iPhone Application Sketch Book [Paperback]

Dean Kaplan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1430228237 | ISBN-13: 978-1430228233 | Publication Date: November 4, 2009 | Edition: 1

This sketch book makes it easy to centralize and organize your ideas, featuring 1.5x sized iPhone templates that include common elements such as the status bar, signal strength, and battery icons. Professionally printed on high-quality paper, it has a total of 150 gridded templates to draft ideas and doodle designs while providing ample room to make notes, and document the app name and screen name. This book is a must-have and an invaluable tool for bringing the next great iPhone app idea to life!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dean Kaplan is founder and owner of Kapsoft (1996), a technology consulting firm that specializes in software applications for engineering applications. Kapsoft is a member of the "Made for iPod, Works with iPhone" program and is currently deeply involved in new, exciting accessory development for the iPhone platform. Dean also writes a contemporary technology blog at DeanOnSoftware.com. You can also follow Dean on Twitter at @Kapsoft. Dean currently resides in Haverford, Pennsylvania; he received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering technology from Temple University in 1982.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (November 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430228237
• ISBN-13: 978-1430228233
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book for creating screen layouts but ..., March 3, 2011

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MartyTInOZ "Marty" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

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I like this book for what it is: a screen layout sketchbook; I've used those pages to design some of my more complicated screen navigations. The only caution I have for the uninformed is that you'll need access to a copy machine to make sure you have plenty of extra pages.

The only complaint I have about the book (and its synopsis here) is that it wasn't clear that there was not much instructional prose in it (i.e. that it is essentially just a sketch book with no real content to help with screen layout activities).

So, if you're already familiar with iPhone/iPad screen layout practices, then this book is fine, else, it's too thin to really help novice developers.

1.0 out of 5 stars Why is this on Kindle?, November 3, 2011

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D. Scott McDaniel "Twitter- @mcdev" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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I'm perhaps a little slow, but why exactly i this sketch book available for Kindle? It's nothing but blank pages with an iPhone template...

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite Useful, April 6, 2010

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Ryan L. Cross (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iPhone Application Sketch Book (Paperback)

Sure, you could print out your own iphone images and mark them up, and I'm nearly certain that some occasions might call for such a technique. BUt for situations in which you are wanting to detail what you KNOW a view should look like, and want to make extensive notes and drawings in the margins, this book is ideal for only $10!

I'm now waiting for the iPad version of this one.