Kevin Harter » App Store

Another feature in iPhone 2.1

TechDaddyK — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:48:17 +0000

I have read countless articles and posts about the new firmware for the iPhone. There are a bunch of bug fixes, a few new features – like better podcast control! – and a change here and there. But there’s one thing I haven’t seen anybody mention. When you update an app that you’ve downloaded via the Apple App Store, the icon will REPLACE the icon in the exact location that the old version held.

People – including me – have complained since the App Store opened about the annoying fact that when you upgrade a program, the original icon is deleted but the new icon is placed in the next available location. You constantly were re-arranging your icons to move those apps to “normal” place you had them.

I’m very surprised that I haven’t seen this mentioned as it was such a sore spot for many people in the past. Apparently the continuing lack of system-wide copy and paste functionality overshadowed the minor advancements Apple has made with issues such as this.

"Update All" feature pulled from App Store

TechDaddyK — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:29:05 +0000

I noticed last night when I did my semi-daily app updates that the Update All button was no longer a choice in the App Store. I’m guessing that the small change was made as part of the 2.0.2 firmware, but I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere.

The Update mechanism has drawn fire in the past from those that exerience various issues. I personally have had the phone big way down or have trouble completing an update of multiple apps.

I’ve also had problems viewing ANYTHING in the App Store while installing or updating other apps. That problem seems to be better after the firmware update.

On a side note, what do you think Apple’s motive us for not listing what’s in a firmware update? Seems pretty ridiculous to me to not tell about new features or specific bug fixes. I know that they do the same thing with other software including OS X updates, but it doesn’t make sense there either.

Postin' from the iPhone finally!

TechDaddyK — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:52:08 +0000

Okay, I had to relaunch the app but it’s finally working!

I’m typing this post with the brand spankin’ new WordPress app. It popped up in my RSS feed from Pinch Media and I grabbed it right away. It literally came out within the past 30 minutes and isn’t even available via Search yet!

The first two times I tried to post this, I wasn’t able to because the Save button had disappeared. So had the buttons on the bottom of the screen. But after relaunching the app, all seems well and this should be up in mere minutes.

I have already written a review on the App Store which I’m going to try to go change now. I only gave it two stars because I couldn’t post. Now that I can, I’m going to revise that review.

I’ll be writing a lot more in the near future. Stay tuned!