S? " -Asked by @applespotlight

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what can I say, it's a bad design choice in my view :-) Apple strongly recommends iPad apps work in 2 orientations for a reason

8:01AM Thu, September 29 2011

In reply to: " Also why does the tap mag app force portrait when in the library etc? Is this a bug on ios5? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

Compare that to same app in France: 0.80$ or UK 0.33, or Germany: 0.69... Admob may have some delays these days though.

10:04AM Sat, September 24 2011

In reply to: " Why doesn't Apple provide the option for a description in Arabic BTW? It maybe scattered across many countries but that's a lot of users. " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

In japan I know why: it was clearly when I changed the app name (a friend told me it was bad japanese before). Reached #1.

9:58AM Sat, September 24 2011

In reply to: " Why doesn't Apple provide the option for a description in Arabic BTW? It maybe scattered across many countries but that's a lot of users. " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

Since it's a very simplistic app I paid for a lot of translations (20 out of my mind), it helps test untapped markets

9:57AM Sat, September 24 2011

In reply to: " Why doesn't Apple provide the option for a description in Arabic BTW? It maybe scattered across many countries but that's a lot of users. " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

It's hard to know why suddenly boom, it starts working with no reason in some place.

9:56AM Sat, September 24 2011

In reply to: " Why doesn't Apple provide the option for a description in Arabic BTW? It maybe scattered across many countries but that's a lot of users. " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

That's for my most successful app Battery HD ( http://t.co/d4lXvZlw ). It's been translated in Arabic for a while though.

9:56AM Sat, September 24 2011

In reply to: " Why doesn't Apple provide the option for a description in Arabic BTW? It maybe scattered across many countries but that's a lot of users. " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

I am pretty sure getting the dmg from PirateBay is fine as long as you actually purchased the original.

11:26AM Thu, August 25 2011

In reply to: " I need to download Lion from the App store to make a boot drive. However, it is already installed, how do I get it? " -Asked by @joe_carney

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@blackjack75

Got my answer. They once were VideoEgg and are now SayMedia. Those 12 bucks must be from like 18 months ago.

8:42PM Wed, July 20 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone know who the hell say media is? They ask for my W8ben docs for 12 bucks… I don't remember ever working with them. " -Asked by @blackjack75

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I can predict 18 september at 12:05. However like any prediction this is traight out of my innards.

9:42AM Wed, July 20 2011

In reply to: " Can anyone predict when the new Macbook Pro will come out? " -Asked by @pearapps

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@blackjack75

as long as I can run code with blocks I'll be happy, not sure if here are any 4.3 APIs I'll miss.

11:29AM Sun, July 10 2011

In reply to: " What is the slowest device that runs iOS 4.0? iPod touch 2G or iPhone 3G? Might have to buy one of these to test low end peRfs " -Asked by @blackjack75

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yes apparently ipod 2g also runs ios4 (no multitasking) http://bit.ly/nq6q98 but @akosma said i will get 3g

11:27AM Sun, July 10 2011

In reply to: " What is the slowest device that runs iOS 4.0? iPod touch 2G or iPhone 3G? Might have to buy one of these to test low end peRfs " -Asked by @blackjack75

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Good to know, they I guess I'll buy a second hand iPhone 3G next time I hop into a shop-friendly country

11:26AM Sun, July 10 2011

In reply to: " What is the slowest device that runs iOS 4.0? iPod touch 2G or iPhone 3G? Might have to buy one of these to test low end peRfs " -Asked by @blackjack75

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Yup, had forgotten about flickr. Just didn't want to mix anectodal screenshots with proper photos.

9:51AM Thu, July 07 2011

In reply to: " So what's a good replacement for littlesnapper? Just to make screenshots easily and upload them to the web. Skitch? Any ideas? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

@davidmarioni yup, I haven't tried it yet but I am pretty sure in drawlayer you can draw a CIimage just like in OSX

12:07PM Wed, June 15 2011

In reply to: " Can anyone point me to some sample code for CIFilter/CoreImage for IOS 5 ? " -Asked by @davidmarioni

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@davidmarioni CoreImage was mentioned in the keynote so the name isn't under NDA. And yes the API must be like OSX.

11:29AM Wed, June 15 2011

In reply to: " Can anyone point me to some sample code for CIFilter/CoreImage for IOS 5 ? " -Asked by @davidmarioni

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@blackjack75

Same here. Really wish HP software would die. Using a wireless printer is so complicated I usually walk with my cable.

9:17AM Wed, May 25 2011

In reply to: " Why does HP shove this crappy software down our throats anyway, when Mac OS X comes with a perfectly fine solution? " -Asked by @arepty

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@blackjack75

what would you win in taking the risk short of the opportunity of seeing your app crash in iOS 6.x ?

10:21PM Tue, March 22 2011

In reply to: " Does the default implementation of viewwillappear actually do something? or can you safely omit calling super in your own vc class? " -Asked by @Dr_Touch

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@blackjack75

I read that somewhere yes. And apple.com/uk/ seems to confirms this. Looks like you can buy if for 599£ without contract.

4:39AM Thu, June 24 2010

In reply to: " Anyone getting an unlocked iPhone 4 from the UK? If so what are the conditions? " -Asked by @blackjack75

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@blackjack75

probably months: Been speaking to mine tenderly for weeks and it hasn't bothered answering so far.

1:16PM Fri, June 11 2010

In reply to: " Anyone? RT @Zerofee: does anyone know the response time of the iPad screen please? " -Asked by @akosma

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@blackjack75

Notably the background does scale with view bounds while the normal image doesn't. You can use it to animate zooming buttons.

