Best iOS 4 ready apps for your iPhone 4
Jun 28, 2010 News
The new OS the iOS4 whichcomes up with the new iPhone4 brings new capabilities to the device and also brings in new apps, the reason why updates are being made to the apps is the new multitasking capabilities which will make use of new API’s and thus the iPhone application developers need to make necessary changes to the codes , so that the apps can multitask , if these changes are not made tha apps will run fine but will not be multitasking capable.
iPhone users are pretty excited about the new multitasking enabled platform , so are the iPhone developers who are creating the apps accordingly or have already created and submitted to App Store .Few of the iPhone apps which were submitted by iPhone developers last month have already been approved and ready for download over the App Store , while other iPhone developers are waiting approval , and few other iPhone application developers are busy creating apps .
The Multitasking is not same as may perceive , they aren’t running all their functions in background , instead Apple allows third party apps to only perform certain functions in the background , because a app using maximum resources at the back end will be a great battery disaster , I mean it will leave your phone dead by the time the sun sets and you plan to open your Evernote app to check what all things you planned to cover by the end of the day . The multitasking in iPhone or iPod just saves the state of the app and sets it in the background , a kind of pause to the game you were playing , once done open the multitasking bar and switch to the app directly and resume from where you were . This is implemented to save battery and CPU resources and also saves user time if the iPhone app developers make it iOS 4 ready .
So far the best iOS4 ready apps out on the App Store are :-
Evernote – – – – – - - – – – DropBox – – – – – – – – Zagat To Go
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Pandora Twitterrific 3 Navigon
Foursquare – - – - - - LinkedIn – - - - - - - Loopt
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NY Times – – – – - How To Cook Everything
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So far these were the best apps , even more are expected to come very soon , iPhone app developers are looking ahead to get their apps ready for the iOS 4 platform as soon as possible .
These changes are definitely going to be a boon for iPhone application development , bringing in more colors to the iPhone 4.0 .
Tags: best iphone applications, iphone applications, iPhone apps
Top 5 iPhone Business Apps
Jun 28, 2010 News
There was a survey conducted which depicted that around 70 % of jobs found were through networking, and business professionals are looking out for tools to improve their networking skills. There are a number of business apps available on the App Store which are increasing in numbers day by day and this make iPhone a great portable toolkit for business professionals.
It’s very time consuming to figure out the best app out there so here are the best iPhone business apps of the month-
This app allows anyone to find nearby events and RVSP from their very own iPhone, it is also useful to browse friends events and view own upcoming events . The app relies on Yahoo Upcoming a social event calendar system to supply nearby information on event data.
Based on the same back end which serves LinkedIn mobile, LinkedIn iPhone App provides users with a quicker response and more features; basically the complete mobile experience for professional networkers.
This app is designed to help people meet in middle. Here you input your location and your friends and the app locates a suitable venue in the middle. There are also options to narrow searches by venue type and also can be saved as favorite for future use. Through app there is an option to email directions to yourself as well as your friend.
The latest WorldCard Mobile iPhone Version allows your business card capturing and recognizing through 3GS iPhone. Meanwhile it automatically sorts recognized information by name, company, position, address, phone number, email address and other fields. Then it exports information to the address book on iPhone effectively. No more to enter any information manually.
Worldcard Mobile provides you the ability to save info found on a business card directly into your iPhone Contacts. OCR technology saves the info as searchable text in the language of your choice under the card’s image. Worldcard Contacts enhances your ability to browse contacts in smart ways (custom groups, images, etc) and make a phone calls/send SMS/ and Search Maps directly.
Trying to keep track of interactions with clients, customers, colleagues, and friends is one of the routine challenges facing business people, and others. When exactly was that last phone call? What did you speak about? Can you track down the e-mail you sent a few months ago? Contacts Journal is a lightweight CRM application from Zaal that aims to help with the task of collecting and tracking phone calls, e-mails, text messages, “to-dos” and favors given and received.
