Although some artists can make finger painting on the iPhone and iPod touch look easy, it’s anything but that for the average Dick or Jane. Even with pinch and zoom, it’s hard to get in close enough for fine detail work. Sometimes your finger gets in the way and you find yourself painting blind.
One tool [...]

Not for Tourists is looking to promote the forthcoming launch of Not for Tourists Manhattan, NFT’s first iPhone app. NFT will dish out $500 to the person who submits the best marketing video to pimp NFT’s first iPhone app, the company says.
The Not For Tourists company is a collective of writers who scour major U.S. [...]

Savvy readers may have noticed the quiet addition to our navigation menu last week — Shop iPhone Accessories. It’s true, you can now purchase accessories for your iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod touch with a click of the mouse. Not only are the prices great, but standard shipping is just $5.95 no matter what you [...]

Although some IT managers are coming around to the idea of supporting iPhones, most aren’t convinced that any smartphone app will ever be safe and rich enough for mission-critical applications.
As an alternative, enterprise developers are leaning toward creating Web apps that reside on the Internet, yet, are optimized to run on iPhones and other smartphones [...]

Almost from the ribbon-cutting ceremony, it’s been tough for developers to grab the attention of App Store shoppers. Maybe it’s coincidence, or the start of a trend, but two groups of devs announced this week they are collaborating on their own versions of a department store, blue-light special in hopes of generating attention, and obviously, [...]

Several developers, particularly those who use PhoneGap — a tool software devs use to access the iPhone’s hardware — have been kicking sand in Apple’s face over the use of private, or third-party Application Programming Interfaces (API). Apparently, the App Store has either booted or rejected apps that use private or third-party APIs.
Michael Nachbaur, the [...]

An angry response by users of TwitterFon forced the developer to temporarily abandon ads that debuted in an update this weekend. Developer Kazuho Okui announced on his web site Saturday that he was suspending the ads until TwitterFon Pro was released in the App Store. As of today the ads were on display, but so was [...]

JMDictate-Professional Dictation, from JOTOMI, is an industrial-strength app for people who are constantly recording notes, memos and other bright ideas and then need to store or share them by email or file transfer.
When you first launch JMDictate-Professional Dictation, the app must build a “working area,” which takes several seconds (about 30 seconds in my experience).
Once [...]

AppCraver recently spoke with Todd Bernhard, Founder of No Tie Software. He shares his experiences developing for the iPhone and iPod touch.
When did you start developing apps for the iPhone? Did you have previous experience as a developer?
My degree is in Computer Engineering, but for 100sounds, I worked with a terrific programmer, Dylan Beadle to [...]

The Webby Awards,  said to be the “Internet’s Oscars,” were announced today. The annual (the thirteenth) Webby Awards honor excellence on the Internet including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile Websites (about 70 categories in all).
The Webby Awards are judged by the International Academy of  Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization [...]