Open Source: Orbium Game (HTML5 Based – Available on iPhone/iPad)
Received word about an interesting puzzle game that has been open sourced. It is currently available in the app store and runs on the iPhone/iPad (along with Android, and Palm versions).
What makes Orbium interesting is that this is actually an HTML5 based game, and the app store version runs through the Phonegap framework — and it runs well. The game runs smoothly while animated and beautiful which really shows that the iOS devices and Mobile Safari have come a long way in running html5 apps. There are quite a few games listed on the open source iOS apps list, but this is the first HTML5 based game.
Tool: Objective-C Code Generator For Faster App Development
Found a very interesting tool that I have been using today that is absolutely brilliant for anyone programming in Objective-C on iOS and Mac. The tool is known as Accesorizer.
What this tool does is allow you to generate repetitive Objective-C code using fully customizable parameters. It’s tough to explain exactly what this tool does as it is completely different from anything I have used before, and it will take awhile for me to exploit the power of this tool.
iTV – Another Platform For iOS Apps?
For some time now there has been speculation that the Apple TV platform would be upgraded and be capable of handling apps. This has been the next logical step for AppleTV and it comes as no surprise that it appears things have come to fruition. Apparently it will be known as iTV.
7 Massive Marketing Mistakes GUARANTEED To Even Kill Killer Apps
Editors Note: I received this submission, and I was reluctant to look at it since there seems to be a flood of marketers trying to cash in as app marketing experts. I decided to accept this one as it is somewhat different, and didn’t simply provide a simplistic list of tips such as take good screenshots, start a blog, or sell internationally. Please comment on whether you’d like to see more content on app marketing in the future. – John
2 More Open Source Apps – reMail and RobotFindsKitten
I’ve added two more apps to the open source iphone app store apps listing.
The two apps are reMail, a popular e-mail client that was purchased by Google that provides quick searching, and RobotFindsKitten, a classic DOS ASCII type game ported to run on the iPhone.
reMail is pretty slick, it downloads all your e-mails, and allows you to search them at a very high speed vs. the iPhone’s mail app, apparently it was good enough for Google to buy.