Mobile Applications

Not All Mobile Applications Are Created Equal

And therefore do not require the same metrics.  Of course if you are developer for-fun as opposed to a for-profit one you may note be too concerned about this.  However you will never know where and how to improve something unless you measure it.  If you measure there is a better chance of understanding how [...]

October 3, 2009 Read the full article →

Making Sense of Mobile Application Development

My plan was to compile all the excellent feedback received here and in other places on the debate whether it is best to develop mobile applications for the browser or native to the device (platform).  I gave you a glimpse into my preference a few weeks ago with the teaser called -  Mobile Application Development: [...]

September 29, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Search Now With Video – YellowPages.ca iPhone App Updated

Yellowpages.ca issued a press release this morning announcing a sweet update to their iPhone application: New Version of YellowPages.ca™ Mobile Search Application for the iPhone™ puts Video in the Palm of your Hands (links and pictures below). Yellow Pages Group (YPG)(TSX:YLO.UN) launches a new version of its popular YellowPages.caTM local search application for the Apple [...]

September 17, 2009 Read the full article →

App Store Market Data (from AppsFire)

The mobile service AppsFire released some interesting numbers recently, which are provided for you down at the bottom.  Before the numbers first a brief explanation of what AppsFire is: AppsFire allows you to share with your friends your lists of favorite iPhone Apps. All you have to do is download and install AppsFire app on [...]

September 9, 2009 Read the full article →

Investment in the Silicon Valley Mobile Industry

Mobile Monday Silicon Valley examined investment trends (venture capital funding and acquisitions) in the mobile industry covering 166 companies headquartered in Silicon Valley and San Francisco over a period of 19 years with an emphasis on the past decade. What can we learn from it?  There is money in mobile!  Okay, so you already knew [...]

August 29, 2009 Read the full article →

Made in Quebec Mobile Applications

The original article is in French, and you can find it here – ‘Applications mobiles «made in Québec».’  But since we are nice here at the Mobile Strategy Blog I am providing you with an English translation as well which you can find here. I have fixed the translation (a little bit) and give you [...]

July 17, 2009 Read the full article →

Don’t Ignore the Palm Pre

Perhaps I should write a long article giving you my reasons.  But for now I will simply point you to this small post by Virtuate on Mobile Medical Application Searches.  Or better yet, I can summarize it for you with a quote: … due to Palm’s history with physicians I think developers and mobile health [...]

July 10, 2009 Read the full article →

Collection of tiny mobile apps for your iPhone (or my Personalized Enterprise Gateway)

New to me … but probably old to you (remember I don’t use an iPhone in everyday life).  It took me back to some of the projects I have worked on before and the ever present need of providing relevant information to our mobile users/workers. So today I bumped into Leaflets – Leaflets are small, [...]

June 30, 2009 Read the full article →

Everyone is an expert…

… and most are almost always wrong. A friend sent me an email a few hours ago with the following subject: “stupid analysis.”  Thankfully he wasn’t referring to me but to someone referenced in this article over at Electronista. The claim which seems to upset people is the following… “BlackBerry could be a loser in [...]

June 19, 2009 Read the full article →

Moving Beyond Wireless Enablement (Canada)

SAP sponsored an IDC White Paper available for download here. This report analyzes Canadian organizations’ readiness to incorporate mobility into their enterprise application strategy.  IDC’s data on current and future adoption of mobile solutions indicates that the majority of organizations have wirelessly enabled their workforce, but have not yet begun to embrace mobilization. The distinction [...]

May 22, 2009 Read the full article →

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