• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
ilium software logo

Ilium Software Blog

Behind the Scenes at Ilium Software

  • Home
  • eWallet
  • ListPro
  • Other

Archives for March 2009

Windows Marketplace, here we come!

March 31, 2009 by Marc

windows-mobile-logoAs of today, I can officially tell you that our software works great on Windows Mobile 6.5 AND that you’ll find our products in the new Windows Mobile Marketplace. We’ve been working with Microsoft on this for a while, and as of today the news is official. In addition, we’re working on a number of updates to our core Windows Mobile products (eWallet, ListPro, and NewsBreak) that will take advantage of some of the cool new features 6.5 offers.

In addition, we’re working on many of your requests that came out of the last Advisory Board Assignment! Thanks again to EVERYONE who participated. That feedback is invaluable to us!

UPDATE: I grabbed some cool screenshots from the promotional video Microsoft released. Turns out our applications are in the video a number of times! Check them out after the jump!

[Read more…] about Windows Marketplace, here we come!

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: Handheld and Mobile World

Adventures in Formatting

March 26, 2009 by Ellen

With help from Marc, Dan and Lee, I learned a really bad – albeit effective – way to format a hard drive yesterday:

 
Formatting by Ellen

It turns out that:

  • It’s a lot easier than you’d expect to snap hard disks.
  • They break into many, many little pieces that fly everywhere.
  • And the pieces are extremely sharp.

If you’re wondering whether we take our data security seriously, yes, we do. That’s my personal blood on the disc pieces and the desk.

I don’t recommend trying this.

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: General, Our Company & Staff

Palm Pre = Foleo 2.0?

March 26, 2009 by Marc

palm_preI was reading yet another article about the Pre today, and something hit me. Could it be, that the Palm Pre’s WebOS is actually the Foleo OS tweaked for a new device format? The reason this came to me was that I was reading an article recently and saw this quote:

The company plans to establish a WebOS ecosystem that goes “well beyond our base.”

I mean, if the OS was originally written for a totally different device, WebOS would be well positioned to do exactly that. There are other hints as well but rather than speculate I’d like to turn it over to you.

What do you guys think? What evidence is out there that proves/disproves the theory? If it is true, is this a good thing? A bad thing? Does it matter at all?

I look forward to hearing your ideas and opinions!

DISCLAIMER: I’m in no way comparing the failure of the Foleo with the Palm Pre’s prospects for success. I’m more interested from a techical/business/marketing POV and I’m wondering if anyone else has had the same thought!

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: General

Interview at AppCraver – AppStore Pricing

March 24, 2009 by Marc

logoThe good people over at AppCraver read my blog post about pricing and asked to do a short interview. They asked some great questions that further illuminate the challenges iPhone developers face. If you’d like to take a look you can find the whole article here.

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Software in General

Rate It If You Hate It!

March 20, 2009 by Marc

appstore12The AppStore “Rate It If You Hate It” system is such a spectacularly bad idea that I really need to talk about it for a second. I certainly appreciate what Apple is trying to do. Like I’ve said time and again – I’m VERY VERY happy with Apple’s clearly demonstrated policy of working to improve things. I’ve seen other companies allow their flawed systems/devices/OS’s to sit around for YEARS with no effort to improve them. So, please don’t take this frustration with one aspect of the system as an overall indictment.

But seriously – a system that specifically encourages people who are removing an application to review it, with no reciprocating system to encourage people who LIKE their applications to review them, is a terrible plan.

Read on after the jump for the whole story… [Read more…] about Rate It If You Hate It!

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

AppStore Prices – Is Cheaper Really Better?

March 19, 2009 by Marc

pricesOver at the Apple iPhone Group at Yahoo, a discussion has cropped up about application prices in the AppStore. We think (and hear) about this a lot, so I want to take a minute to talk about application pricing (on any mobile platform). It is a topic that is important to developers, retailers, and customers alike.

So, if you’re curious to hear a developer perspective on pricing, read on after the jump! [Read more…] about AppStore Prices – Is Cheaper Really Better?

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: General, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Software in General

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Archives

Categories

RSS Feed

RSS feed

Mobile Blogs

  • Android News
  • Laridian
  • Mobile Opportunity
  • WebIS Blog

News

  • Android News
  • Apple Newsroom
  • Windows Blog

Copyright © Ilium Software Inc. | All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us