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Play Sea Battle Classic with opponents worldwide on the iPhone

Play Sea Battle Classic with opponents worldwide on the iPhone

It is not very often that I play a lite version of a game and am intrigued enough to go for the paid version. It is even rarer that I should like the paid version. But when it comes with a cool update like Sea Battle Classic, I can’t wait to get my hands on it. I had reviewed Sea Battle Classic Lite a good three months back, and had liked the game play. And now the game is back again with more game modes to make this military game more interesting. The game play remains the same; the goal is Read More...

“Stop making fart apps,”Owen Hunte developer of ITGO-Interval Trainer GO

"Stop making fart apps,"Owen Hunte developer of ITGO-Interval Trainer GO

Developer name: Owen Hunte Company Website Company Name:Appnoose Ltd Apps at the App Store:1 Location: London, UK About Dev Tell us a little about you, and your current company. My name is Owen Hunte, I'm Trinidadian-born but moved to the UK over 20 years ago and I've started Appnoose Ltd to develop Apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Appnoose is a think tank really. I don't actually programme myself, I come up with the application concept and then relay them to my designer and programmer who are based in Belarus and Austin,Texas respectively. I've never actually spoken to either of them on the phone. This whole Read More...

Interview with iPhone game developer Seung Jee Baek of Leaders Association, Inc.

Interview with iPhone game developer Seung Jee Baek of Leaders Association, Inc.

Developer name: Seung Jee Baek Company Website Company Name:Leaders Association, Inc Apps at the App Store:2 Location: Seoul, Korea About Dev: Tell us a little about you, and your current company. I currently lead the Majestic Interactive Entertainment division at Leaders Association Inc.  I am also co-positioned as a technical director.  Leaders Association was found in 2003.  The company originally began as a management consulting company, but now it mainly focuses on gaming industry.  We currently have three teams composing Majestic Division including a new platform team, mobile game developent team, and online game development team.  Until last year, our main focus was on developing MMO games Read More...

“Stop producing crap.” Create something that you yourself would love to keep on your device: Iliya Yordanov

"Stop producing crap." Create something that you yourself would love to keep on your device: Iliya Yordanov

Developer name: Iliya Yordanov Company Website Company Name:Cramzy Apps at the App Store:2 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria (Europe) About Dev: Tell us a little about you, and your current company. I am 24 years old, and I’ve been in the IT for over 9 years now. Earlier this year, I’ve decided to start developing for the iPhone, and that’s how Cramzy came out. Me and my girlfriend- Maria, who is a professional QA, founded Cramzy in March 2009, though from a legal perspective it was actually registered in early July 2009. The ideology behind Cramzy is that we do products that we enjoy to use, and we do our Read More...

A great website, quick response to customer queries essential for promoting your iPhone apps: Nicolas

A great website, quick response to customer queries essential for promoting your iPhone apps: Nicolas

  Developer name: Nicolas Koenig Company Website Company Name:Toopia Apps at the App Store:3 Location: The Netherlands, Europe About Dev: Tell us a little about you, and your current company. I am Dad of a gorgeous little girl, and our second child is due soon! I started Toopia five years ago, offering webdesign and application development services for a number of companies and agencies. Toopia is a one-man company, yet I work closely together with many other professionals to be able to offer a complete package to our customers. My specialty is the technical realization in Ruby on Rails and XHTML/CSS. Together with marketing partner Hugo Lingeman I Read More...

Interview with iPhone app developer Jason Petralia of People Operating Technology

Interview with iPhone app developer Jason Petralia of People Operating Technology

Developer name: Jason Petralia Company Website Company Name:People Operating Technology Apps at the App Store:3 Location: Boston& New York About Dev: About your background: What did you do before taking up iPhone development? I was working for various tech startups which taught me how to build a successful companies from scratch. I've also worked in large corporations so I know what goes on across the board. This company concept was initially conceived 10 years ago, we've been biding our time for the right opportunity. About Work: What apps have you developed so far? Tell us about your apps/games in brief. There are three up in iTunes at the Read More...

