The Mobile Developer Show: Recent Episodes
Drew Wells
The Mobile Developer Show
Notes for show #1, 11-7-2010
- Intomobile.com reports that Gingerbread, Android OS version 2.3, will launch this week on November 11.
- Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg has a post listing some 30 tablets that are either already released or coming by year end.
- 30 Tablets in Q4 2010: packed train arriving at empty station
- Community Tablet Release Chart from Reddit users
- Wikipedia Comparison of Android Devices
- Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder’s article on “Building Killer Android Tablet Apps: Design and Development Tips”
- Casmir Saternos blog post on Apple iOS App Store acceptance time.
- Amazon just reduced S3 storage prices up to 19%.
- Link to the new Facebook Places API
- Kara Swisher wrote a great rebuttal to “iPad is not Mobile” on All Things D.
- David Anson from Microsoft just published the second iteration of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit and it adds 4 more controls for enhancing your Windows Phone apps.
- Tim Bray, Google, lays out 3 rules for Android mobile development that he’s “increasingly convinced” should apply to all software.
- The Mobile Developer Show is brought to you by Falafel Software, expert, US based development, consulting and training services for Microsoft-based technologies and iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Check out www.falafel.com for more info.
- Are you working on tools that help other developers deliver great business applications? Falafel is looking for some great teams to invest in. Ping us if you would like to talk about working together. Send email to drew@falafel.com.
- Horace Dediu, market analyst, explains why Apple has not lost smartphone market share.
- Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 beat Google’s Android in a head to head comparison.
- Modny73.com has a list of 42 websites with a “vivid” mobile design.
- 48% of the IT managers surveyed say they’ll continue to use Windows XP after 2014 when Microsoft support ends. (Survey source)
Thanks for checking out the Mobile Developer Show. Please email me at drew@falafel.com with your comments and suggestions.
Fresh mobile developer news and links then it's Android vs Apple again with new numbers from Gartner. Why don't the numbers add up?
The Mobile Developer Show #2 Android vs Apple
Mobile Developer Show # 2 for Nov 15, 2010
Show Notes:
My Android development income report
http://www.kreci.net/reports/android-developer-income-report/
Discussion on Hacker News:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1882307
UI Guidelines for mobile and table web app design
http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/ui-guidelines-mobile-tablet-design
Using Fiddler to sniff mobile device application traffic
http://www.diaryofaninja.com/blog/2010/11/09/using-fiddler-to-sniff-mobile-device-application-traffic
Ask Hacker News: Bypass apps and go straight to HTML5?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903074
Less Framework - Grid based CSS with inline queries for mobile/ipad/desktop
http://lessframework.com/
Optimize your website for iPhone in 10 minutes. (sahillavingia.com)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1902347
One third of top-grossing iPhone apps are free
http://gigaom.com/2010/11/10/one-third-of-top-grossing-iphone-apps-are-free/
Objective-C, iPhone beginner programming books
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1899490
Nvidia CEO: Next-gen Android tablets will be 'magical'
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/nvidia-ceo-next-gen-android-tablets-will-be-magical/41575
The Art of Not - Rands In Repose
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2010/11/12/the_art_of_not.html
Android Sync App Tutorial - Open Mobster
http://code.google.com/p/openmobster/wiki/AndroidSyncApp
Open Mobster overview
http://openmobster.blogspot.com/2010/01/openmobster-mobile-cloud-platform-find.html
My Default.png dilemma (Instapaper)
http://www.marco.org/1548306059
Discussion on Hacker News
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1896389
LiMobile - Linux applicance for iOS app development
http://en.opensuse.org/User:Cabelo/LiMobile
Li Mobile Demo video
http://lizards.opensuse.org/2010/11/07/limobile-linux-sdk-for-mobiles-apple/
This show is brought to you by Falafel Software, expert, US based development, consulting and training services for Microsoft-based technologies and iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
www.falafel.com
Are you working on tools that help other developers deliver great business applications? Falafel is looking for great teams to invest in. Ping us if you would like to talk about working together. Email drew@falafel.com
jQuery Mobile Alpha 2 Released
http://jquerymobile.com/2010/11/jquery-mobile-alpha-2-released/
Creating a Simple App Using jQuery Mobile
http://devgrow.com/mobile-web-dev-using-jquery-mobile/
Greg Peters, Netflix product manager, explains Android delays.
http://blog.netflix.com/2010/11/netflix-on-android.html
GigaOm: Next Up for Netflix: Android Phones and Tablets?
http://gigaom.com/video/next-up-for-netflix-android-phones-and-tablets/
Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Grew 35 Percent in Third Quarter 2010; Smartphone Sales Increased 96 Percent
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1466313
Why are Gartner and IDC so far apart on mobile phone market estimates?
http://www.asymco.com/2010/11/11/20-vs-33-for-others-why-are-gartner-and-idc-so-far-apart-on-mobile-phone-market-estimates/
Android Rapidly Gaining Usage Share, but Still Lags Far Behind iOS
http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&qpcustom=iOS,Android&sample=38
Mobile web browser usage statistics - search engines, devices
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/articles/mobile-web-browser-usage-statistics.php
Operating System Market Shares
http://ilari.scheinin.fidisk.fi/market-shares/
What Your Smartphone Says About Your Spending
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/11/05/what-your-smartphone-says-about-your-spending/
This iPhone with 58-inch Capacitive Multi-touch Screen Changes Everything, Big Time ! [VIDEO]
http://www.redmondpie.com/this-iphone-with-58-inch-capacitive-multi-touch-screen-changes-everything-big-time-video/
Labyrinth 2 on Table Connect for iPhone
http://iphonetable.blogspot.com/2010/11/labyrinth-2-on-table-connect-for-iphone.html
Thanks for listening to the Mobile Developer Show. Please email me at drew@falafel.com with your comments and suggestions. See you next week.