Tag Archives: Apps
Carnival of the Mobilists #271 goes OTT with the best mobile blogs on VOIP, IM, handsets, icons, m-retail and app stores galore
May 15, 2012, by mobiThinking
Welcome to the Carnival of the Mobilists. This week mobiThinking hosts the itinerant round up of the best mobile blogs of the week. This week’s eclectic mix covers over-the-top (OTT) services (e.g. VOIP, IM, social media); iconic or irrelevant icons (those little clickable images on your home screen); iPhone wannabes v handset innovation; Pintrest for mobile marketers; device detection and m-commerce; and 70+ app stores. OTT providers v Operators... Read More
Wow a competition promoting Web apps – and from a handset manufacturer – how times are a changing
April 19, 2012, by mobiThinking
As part of its “Connecting the next billion” initiative, Nokia is running a competition where developers can enter their Web apps (as many as they like) – yes that’s web-based mobile apps – for a chance to win mobile handsets and get your app published and promoted in the Nokia Store... Read More
What you can learn from the FT Web app: interview with Steve Pinches
March 23, 2012, by mobiThinking
The Financial Times newspaper bucked the trend towards native apps, with a Web-based mobile application. The FT Web app proves once and for all that you can write apps every bit as good as native apps, using HTML5 – the standard language of the Web – rather than having to develop each app in the unique language of each smartphone platform. While its competitors surrender their right to know their subscribers and a third of their revenues to app stores, the FT retains full control... Read More
Future of the Mobile Web Whitepaper
February 23, 2012, by Martin Clancy
We're very happy to publish this paper arising from the The Future of the Mobile Web event held at the Dublin Convention Centre in January 2012. We covered a lot of ground and the paper is a serious attempt to capture all the topics covered from HTML5 to responsive design to device detection and many others. We found it to be a very worthwhile process to listen, validate our ideas and learn from others in the process of writing it. We hope it is useful to a wider readership also... Read More
The cost of promoting apps continues to rise, but has Apples iAd been missing out on the app-promotion gravy train?
February 16, 2012, by mobiThinking
Apple’s iAd pricing is now 10 percent of launch price. Advertisers are no longer double-charged. Developers get a better share. What took Apple so long to see reason?... Read More
