An Experiment in BlackBerry Development: Lessons Learned Writing PodTrapper
This article attempts to relay my experiences and lessons learned in the making of PodTrapper, my first mobile application for BlackBerry. It will cover
Architecture, Scalability, Web, Mobility, Synchronization
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Liked "iPhone Dev Sessions: Create a Drum App"
via theappleblog.com
And do not forget to also checkout the free iPhone development course offered by Stanford.
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Size addict? Look at some mobile screen size trends
What is pretty clear is the trend towards widescreen and landscape orientation for high-end phones. QVGA and larger phones are getting automatic screen rotation. Landscape is often preferred for media consumption and handheld movie consumption has been "promising" for quite some time.
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Nowadays mobile world require true innovators
In the current mobile world, the conditions are changing. Yesterday's experience is not anymore valid, and tomorrow's success will only come from companies truly innovating. But this will require real transformation from the current players. Five hundred years ago, Machiavelli recognized this difficulty in The Prince:
It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. This coolness arises partly from the fear of the opponents, who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of men, who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them.
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A list of dead simple reminder and event services
Text messages reminder: http://www.ohdontforget.com/
Email reminder: http://3mindme.com/
Multi targets reminder: http://remindr.info/
Other pretty simple reminders:
Event Scheduling:
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iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers
The rush to develop iPhone applications is blinding Silicon Valley software developers to other platforms with potentially wide global audiences, most notably Nokia’s Ovi Store.
via venturebeat.com
It is not about devotion, it's simply about ROI, for at least small dev shop, with the simplicity of developing, testing, and publishing an iPhone app. Which is not as painful (tools, complex OS, etc.), including an expensive certification (including for Java apps), as it is currently on the other mobile platforms (except Android).
Update 1: A developer viewpoint on the iPhone devotion recent discussion. I think that Mike is spot-on.
Update 2: VentureBeat is adding more to this heated conversation with a followup post aiming directly at Nokia, and a guest post by an AdMob VP.
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LBS developers and their favorite mobile platforms...hmmmm, Palm & Symbian not that much!
I did not find out if the survey was only with US based developers or worldwide, as Symbian has a better follow-up outside of the US.
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Google + Java = Mobile + Widget + Web + Server - Sys Admin
Now with one language (Java) a mom 'n pop shop can develop:
- a native mobile app (Android + Davlik)
- a web app or widget (GAE Java + GWT)
- a backend server (GAE Java and all the GAE goodies)
And no need for a sys admin or even a complex cloud deployment on EC2 or like!!
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Free Stanford course on developing iPhone software
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/april1/free-iphone-software-development-course-apple-040109.html
Update 1: checkout this post from TheAppleBlog on developing a complete iPhone app.
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