Posts Tagged ‘Android’

It is no secret that the current mobile revolution is primarily consumer driven. iOS and Android devices made inroads in the consumer market first and consequently enterprises felt the push from their employees. However, the enterprise mobile apps present a huge opportunity to learn from the consumer app experience by focusing on making employees more […]

In a recent webcast, Amir Nathoo of Trigger.io and Tim Anglade of Apigee examined the tradeoffs of building HTML5 versus native mobile apps. It was a good overview and introduction to what is HTML5 based hybrid apps all about. Towards the end of the webinar, there was a discussion around the controversies surrounding such a hybrid approach. […]

Recently, my mother-in-law decided to abandon her desktop personal computer/cellular datacard, trading it in for an iPhone as her main vehicle to stay in touch with relatives and to surf the web. Her decision was reinforced by the end of 3rd quarter mobile smartphone sales with mobile research sites reporting how the huge growth in […]

IBM recently published a new presentation on their mobile strategy for social businesses.  This presentation is a comprehensive look at the available IBM mobile technologies across their broad spectrum of systems, including WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes, Domino, IBM Connections, Sametime, Sterling Commerce, Cognos and Coremetrics. IBM has a three prong strategy when it comes to […]

I recently came across an article from a local newspaper where a man had lost his iPhone and Blackberry. Using a couple of applications, he was able to track his phones to the next block neighbour. Involving the local police, the man went to the neighbor’s house and asked for the phones to be returned […]

From Desktops to Mobile and Smart Phones – Lessons Learned This session at Lotusphere 2012 was presented by Usman Memonand focused on lessons learned and best practices many organizations face today when moving to mobile platforms.  Some of the key lessons learned are highlighted here. Development Approaches and Considerations Users are attempting to access your […]

Someone at Google Android must be reading my blog.  Seriously though, Google just announced a website focused on aiding developers in the creation of smartphone applications for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).  The website will focus on features, design suggestions and approaches to different issues in Android  application development. This website will augment the current […]

One of the areas where the iPhone/iPad has trumped the Android platform is in the area of good UI design standards.  Apple has an entire website devoted to human interface guidelines for the iOS platform.  I would not be the only Android developer who has relied on the Apple guidelines in the development of a […]

After being pelted with all of the news of the Apple iPhone 4s, Androidians™ finally have a reason to smile. Google debuted Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich”) last week at the rollout of the Samsung  Galaxy Nexus in Hong Kong. Android 4 is the first unified version for tablets and smart phones. Android smartphone developers […]

The much heralded Amazon Android-based tablet, the Kindle Fire, has now been released and much was made in its pre-release state on how it was going to be the next iPad killer, titles previously held by the Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.  Now that the device has seen the light of day, is […]

Categorize this under the funniest article I’ve seen in a while.  eWeek posted an article about the tablets that should die.  Some you may never have heard of but some are really well known.  When I read the list and then thought of popular tablets, it seems like the only tablet NOT on the list […]

As Perry Hoekstra pointed out in his post ‘Forget the Apple Tax, how about an Android Discount?’ the tablet market is currently dominated by the Apple iPad, despite several Android competitors such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab or the Motorola Xoom. Perry commented on the current state of tablet competition: In Marketing 101, when you have […]