WWDC 2010 Apple Design Awards name best iPhone, iPad apps
Apple this week announced the winners of its annual Design Awards at the Worldwide Developers Conference, highlighting some of the best applications written for iOS.
The winners of this years awards were represented by five applications written for the iPad, and five for the iPhone. They were selected among the more than 225,000 options on the App Store, which has earned developers more than $1 billion to date.
This year's Design Awards did not include a category for Mac OS X applications, further demonstrating that the focus of WWDC 2010 is iOS, which powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Winners were selected based on criteria including design, technical excellence, innovation, quality, technology adoption and performance. Nominations were accepted through Apple's website by members of the iPhone Developer Program
The awards ceremony was followed this week by MacStories, which provided a full list of the winners, also included below with iTunes links:
Financial Times
Doodle Jump from Lima Sky
Brushes from Steve Sprang
TabToolkit from Agile Partners
Articles from Sophiestication
Flight Control HD from Firemint
20 Minute Meals - Jamie Oliver from Zolmo
Star Walk for iPad from Vito Technology
Real Racing from Firemint
Pinball HD from Gameprom
The winners of this years awards were represented by five applications written for the iPad, and five for the iPhone. They were selected among the more than 225,000 options on the App Store, which has earned developers more than $1 billion to date.
This year's Design Awards did not include a category for Mac OS X applications, further demonstrating that the focus of WWDC 2010 is iOS, which powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Winners were selected based on criteria including design, technical excellence, innovation, quality, technology adoption and performance. Nominations were accepted through Apple's website by members of the iPhone Developer Program
The awards ceremony was followed this week by MacStories, which provided a full list of the winners, also included below with iTunes links:
Financial Times
Doodle Jump from Lima Sky
Brushes from Steve Sprang
TabToolkit from Agile Partners
Articles from Sophiestication
Flight Control HD from Firemint
20 Minute Meals - Jamie Oliver from Zolmo
Star Walk for iPad from Vito Technology
Real Racing from Firemint
Pinball HD from Gameprom
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This year's Design Awards did not include a category for Mac OS X applications, further demonstrating that the focus of WWDC 2010 is iOS, which powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
here's what's newsworthy in this story:
This year's Design Awards did not include a category for Mac OS X applications, further demonstrating that the focus of WWDC 2010 is iOS, which powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Not that newsworthy since it's been known for quite a while that this would be the case. And, it's exactly because iOS is the focus that there are no Mac OS X awards. It's not like they've even hade fixed categories in the past. Basically, the ADA is just a vehicle for Apple to showcase a few apps that contribute to it's WWDC message each year. So it's really much ado about nothing.
here's what's newsworthy in this story:
This year's Design Awards did not include a category for Mac OS X applications, further demonstrating that the focus of WWDC 2010 is iOS, which powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Newsworthy?
We were well informed on the focus of this years WWDC when it was officially announced by Apple on March 28th, 2010. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/04/28wwdc.html
And for the 5,000 plus developers that got registered in the eight days that it took to fill the conference, it was well understood what we were to expect.
And the new screen isn't just an evolution of previous screens, this is a more calculated move.
Hmmph, I'll reserve judgement.
here's what's newsworthy in this story:
This year's Design Awards did not include a category for Mac OS X applications, further demonstrating that the focus of WWDC 2010 is iOS, which powers the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
I understand your concern, but you need not worry. Everything Mac OS X is on the horizon. Do you follow Patently Apple? If not, maybe you should.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patentl...wn-begins.html
I understand your concern, but you need not worry. Everything Mac OS X is on the horizon. Do you follow Patently Apple? If not, maybe you should.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patentl...wn-begins.html
Very good read but I'd be careful about looking into anything Apple patents. A good example is the multiple patents involving using ceramics on the iPhone for radio transparency. They ended up going with all glass which has it's own distinct tech. They don't even like to give indications of where they're going in patents.
The desktop is going to change but I think laptops will eventually be replaced by iPads. The iPad is already on pace to blow away Mac sales and right now it's a third device. I believe eventually Apple will all be iDevices.
If you want to see how a news app should be implemented on the iPad, take a look at USA Today, NPR, Bloomberg, or BBC, for starters. (I was not a reader of USA Today even when it would be delivered free, e.g., to my hotel room on travels; now it's a daily stop on my cycle of news sources).
Real Racing rocks! I can't get the iPad out of my brother's hands when he's racing! It's funny to see when he gets into the zone. You can't talk to him!
Real Racing HD is awesome... Probably my favorite game on the iPad so far. Angry birds is fun, too.
...now why can't we be included on the 24th June launch?
Late July is all we have, my 3G will be over two years old by then.
I've personally sold hundreds of iPhones since they were launched.