iPedometer PRO now Available on iTunes App Store!

Pedometers count steps, iPedometer [for iPhone] counts steps in style.

iPedometer is a pedometer for iPhone which tracks your steps as you run or walk during an exercise session, with user adjustable sensitivity that can be tuned to your specific body type and presented in either Metric or English units, iPedometer is available immediately from the Apple iTunes AppStore.

iPedometer features styling that would look at home in any Apple Mac users home, iPedometer for iPhone is ideal for walking, hiking or other aerobic or cardiovasculour activities where a pedometer is useful.

Count how many steps you have taken, or the calories you have burned in a given amount of time, or distance in either English or Metric units.

Originally used primarily by sports and physical fitness enthusiasts, pedometers have become popular as an every day exercise measurer and motivator and are often recommended by some to be essential tools of an active lifestyle.

Logicswarm is introducing iPedometer by making it available for free and optionally as a $0.99c application on the AppStore, allowing customers to decide if iPedometer is worth their hard earned money before they purchase.

iPedometer is available exclusively on the iTunes AppStore.

iPhone 3GS vs BlackBerry Storm 9500 Camera Shootout

The title says it all.

I took a Research In Motion BlackBerry Storm 9550 and an Apple iPhone 3GS (just released in Ireland) and took pictures of various subjects in typical situations – outside, inside and with sub-par lighting conditions. The rules are eleganty simple:

• Take 3 Pictures of any given subject with each device, try to move as little as possible.
• Pick the best representative sample of the three photos.
• Compare….

The following images are direct from the devices, no manipulation was performed. This explains why some photos are oriented in a different direction:

iPhone 3GS	BlackBerry Storm

* I made numerous attempts, but it seems anytime I take a photo of the iPhone 3GS with the BlackBerry, the screen has a significant green hue.

Expect a video comparison soon also.

iPhone 3GS hits Irish shores tomorrow at 8am

The latest and greatest phone to come out of Apple’s iPhone camp, the iPhone3GS will hit O2 stores from 8am tomorrow morning.

Apple’s iPhone3GS (‘upto 2x faster’) brings with it a faster processor, more ram, slightly improved battery life, video recording and editing, MMS, Copy & Paste, voice recording, improved GPS thanks to the included compass and more from €199 for the 16GB and €299 for the 32GB models on billpay starting at €40 p/m or alternatively €519 and €609 respectively for speakeasy customers.

Unfortunately, only black models will be available at launch. Customers prefering a white model may request one from staff in participating o2 stores or online.

For eager iPhone3GS customers, the following stores will open at 8am to cater to your technolust:

• www.o2.ie/iphone
• 50 Grafton Street, Dublin
• 87 Grafton Street, Dublin
• 5 Henry Street, Dublin
• 52 Henry Street, Dublin
• Patrick Street, Cork
• Shop Street, Galway
• Williamsgate Street, Galway
• Cruises Street, Limerick

Progressing onto iPhone Development

To my great shame I haven’t been updating this blog anywhere near as often as I had once before. Unfortunately I’ve been busy with other more important things, the one of most significance is co-founding The National College of Ireland Computing Society (NCICS) in addition to my usual roles at Atamia and QHC Consulting.

That wont be true for very long as I’ve just ordered a Mac Pro and will be starting iPhone App Development in the very near future… as soon as the Mac Pro arrives in all its 8 Core, 8 GB, Quad Screen, Aluminium glory. Of course I dont need a Mac to design an iPhone App, so I’ll leave you with some tantalizing sneak peaks of some of the Apps I will be developing and with any luck releasing later this year:

* Concept utilises an image by Buster Brenson

Commentary: Pirates of Silicon Valley

I just finished watching Pirates of Silicon Valley. Undeniably Steve Jobs came out pretty poorly from the film.

From the cult of personality that Jobs would appear to have been fostering, to the abandonment of his child, Bill Gates and Microsoft came out pretty much unscathed. There were some dirty business tactics, that much is true, but nothing so damning.

Docu-drama of course, this should be taken with a pinch of salt, but wikipedia seems to verify much of the details. I’ve always been highly suspicious of the apparent cult of mac and its been quite unclear where it started, this film definitely explained that aspect of Apple for me.

Have you watched Pirates of Silicon Valley? What were your thoughts?

DevDays 2009 iPhone Developer Workshop

image courtesy of Apple

[SiliconRepublic] reports that On the 23rd and 24th of April, Digital Circle, in conjunction with the Digital Media Forum and Create Ireland, are holding Ireland’s first iPhone developers’ workshop in both Dublin and Belfast.

DevDays 2009 is Ireland’s first iPhone developers’ workshop, hosted by Digital Circle, in conjunction with the Digital Media Forum and Create Ireland. Catering for everyone from complete novices to experienced hands looking for some extra advice, this free event gives attendees the chance to meet iPhone developers and interact with official Apple engineers.

read more at [devdays] via [siliconrepublic]