This Week in iPhone News – May 1/2009

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On May 1, 2009
Ari’s moving from Chicago to San Francisco, so This Week in iPhone News will be off next week. We’re providing this jumbo-sized edition to get you through.

iPhone Developers: How Do We Combat ‘Race to 99c’? Timely discussion on the current pricing trend of iPhone applications “racing to the bottom”.

In Defense of Eye Candy Provacative discussion on the role of “eye candy” in app interface design. Lends itself well to iPhone applications due to the platform’s reputation for having beautiful looking designs.

iPhone Designer/Developer Newsletter Sign up to this handy email newsletter for iPhone developer and design advice every 2 weeks.

At Apple’s Mercy The effect Apple’s recent change to the search algorithm on the App Store has had on an application developer.

The Numbers Post: Part 2 A continuation of a post about the iPhone game “Dapple”‘s performance on the App Store.

40 Awesome iPhone Application Websites A great list of beautifully designed iPhone application websites. Inspiring.

Galaga Remix A review of the new Galaga iPhone game from Ars Technica.

Terrific iPhone App Press Release Looking for an example of a well done iPhone application press release? Give this a look.

Transparent Background on iPhone UIWebView I recently came across this as part of my own development efforts. Making a UIWebView transparent isn’t trivial. Take a look at this blog post to see how.

100 Awesome iPhone Apps for All Your Small Business Needs Running a small business? You definitely should review this list of helpful iPhone applications.

Objective-C and Cocoa Best Practices A great on-going discussion about Objective-C and Cocoa best practices on Stack Overflow.

GLGestureRecognizer class Useful gesture recognition algorithm available as open source.

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