Check-in services and apps aren’t something I am that interested in due to the fact I don’t use them and I don’t even know anyone who does. However, there’s an interesting article at retail touch points that has made me think again.

The article explains how check-in services have evolved to provide for smart (context sensitive) […]

There’s a recent article at Localytics that tries to prove that Android isn’t as fragmented as many think. Unfortunately, the article only considers OS builds and screen sizes and this isn’t the whole story.
My personal experience is that different screen sizes are actually less of an issue when solely developing for just smartphone or just […]

Canalys released their full year 2011 smartphone global sales stats last Friday. An amazing 488 million smartphone were shipped in 2011. While sales by individual companies are interesting, the table most useful for mobile developers is the split by platform…
 
Android now has more than double the market share of iOS. Symbian is dying fast. Windows […]

As companies develop more and more apps for their employees, customers and even suppliers it soon becomes problematic to control who has access to apps, updating them and gaining reporting information. In such cases it becomes prudent to have a custom ‘enterprise’ app store that…

Restricts which users can download what apps
Ensures a device has the […]

If you are developing an Android app, you might be wondering if it’s worth putting the app on app stores other than the Android Market. You might also question whether it’s worth developing an Amazon Fire specific app for the Amazon Market.
Ziggy’s Games has some answers to these questions based on downloads of their free […]

An area that has shown promise but limited success is that of cross-platform app generators. The majority rely on HTML and Javascript and, as such, the look and feel and performance (particularly scrolling) is inferior. I previously posted some tips that identified areas to think about when assessing app generators.
My personal belief is that it’s […]

Google has some new research performed by Ipsos on Mobile Internet & Smartphone Adoption (pdf). The research covers the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan.

Some interesting conclusions…

More consumers now use a mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone) than a computer (desktop or laptop) across all five countries.

The demographics of smartphone users are also shifting, […]