App Store is a very good market, there is space for everyone: Gerardo Siciliano of iPhoneXCoder

App Store is a very good market, there is space for everyone: Gerardo Siciliano of iPhoneXCoder

Developers name:Gerardo Siciliano Company Website Company Name:iPhoneXCoder Apps at the App Store:2 Location:Italy About Dev Tell us a little about you, and your current company. I'm a simple iPhone fan that decided to develop application for this Apple's jewel. I'm a student (engineer) and I love mobile programming. And when Apple distributed his SDK, I was very happy!!! About your background: what did you do before taking up iPhone development? I'm a simple student at University, so I only study. About Work What apps have you developed so far? Tell us about your apps in brief. So far I've developed two iPhone applications. First was  Interest Calculator, a finance application that calculates Read More...

“App Store is already full of rubbish and it doesn’t make sense to add more of it.” iPhone app developer interview

"App Store is already full of rubbish and it doesn’t make sense to add more of it." iPhone app developer interview

Developers name:Andrew, Igor Company Website Company Name:Suponix Apps at the App Store:1 Location:Odessa, Ukraine About Dev Tell us a little about you, and your current company. We are the core of a small iPhone development team established based on Suponix design company. We generate ideas and make things moving in order to bring these ideas to life. About your background: what did you do before taking up iPhone development? We were lucky to combine knowledge and experience in different areas, with web & GUI design and development among them. Also, we’ve been involved in mobile software development and interface design during past couple of years. So we don’t treat Read More...

A zoologist, scientist, cytogeneticist and a mother developing for the iPhone: Hilary Wilson of iSpiny

A zoologist, scientist, cytogeneticist and a mother developing for the iPhone: Hilary Wilson of iSpiny

Developer name:Hilary Wilson Company Website Company Name:iSpiny Software Apps at the App Store:2 Location:UK About Dev Tell us a little about you, and your current company. iSpiny has taken off rather unexpectedly! It started last summer when I suggested to my son that we both learn Objective-C and try developing an iPhone app between us. Alex already knew C so he was much faster than me, and he ended up doing virtually all the original coding of the resulting app, Chirp!. I'd suggested we started with a bird song app, as I already had samples of bird songs from a similar desktop app I'd made many years Read More...

Interview with Hristo Bojinov, Computer Security Researcher who also develops for the iPhone development platform

Interview with Hristo Bojinov, Computer Security Researcher who also develops for the iPhone development platform

Developer name:Hristo Bojinov Company Website Company Name:Hristo Bojinov Apps at the App Store:4 Location:SF Bay Area About Dev Tell us a little about you, and your current company. My full-time occupation is in Computer Security research. Basically, I figure out ways in which to break into various software systems, and then ways to improve them so they are harder to break into. I do iPhone OS development on my own, as well as with a team of friends that I work with on a per-project basis. In aggregate, we have extremely high bandwidth for product development, and we always look for exciting new projects to take on. About your Read More...

“I’m pretty much in love with the iPhone as a development platform,” Oliver Cameron of Taptivate

"I'm pretty much in love with the iPhone as a development platform," Oliver Cameron of Taptivate

Developer name:Oliver Cameron Company Website Company Name:Taptivate Apps at the App Store:2 Location:Sheffield, England About Dev Tell us a little about you, and your current company. Taptivate is probably the most stress-free iPhone developer out there; mainly because it's just one guy making apps, which would be me. I'm currently a student at Sheffield Hallam University in old England, and between just hitting deadlines for assignments or rushing for lectures, I'll probably be working on something iPhone related. About your background: what did you do before taking up iPhone development? I've been involved in and around programming/nerd activities for many fine years. I used to develop various apps for Read More...

“The App Store has allowed customers to judge instead of the gate keepers at the publisher.” Thomas Hentschel Lund of Full Control ApS

"The App Store has allowed customers to judge instead of the gate keepers at the publisher." Thomas Hentschel Lund of Full Control ApS

Developer name:Thomas Hentschel Company Website Company Name:Full Control ApS Apps at the App Store:2 Location:Denmark About Dev: Tell us a little about you, and your current company. I am a true entrepreneur and indie game developer, who lives the typical Jeckyll and Hyde life that so many others do too. Consultant by day and game dev nerd at night + week-ends. Iʼve been doing that now for the last 15+ years or so interrupted by the occasional job.My current daily bread and butter work is running my own consultancy shop as technical project manager on typical national healthcare projects in the many million $$ class and/or problem solver. Similar to Read More...