Apple App Store Leaves Trillian Astra Hanging

Last month when Cerulean Studios launched Trillian Astra, they also submitted Trillian for iPhone to the Apple App Store for approval.  Fast forward thirty days and they are still waiting for a response from Apple.

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RIM BlackBerry Continues to Lead iPhone in Market Share

RIM’s BlackBerry continues to grow market share in spite of iPhone’s success.  While some say RIM has multiple BlackBerry models competing against a single iPhone model, the BlackBerry Curve outsold the iPhone by itself in the first quarter of 2009.

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Should the Federal Trade Commission Take a Second Look at Apple?

The New York Times reported back in May that the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the violation of antitrust laws related to Apple and Google sharing two board members on their boards of directors.  Apple may have crossed another line by creating a software monopoly for the iPhone.  This issue has yet to catch the attention of the Federal Trade Commission.

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Porting an iPhone Application to Windows Mobile

A case study for porting an iPhone application to Windows Mobile was recently published by the Windows Mobile Developer Center within the Microsoft Developer Network.  A post on the Windows Mobile Blog offers further perspective on the process.  The study produced a ported iPhone app that ran successfully on an HTC Touch Pro with a beta version of Windows Mobile 6.5.  The author made the follow conclusion of the process.

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