JamieG Analysis

The iTablet hype is reaching ear-bleeding level.  The speculation goes from one extreme to the other.  Personally I am getting tired of it, so in this blog post, lets go over the obvious moves Apple will make when it is finally released.
1. The hardware spec and prototype was most likely finished quite some time ago.  [...]

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As a developer I have noticed of late that it is much easier to get into development.  Development tools are all FREE, or can be obtained for a generous period for free and with greatly reduced cost compared to 5-10 years ago.
So what is going on.  Development tools are expensive to develop. Why are they [...]

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There is a lot of support from different sources (Apple Insider) that Adobe and Apple are going to support Flash. Boy am I excited.
I love the aesthetics of the iPhone.  It is a very well made device.  However, as a developer that makes web applications, Flex/Flash is my tool of choice.  I mean REAL Internet [...]

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Adobe is releasing the specification to the (RTMP) protocols that flash player uses.  In a nut shell.
“… developers will be free to use their own technological measures to secure content. The RTMP specification does not provide any requirement or restrictions on a developer’s own measures to secure content.”
See the full Adobe release here.
This is [...]

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An interesting post on TechCrunch was pointed out to me today by Philip Hodgetts.  Philip has been putting his acceptance behind the open-web based around the push by Apple into WebKit/javascript and Javascript frameworks like Sproutcore. (Note this can also now be said for Google and the new Chrome browser) Today we have another contender [...]

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