Expert Blogs
The iOS (iPad + iPhone) Web Browsing bible will soon be published - here's the main chart!
By Werner Ruotsalainen, August 23, 2010
I've been very busily working on my Web browsing-specific article for the iPhone Life Buyers' Guide. To back up my printed article on the Web browsers, I've found it necessary to update the main chart of my main browser comparison and feature chart. It's available at http://www.winmobiletech.com/sekalaiset/08232010iOSWebBrowsers.html .
The Ultimate PDF Reader Roundup
By Werner Ruotsalainen, August 20, 2010
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(Note that a cleaned up and extended, easy-to-digest version of this article – without the lengthy section on the chart – will be published in the iPhone / iPad Buyer's Guide. Go buy it ;-) ).
The iPad offers an excellent way of reading PDF files. While you can do this right in Safari (with web based PDF's) or can freely download Apple's own iBooks, it may be still worth checking out how almost all (!) the currently available PDF reader solutions. Knowing what the alternative PDF readers are capable of is essential as reading online PDF's with Safari lacks any kind of features like in-document searching. In addition, iBooks lacks some essential features too.
iBooks 1.1 out with PDF support – mini-review & full (!) comparison & feature chart
By Werner Ruotsalainen, June 21, 2010
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iBooks 1.1 out with PDF support – mini-review & full (!) comparison & feature chart
You may already have noticed that iBooks 1.1 has been released some 4-5 hours ago for iOS4-based iPhones and iPod touches (and, of course, the iPad).
Well, to make a long story short, I’ve expected more. FAR more. Unfortunately, the PDF support in iBooks 1.1 doesn’t really live up to my expectations – some of the third-party PDF readers (e.g., GoodReader, iAnnotator etc.) are way more powerful.
There are only three areas where I can only recommend iBooks 1.1:
- Night-time reading: third-party apps that do support “decreasing” the backlight just make whites darker (that is, decrease the contrast of the page).
The iPad PDF Reader Roundup - preview
By Werner Ruotsalainen, June 20, 2010
I've been working on a full (!) roundup of all (!) PDF readers on the iPad.
So far, I've compared no less than 28 (!) PDF readers. For comparison, articles so far published (see e.g.
Another great feature of iPhone OS 4: real(!) suspension in the background (demo video & source code!)
By Werner Ruotsalainen, May 17, 2010
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As I've been selected to lead the iPhone training courses for a big lecturing company, I've been really busy preparing my own material for it and leading initial test courses to get the material right and well-taught. (At the moment, I'm around at page 700 and have already discussed a lot of stuff like Xcode's secrets, graphics, networking and the like. I've prepared all the sample programs and screenshots in English so that I can, when there is need for it, more easily translate the entire stuff into English.)
REVIEW: GREAT, free Web browser Opera Mini out – it rocks! (With demo videos)
By Werner Ruotsalainen, April 13, 2010
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I've been waiting with publishing the long-promised update of my iPhone Web browsing bible since attending MWC in Barcelona two months ago where I saw Opera Mini, one of the best Web browsers on almost all alternative platforms, in action. I wanted to make sure Opera Mini is also included in the heavily updated roundup.
The waiting has turned out to be worth it – earlier today, Opera Mini has been approved for AppStore and it also made a debut in it (in both the US and international ones). I started testing it right away.
Below are my first thoughts.
At last: a working (!) full (!) AVRCP (Bluetooth remote media control) for the iDevice!
By Werner Ruotsalainen, February 6, 2010
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As many of you A2DP (high-quality audio) freaks know and also been pointed out in my dedicated articles (last, iPhoneMVP-frontpaged one HERE), full AVRCP hasn’t been supported on the (otherwise, A2DP-capable) iPod touches and iPod’s, not even as of the latest, just-released 3.1.3 firmware.
New version of great Playstation emulator psx4iphone out; comparison to FpseCE 0.10 + video + Commodore 64 emulation news
By Werner Ruotsalainen, January 3, 2010
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Please see the update posted to http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/87/emulating-playstation-iphone-3g-s
Multiplayer gaming news
By Werner Ruotsalainen, December 20, 2009
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Note that this is an update to the all-in-one Multiplayer bible published a month ago; see http://www.iphonelife.com/node/1370/ .
There is a LOT to report on - with Christmas approaching, a lot of decent titles have been released or updated to support wireless multiplayer.
1.) The following major titles have received true wireless support: Worms by Team17 and COMMAND & CONQUER™ RED ALERT™ by Electronic Arts; both excellent titles.
2.) Need for Speed Shift by Electronic Arts has been released; a very nice racing game with local multiplayer.
Using multiple tabs in the best iPhone Web browsers – easy-to-follow tutorial videos
By Werner Ruotsalainen, December 11, 2009
In my Web Browsing bible (current version HERE; I’ll very soon publish a fully rewritten and updated one), I explain why it may be very useful to open Web pages in new windows (“tabs”) on a mobile device:
