Category Archives: iphone

GV Places 1.3.2 Now Available

Last week a bug report came in that it was impossible to turn off notifications for automatic region switches. That is now fixed, and the update should be appearing in your list of updates. It’s interesting that I spent 5 … Continue reading

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GV Places 1.3 Available in the App Store

After just a week in the Apple queue, version 1.3 of GV Places is now available. Here’s the list of what’s new: Changed the screen order for adding a place. Now the phone number selection comes first, then the map. … Continue reading

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GV Places 1.1 Now Available In the App Store

After sitting in the to-be-reviewed queue at Apple for a week, I’m happy to announce that version 1.1 of GV Places is now available for purchase. The full list of changes is here.

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GV Places 1.1 Submitted To App Store

Yesterday, I submitted version 1.1 of GV Places to the App Store for review. I am hopeful that it won’t take as long to get through this time, but I’m not holding my breath. The biggest news is that I … Continue reading

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Downgrading Your iPhone From iOS5 to iOS4.3.3: It Ain’t Easy

Like lots of other iPhone owners, I was excited about the announcement on Monday of iOS5, and all the new features. I don’t like to wait and since it isn’t going to be released until September, I had to get … Continue reading

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GV Places Is Now In the iTunes App Store

I am pleased to announce that my first iPhone app, called GV Places, is now available in the iTunes App Store. If you have an iPhone (preferably a 3GS or 4) and a Google Voice account, you might like it. … Continue reading

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First Rejection of My iPhone App :-(

I submitted my first iPhone app, called GV Places, to the Apple App Store on Monday, May 23. On Friday, May 27, around 9:00 in the morning, it entered the review process. About ten hours later I received the first … Continue reading

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GVoice: An Open Source Objective-C Google Voice Library

05/12/2011 Note: I failed to mention that the library, as it currently stands, builds for iOS only. I’m sure it could be rejiggered to work with OSX, because I don’t think I used any iOS specific features. All the project … Continue reading

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iPhone Interface For My Blog

09/28/2009 Update: Now added a link to the view from Android. Last week I learned about WPTouch, which is a plugin for WordPress that reformats the theme for the iPhone, Android and other mobile devices. It was an easy install, … Continue reading

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The iPhone 3GS GPS Is Crazy Good

I have a Garmin eTrex Venture hand-held GPS that I bought about five years ago. I used it for years mounted to my bicycle handlebars for when I would go trail riding to inject a bit of geekery into my … Continue reading

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