10:33AM Thu, May 06 2010

In reply to: " UIButton : what is the difference between setImage:forState and setBackgroundImage:forState? " -Asked by @rudifa

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Merci, vais tester

Oooh.. I am idiot. Totally missed they had windows version. I said nothing.

Might look into this though (runs on server instead of my home computer) http://t.co/Ei1jSQDE

Not a bad idea but then not sure how I'd delete incoming e-mail. Worth investigating.

@therealkerni Was yours for a universal app? or just for iPhone? Maybe that's the difference?

@therealkerni I created the new version today, added a pair of new languages in description and was required to put the 1024px vers

It's not. I had to include one when publishing an update right now. Which is why I quickly hacked an ugly version.

SOunds good for me. I have to see I did something rather dirty to colors with icon to get a non-pixellated 1024px version so.

there’s a very dark handle on the bottom of the rightmost panel

i love how adobe showcases this https://t.co/yhdupvzw (~100 downloads) in their video http://t.co/wy4pfxh6

if a game is good enough to succeed on iOS then you shouldn’t worry about porting. You’ll have $ to port to android later

the thing is you will be competing with native apps, so if you hope to beat them, you’d better be sure your tools are as good

if Flex lets you build stuff that isn’t different from what you get with native (not laggy, access to all API) then go for it.

just assuming adobe would brag about it, if it ever happened. Never tried Flex really, just wary of multiplatform tools

is there any adobe flex game in the rankings anywhere? Aiming for the lowest common denominator was never great.

safari's inspector has a "profiler" you can start and stop. https://t.co/8aitdej5

Kill the flash subprocess and see which pages changes?

I guess 6x1gb is just their way of saying buy your own RAM (or buy ours at 3x the market price)

Because most companies fails while most employees "succeed" at being employees. Universities don't want the blame for failures.

don't really have an opinion on this. I have them localized on Android but it on iOS. Maybe it inspires confidence ...

unless you have a big brand localizing the *title* has always the biggest impact (since it shows in search)

hardest thing to make programmers understand is that they are NOT average people. They may think cute icons are stupid, others don't

if you are joining forces with typical "feature checklist" programmers it will be very hard indeed (and may kill the project)

you can give examples: tweetbot -&gt; lots of attention to detail -&gt; lots of sales even though there is a free client promoted by Apple

or in other words, if you come up with a better flashlight that the ones on the market you will get the users. Polish is part of it.

I lack context to provide more precise instruments. All I am saying is I can make a comfortable living because of attention to detail

even if it's not for profit ranking well can only further your goals. Quality brings more users (provided there is interest at all)

did I mention all that actually lead to more money? :-)

get them to look at the top ranking apps with highest prices and best comments. They are *made* our of polish.

Same here. I'd get one for my mom if I knew everything would be sync'ed and backed up on iCloud.

That's one Facebook service I'd pay. 1$ a month to NOT compress the photos and video horribly.

I know the trend is on the in-app purchase but so far I am doing fine with ads in free plus sales.

a few #ifdefs can get you a second build. That's what I do : free + paid. At least the reviews on the paid stay good.

you'd have to release a paid update that logs udid.. But that will still make angry those who reinstall after three months

You can set release dates in advance if it was approved before.

Did you not hear about the flooding in Thailand? #hdprices

The mafia?

I had that problem with the safari URL typing. Then I looked at my bookmarks (millions of duplicates due to iCloud beta test)

In germany there is no plural form for iPhone 4s, due to legal issues. You are only allowed to buy one.

what can I say, it's a bad design choice in my view :-) Apple strongly recommends iPad apps work in 2 orientations for a reason

Compare that to same app in France: 0.80$ or UK 0.33, or Germany: 0.69... Admob may have some delays these days though.

In japan I know why: it was clearly when I changed the app name (a friend told me it was bad japanese before). Reached #1.

Since it's a very simplistic app I paid for a lot of translations (20 out of my mind), it helps test untapped markets

It's hard to know why suddenly boom, it starts working with no reason in some place.

That's for my most successful app Battery HD ( http://t.co/d4lXvZlw ). It's been translated in Arabic for a while though.

I am pretty sure getting the dmg from PirateBay is fine as long as you actually purchased the original.

Got my answer. They once were VideoEgg and are now SayMedia. Those 12 bucks must be from like 18 months ago.

I can predict 18 september at 12:05. However like any prediction this is traight out of my innards.

as long as I can run code with blocks I'll be happy, not sure if here are any 4.3 APIs I'll miss.

yes apparently ipod 2g also runs ios4 (no multitasking) http://bit.ly/nq6q98 but @akosma said i will get 3g

Good to know, they I guess I'll buy a second hand iPhone 3G next time I hop into a shop-friendly country

Yup, had forgotten about flickr. Just didn't want to mix anectodal screenshots with proper photos.

@davidmarioni yup, I haven't tried it yet but I am pretty sure in drawlayer you can draw a CIimage just like in OSX

@davidmarioni CoreImage was mentioned in the keynote so the name isn't under NDA. And yes the API must be like OSX.

Same here. Really wish HP software would die. Using a wireless printer is so complicated I usually walk with my cable.

what would you win in taking the risk short of the opportunity of seeing your app crash in iOS 6.x ?

I read that somewhere yes. And apple.com/uk/ seems to confirms this. Looks like you can buy if for 599£ without contract.

probably months: Been speaking to mine tenderly for weeks and it hasn't bothered answering so far.

Notably the background does scale with view bounds while the normal image doesn't. You can use it to animate zooming buttons.

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unless you have a big brand localizing the title has always the biggest impact (since it shows in search)

you can give examples: tweetbot -> lots of attention to detail -> lots of sales even though there is a free client promoted by Apple

get them to look at the top ranking apps with highest prices and best comments. They are made our of polish.