Category Archives: iphone

GV Places 1.1 Now Available In the App Store

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Joey Gibson

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

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Joey Gibson

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

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Joey Gibson

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

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Joey Gibson

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 :-(

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Joey Gibson

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

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Joey Gibson

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

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Joey Gibson

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

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Joey Gibson

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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Apple Doesn’t Seem To Want My Money

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Joey Gibson

Yesterday, like six billion other people, I tried to pre-order a new iPhone 3GS from the Apple Store online. After trying multiple times getting multiple timeouts, I was finally given a message stating that they could not complete my request … Continue reading →

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Skype For iPhone Is Full Of WIN!

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Joey Gibson

We’re on vacation in Colonial Williamsburg, and the AT&T signal in and around our hotel sucks! This seems to be a common theme for me. At home, I have next to no AT&T signal. I swear, if it weren’t for … Continue reading →

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Help Me With iPhone Dev Graphics Question, Please

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Joey Gibson

Usually when I learn a new programming language or framework, I am plagued by the fact that I can’t think of anything to build with it, or I can only think of things that are too difficult. With iPhone development, … Continue reading →

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iPhone OS 2.2 – Meh, So Far

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I happened to be up and working for the man at 2:00 this morning when I saw a note on Twitter saying that Apple had released version 2.2 of the iPhone OS. Being the fanboy that I am, I immediately … Continue reading →

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I Am Full of Teh Happy

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Joey Gibson

Yesterday was a good day for me on several fronts. Let me tell you them. First, whilst searching for various things in the iTunes store, I saw that Metallica had released their new album, Death Magnetic. I had bought the … Continue reading →

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My iPhone Battery Drain – Solved

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Joey Gibson

Ever since upgrading my iPhone to 2.0.2 last week, I had noticed a marked drain on my battery. I don’t use my phone that much, so it surprised me that the battery was going down as fast as it was. … Continue reading →

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iPhone OS 2.0.1 – Installed

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I just finished updating my 2G iPhone to OS 2.0.1. Usually when I sync my phone, I skip the “backing up iPhone” stage because it takes too damn long, but tonight, I figured I’d better let it complete. That stage … Continue reading →

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iPhone OS 2.0.1 Is Out

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I just read that the new version of the iPhone OS is out. I’ll be installing it in an hour or so. I’m really looking forward to this update, since 2.0 is buggy as hell. BTW, I posted this using … Continue reading →

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A Few Things I Hate About iPhone OS 2.0

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I love the new iPhone 2.0 OS, mostly, though I really think they should have let it bake for another couple of months before releasing it. There are parts of it that just don’t feel fully cooked. For instance, one application … Continue reading →

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I Paid My $99 To Apple

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Joey Gibson

As I said yesterday, I finally got my acceptance letter from Apple that essentially allows me to pay them $99 in order to develop iPhone software. I have just now paid the $99, so now it’s just a matter of … Continue reading →

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So *Now* Apple Will Let Me In…

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Joey Gibson

After months of waiting, I received this email from Apple just a few minutes ago: Thank you for applying to the iPhone Developer Program. We have reviewed the information you submitted when you initiated your program enrollment request and we … Continue reading →

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WordPress To Release An iPhone Blogging Client

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Joey Gibson

Oh man, this is just too cool. I switched to WordPress just a few days ago and today I see that they have an iPhone blogging client that should be released “soon.” Just one more thing telling me that I … Continue reading →

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