Smallegan.com » iPhone http://www.smallegan.com/blog Geeks rule the world. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 iPhone Development http://www.smallegan.com/blog/2008/11/28/iphone-development/ http://www.smallegan.com/blog/2008/11/28/iphone-development/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:25:28 +0000 Ryan http://www.smallegan.com/blog/?p=178 Recently I started working on a new project for which there will be an iPhone app. So far I have found 2 hidden nuggets I would like to share with any other iPhone developers out there that may be reading this.

iPhone – Parse XML to custom objects

This simple set of classes very easily allows you to map your XML coming in off of a URL (Like a REST based service) to an object.

SQL Lite Persistent Objects

This is basically a simplistic ORM (object relational mapper) written in objective c and meant for the iPhone.

As I discover more tidbits I will try to make note of them here. Also I will try to blog in a bit more detail about them and my project in near future.

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  • I’ve mapped a drive from my mac doing the conversion.
  • I’ve set up a scheduled automator task in OSX to run at 2am which looks at the date created of each file to look for the ones created yesterday.
  • Then using this automator action set for VisualHub I pump out the converted files. I like to use the wifi setting in visualhub for iPhone.
  • Lastly I add them to iTunes and set my iPhone to automatically sync.

So every night if I have say 3 three things recorded from the day before this process will convert them to iPhone format and sync them over before I wake up the next morning.

 Any Questions? Feel free to comment!

]]> http://www.smallegan.com/blog/2008/03/25/windows-media-center-to-ipod-iphone/feed/ 1 Killer iPhone (web)Apps! http://www.smallegan.com/blog/2007/08/16/killer-iphone-webapps/ http://www.smallegan.com/blog/2007/08/16/killer-iphone-webapps/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:59:26 +0000 Ryan http://www.smallegan.com/blog/?p=101 I’ve read alot of complaining about the rather displeasing lack of an iPhone API for public consumption. However, I must say, people/companies are innovative and where there is a will there is a way. This set of standards for building iPhone sites has proven to be quite amazing when implemented properly. I have ran into a number of great sites that are implementing an iPhone version of their site or service. Here are two that have done an excellent job in a very short period of time.

Facebook: http://iphone.facebook.com
After visiting here I am completely convinced that Facebook was created for the sole purpose of going on my iPhone. This site has a fairly low profile and works good over EDGE. When you get into the photo areas it can take a little while to load but that is to be expected and isn’t a problem with the facebook site at all. However over WiFi it is flipping amazing! I found one of the overall coolest features to be the way your friends list shrinks in an iTunes fashion as you do a search. Then once finding your friend you can easily click on his or her phone number and give them a ring. Yes that’s right…the iPhone actually is a phone too…

Meebo http://www.meebo.com
Meebo doesn’t make you go to a new url. They feel the strong vibes of the iPhone as you enter the site and automatically redirect you to the iPhone version (that or they are detecting mobile safari). Overall I have never been a big fan of Meebo. Yeah I have used it from time to time, but it by no means has replaced my chat application(s). However I am in awe by the simplicity and overall functionality provided by the Meebo iPhone interface. It is clean, it is fast, and it is very functional.

If you get a chance point your iPhone on over to both of these sites and give them a shot. Oh..what’s that? You don’t have an iPhone :-( Luckily your not totally SOL you can still check these out via an iPhone browser simulator like the one found over at http://www.testiphone.com/ and dream about getting an iPhone :-P

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