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mattpon Phil Schiller Responds to App Store Dictionary Censoring

As of July 26th, it looks likes promo codes have been allowed again for 17+ apps.

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/26/update-promo-codes-are-now-al...

mattp on Turn boring HTML checkboxes into iPhone toggle switches

I agree that we shouldn't automatically copy and past UI elements from one platform to every other, unless they present real usability benefits to those other platforms.
But one benefit I can see is that these switches increase the target area, which I've always found to be somewhat small with checkboxes and radio buttons...

mattp on IPhone Sudoku Grab

Agreed, in theory, but Amazon changed the TOS of their API to limit/disallow third-party access to its data from mobile devices:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-a...