Category: iPhone
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Mobile contacts are a key mobile application battleground
This is a very interesting article about the importance of mobile phone contacts. Here is an excerpt but it is worth reading the whole article.
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Mobile advert income from different demographics
Flurry (every app developer’s best friend) has published a great article on mobile advertising. I don’t know whether this shows that teenagers are worth more or less than I expected. Since they are heavy communications users the page views will be large so perhaps they are the largest segment by market value.
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Getting the Most Out of QR Codes Using URI Schemes
A really interesting article on QR codes. I am not sure how many people ever actually use them. Certainly my HTC did not come with a bar code reader on it. One of my customers ran an ad with 20,000 copies and got 6 scans. But if you are willing to assume that your user…
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Accessible Software – the Consultant’s version
This my personal blog rather than my company blog. Professionally, I help organisations implement process changes, particularly in the areas of project and process management. The indulgence of a personal blog is that I can present my views in a more straightforward style however my last post drew negative comments from part of its intended…
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Accessible software – somebody pays
Today I went to the Londroid (London Android) Office RNIB Hackathon that was sponsored by Blue Via. The goal was to help app developers to learn more about the needs of blind people. This was a great event and I would like to thank everyone who made it possible and the kind people from the…
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Review of AppCircus at Techhub
Last night’s AppCircus event at was a good show. Very professional and well curated. Unfortunately I missed the deadline to speak but Keyapt SMS is listed in their app database. Some interesting apps were presented. The ones to watch are echoecho, a cross platform “find me” app and siine a semantically aware keyboard that changes…
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FlurryAgent.setUserID error
Flurry is an excellent tool for understanding how users are using your mobile application. Although they only have a few methods they have still managed to get an error in the documentation. FlurryAgent.setUserID(String) Should read FlurryAgent.setUserId(String) (keywords: Flurry bug, fail, error, documentation, token, compile, class name, method name)
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Londroid 16 Sep 2011 – 1.6 million downloads
The Londroid September meetup was a great success. Here is a quick review for people who could not make it. Kabbee – A marketplace for minicab journeys – Phil Makinson What is Kabbee? Kabbee is a price comparison and booking service for quality minicabs in Greater London. Very nice use of a smartphone. This is…
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Firefox maker moves towards a browser-free world • The Register
This is an interesting article about mobile, web and HTML5. Mobiles need ‘a strong infusion of Mozilla values’ via Firefox maker moves towards a browser-free world • The Register.
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Amazing statistics on smartphone usage in Europe
Following hot on the heels of the Vision Mobile report on the future of smartphone development comes a post from Flurry analytics. Flurry is installed by SmartPhone developers to monitor the usage of their applications. So successful has it been that they are installed on 85% of all smartphones and track over 15 Billion user…
Dr James Bayley 