Mobile Orchard Podcast

In April the number of third-party apps downloaded/installed by iPhone/iPod touch users surpassed one billion. The billionth app installed: Bump, an app lets you swap business cards by bumping two iPhones together. In this interview, we talk with David Lieb and Andy Huibers — the team behind Bump — about how the app works, the boost created by being the billionth app and the steps that preceded this success.

Joe Hewitt is best known as the creator of Firebug. For more then the last year, though, he’s been heads down in iPhone land. In this interview, we talk about creating the Facebook’s iPhone application and his most recent work: the Three20 project and FaceBook Connect for iPhone. Three20 is an expansive, open-source collection of UI components and HTTP/web inspired architectural elements. Facebook Connect for iPhone allows apps to access Facebook friend lists, publish items and update statuses.