Contacts Journal distinguishes itself from similar apps with its inexpensive price tag and simplicity of operation. A free version of the app, Contacts Journal Lite, allows you to try things out with support for a limited number of log entries.
Android phone controlling a robot
Jun 28, 2010 Uncategorized
Have heard about parrot , the Wi-Fi Quadricopter which is controlled by iPhone ,so are the innovations in Androids , Android application development is getting powerful these days , android developers are developing apps which can perform things you never dreamt of such is the case of an Android robot operated by HTC Magic Android phone , one of the Android developer-hacker moded his HTC magic to control the Android robot .
Check out the pic and the short video clip below which shows the robot actually controlled by the Android developer .
The pain point for Mobile application developers
Jun 28, 2010 Mobile Development
Being a developer I want to ask a question to other fellow developer what’s the biggest pain point in Mobile Application development ?
Design? Development? Testing? Distribution ? Marketing? Launch? Ongoing support? Porting to Multiple platforms ?
A similar question was covered in a survey. Appcelerator surveyed 2,733 of its 51,000+ developers from June 15-17, 2010, a nearly three-fold increase in response from March 2010 developer survey. The six major OS platforms and respective application developers were interviewed : Apple (iOS), Google (Android), Palm/HP (webOS), Microsoft (Phone 7), Nokia (Symbian/Meego) and RIM (BlackBerry).
Ongoing Support, Distribution and Launch are the least troublesome things for a developer accounting for 3.2 % , 2.4 % ,2% respectively .
While ‘Development’ accounting for about 21% is the second most troublesome step for a developer followed by Testing and Design both account for 15% each, While marketing accounted for 9.7% .
So what’s the number one developer pain point , yes of course Cross-Platform development , porting apps to multiple platforms has turned to be the biggest trouble for any application developer who wishes to release his product on multiple platforms .
Meanwhile there are many Cross- platforming programs coming in the market but none stand to the mark let’s see more about app development with release of such products in market .
Android Development Stats : Android the second most preferred platform by application developer’s
Jun 28, 2010 Mobile Development
iPhone is presently the most favored platform by mobile Application developers , followed by Android , Blackberry , Windows and Symbian according to a survey conducted by Appcelerator .
Mobile application developers have a higher degree of inclination towards the iOS 4 ( previously the iPhone OS ) for the iPhone and iPad , developers consider iOS a hot opportunity rather than other OS’s . The iOS is rated top in seven out of ten categories including best app store , best devices , biggest market for consumer and best near term outlook .
While the Android OS was placed on second spot for all these categories also placed top for other three categories Most capable platform , most ‘open’ platform , best long term outlook . Application developers feel that the Android has got higher potential with its open Operating system , which not only capable of running phones but can be used in tablets , TV’s , Set Top boxes , Cars and places where micro-computers are used .
Mobile application developers said they were most interested in iPhone application development ( 90%) followed by iPad application development (84 %) , Android application development for Phones(81%) and Android application development for Tablets (62%) .
There’s an interesting fact in these numbers ,while the interest in iPhone application development goes up by only 3 % the interest in Android application development stays is constant , while there is huge increase in developers interest in iPad application development from 53% to 84% , similarly is the interest for Android application development on Tablets which has given a good response despite the fact that there are no Android tablets in the market at the present .
So the question is where did this growth in iPad and Android Tablet development comes from ? The severe fall in developer interests in Blackberry development (34 %) , Windows Mo (27 %) , Symbian (15%) , even with the acquisition of Palm by HP it could only gather 13 % interest from mobile application developers , though HP can bring a significant change in these numbers if it plans to plant WebOS in good number of devices .
Tags: Android Development, developers, iphone development, Mobile Development
Android Developers get the Android 2.2 Source Code now
Jun 28, 2010 Android Development
Google has released the Android 2.2 Source Code to Android application developers which is about to release , as every major Android OS update carries a code name , so does this and is called “Froyo” which is the 7th release of Android since 1.0 and will be the next official update . Andy Rubin revealed the news during Droid X event , Andy Rubin said “We just open-sourced it today. That’s when everybody says, ‘Go!’. That just happened today” and now Android developers can download the source code freely.
