There are some rare gems in the Application Interfaces section on deviantART. This is one of them, it’s a mockup of a iOS lockscreen with some inspiration from WP7. Ignore the fact it looks a bit like WP7 but look at the general idea of a simplified calendar and a simplified messaging area; it’s something I’ve been wanting on my iPhone for years.

It doesn’t try to be too fancy, too informative or too clunky; all it does is bring a clean snapshot into your day. Something Microsoft strived to deliver for years with the Today screen on Windows Mobile.

One of the more exciting parts of the iPhone and iPad family is the well designed and useful accessories that are built specifically for that. I don’t see that excitement in Android or WP7. Is the extensibility and popularity of iPad/iPhone/iPhone accessories a factor?

Android and WP7 diversity in terms of hardware is also its weakness, manufacturers need to invest a lot to build accessories for a broad range of devices. In the end they’ll just pick the most popular such as a HTC Desire or Xpera. Something like an iPhone is great to build for as you know your product is at least valid for a year.

He’s an an app from EZi APP that costs around $1,199.00AUD and all I can tell from the description is that it is used for generating reports. But from the screenshots it seems like someone has just fired up InterfaceBuilder and “crafted” something from generic tools; building something they think is worth a lot of money and then just releasing this ugly thing into the world.

Would you really pay over a thousand dollars just for some report generator? Especially for something where no trouble has gone into making the UITableView look like a thousand bucks.

I’m especially worried by any app that has 9 ratings, all with 5/5 stars.

Everyone wants to be like Apple.

Actually, the unveiling video is probably the best part of this weird scripted fake mess.

Been messing around with the new version of Pixelmator, really great app for OS X. I've been wanting to work on textured backgrounds as complements to iOS apps, so here is a first attempt at some texture.

(Designed for the iPhone 4/4S retina display)

This app is now one of my favourite apps, after being able to get me a taxi at two in the morning within 20 minutes. But this isn’t Windows 7, that much level of gloss on a iOS application can never look right. Maybe on Windows Mobile, not on iOS.