SheffCam Released

I’m pleased to announce the availability of a new iPhone/iPod touch WebApp for the Sheffield area.

Produced in conjunction with Sheffield City Council, SheffCam gives you access to the 30+ traffic cameras in around around the Sheffield area all within an easy to use interface.

Please visit sheffcam.com on your iPhone/iPod touch to start (as a bonus you can also FULLY access it on the desktop using Safari for Mac or PC, even better you can make it into a dashboard widget on a Mac using the web-clip feature from within Safari).

I plan on making a native version for the Apple app store in the future with lots more features so if you have any feature requests please let me know.

Thanks to all those who beta tested the WebApp…Enjoy.

This is Ohhh 2 much!

Yesterdays WWDC keynote was bitter sweet, we got to see some great new technology in the form of new MacBook Pro’s and a demo of Snow Leopard but it was the iPhone (as expected) that took center stage with a release date set for iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0 (17th June) and the release of the new iPhone 3GS (19th June).  Its the new iPhone 3GS that’s been the talk of twitter and online media most of the today, well not actually the iPhone 3GS itself but how the carriers (in my case O2) are pricing the new iPhone and how much existing iPhone users have to pay to upgrade.

I posted my take on things on the BBC dot.life story page earlier today and I thought I’d repost it here for all to read.

I’m not angry at Apple per say, they have released a great piece of evolutionarily technology, I’m more angry with 02 for the ludicrous way they are dealing with the pricing structure and lack of ‘reasonable’ upgrade fees for existing iPhone users.

I’m not looking for something for nothing here I’m willing to pay an upgrade fee to the iPhone 3GS (say £99) even if it means extending my current contract for another 18 months, the iPhone to me IS that good a device. The iPhone has changed the perception of what a phone should be, and as the iPod did before it with the music industry, the iPhone has the potential to change how carriers operate not just for iPhone users but for everyone and the industry as a whole.

I’ve seen the various blog posts, tweets and petitions (which I’ve signed) talking about this issue but one tweet sums it up for me.  The iPhone killer comes not from another handset but from a carrier… O2 to be more precise.

To use an Apple slogan… O2 need to ‘Think Different’… or face the consequences.

What happends next? who knows maybe O2 will listen to the many thousands of existing disgruntled iPhone users and do something about it.  In the mean time head on over to this petition and add yourself to the list… you just might be able to make a difference.

My WWDC 2009 Predictions (based on what I want to see)

As the title says here are my predictions for next weeks WWDC keynote (Monday 8th June) based solely on what I’d like to see and not what is expected to happen. In no particular order:

• iPhone/iPod Touch 3.0 firmware release. Quite likely what with the recent iTunes 8.2 release.
• Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) demo and release date set. Very likely.
• New iPhone hardware. (iPhone Video- Not hot on the name but hold is supports HD).  Hope Apple/O2 do what they did last time and allow 1st gen iPhone owners to upgrade to new the iPhone for £99 AND keep the old iPhone. Likely.
• Apple Netbook/Tablet. Very unlikely but hey we can dream.
• Steve Jobs. Even more unlikely but would be good to see him back in action.
• One more thing… See above.

Lets just wait and see shall we. I for one will be glued to the various rumor/news sites on the night (i’m in the UK) in question.

What do YOU want to see?