Since the source code has just been released , Android 2.2 may take several months to come along some devices . Rumors had suggested the Droid X might ship with Android 2.2, but it will launch with Android 2.1 and receive an over the air update in “late summer”.
Several new API and services have been introduced like data backup API’s , also a Dalvik JIT compiler which improves overall CPU bound code performance by 2-5 times when compared to 2.1 version . It also includes better support for enterprise capabilities like Exchange account auto discovery and calendar sync , global address list look up and remote wipe .
It also has a “faster, more powerful” web browser that includes the V8 Javascript engine, resulting in a three times improvement in Javascript speeds and the ability to send Android Application Error reports.
Users of Nexus One get few additional features including ability to turn their Nexus One into Wi-Fi hotspot and share internet with upto eight devices .
Phones that are expected to receive Android 2.2 include the
Motorola Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, Motorla Droid, Motorola Milestone,
Dell Streak,
Google Nexus One,
HTC EVO, HTC Incredible, HTC Desire,
Samsung Galaxy S,
myTouch 3G, myTouch 3G Slide, and others.
Tags: Android developer news, Android Development, android news, android OS
When would Flash come to Palm : A question for Palm
Jun 23, 2010 News
The webinar that Palm conducted past week addressed application development on webOS platform . A question that arose was when is Flash going to come to WebOS platform . Android has already received a beta version for flash , but what about WebOS . When the WebOS 1.4 rolled out in Feb it included Flash support , all that it needed was the flash plugin which is yet not out . Palm had no answers for the continuing delay of this plugin from Adobe , all it could answer was “we don’t know what the hold-up is.” One really dos wonder how wise it to make big promises that are heavily dependent on third parties .
WebOs with flash would be a great platform mobile development , but the question here is when is flash going to be integrated in this platform .
Good news for users and developers : Half price sale
Jun 23, 2010 News
In the webinar held by Palm and AT&T for developers on Thursday , they announced a good deal for WebOS users , the deal is a half price sale on the entire WebOS catalog .
Even from Developer point of view it works well , Palm will subsidide the sale so that developers will get paid the same amount originally the was maked for .
The sale may be seen around June 21st – July 9th , exact dates will be announced soon after confirmation . WebOS users keep a watch on the Web Catalog for price falls and keep your credit card ready for action .
Tags: WebOS, webOS apps, webos development
Track you bus stops , never a miss a bus again with WinMo7
Jun 23, 2010 News
Now you will never miss a bus , with the GPS service on your Win Mobile . You can track a bus location or the next bus availability time , the map view display nearby bus timings easily , and you can track a bus stop according to for next bus time and plan accordingly for it .
You can easily locate bus stops near you clicking on the stop automatically takes you to the bus stop location on the map , you can also add favorites and track buses on your favorite location . It’s a great service for people who prefer to travel by bus . You can also color code the routes which are favorite .The arrows show the real time direction of the bus and location.
This is a great application from windows mobile app developers and an every bus user may need in day to day life .
Tags: apps, mobile news, Windows Mobile 7, Windows Phone 7 Series
Flash Drives and other phones turn into slaves with the Nokia N8 USB On-The-Go
Jun 2, 2010 News
Yes , you can read a Flash drive through your Nokia N8’s USB On-the-Go not only flash drives but also other phones , its really interesting to see this stuff and its like a USB hard disk for your phone . This turns your device into a host controller and the Pen drive or Phone whatever used works as a slave , you can read , write and edit files through your phone , this gives you a chance to have unlimited capacity of storage on your N8 as long as you got a pocket full of USB sticks and a micro-USB to USB adapter cord .
There’s a video below check it out , it basically shows how the N8 is being connected to a Flash drive and another Nokia phone , and just browse through the external memory as you do while you check your internal storage . N8 is still a month away from its release, still we have a YouTube video
Do you need this feature on your handset ? Or you are happy with the good old ways of connecting Storage devices . How helpful would this be from mobile developer point of view ?
Tags: Nokia
