Tag Archives: iPhone
Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development
October 18, 2010, by weimenglee
By now, you should already have heard of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. And while many developers are busy developing for Android and iPhone, Microsoft is hard at work, developing its killer mobile OS that could give the competitors a run for the money. Before you dismiss Microsoft as a serious contender in the mobile space, think again. The new OS is now a total rewrite of the older Windows Mobile platform, and sports many features that you have come to expect of a modern mobile operating system... Read More
Three lessons from Design For Mobile 2010 (Chicago) – an event report from Ian Homer, Bemoko
September 26, 2010, by mobiThinking
The next best thing to attending an excellent event is receiving a blow-by-blow report of the conference highlights. Ian Homer, director of services – and design guru - at mobile agency Bemoko, fills us in on lesson’s learned at last week’s Design for Mobile… It seems we missed an “inspirational conference”. • Also see this guide to mobile design with tips from the speakers at this event:... Read More
Why doesnt the Apple App Store give download figures? Would the truth be unAPPetizing? Know the facts
August 24, 2010, by mobiThinking
There’s no doubt that some companies do really well with download apps for smartphones. The question every potential app publisher should ask is: will we?... Read More
SMS Bubble UI in iPhone Apps
June 14, 2010, by weimenglee
Users of iPhone are no stranger to the built-in SMS application that displays your messages using cute little bubbles (see Figure 1). However, this innovative UI feature is not exposed to the iPhone developers - you have to create it yourself if you want to have the same look-and-feel of the SMS application. Creating this UI - which I will call the Bubble UI, allow you to represent information in a conversational style. A good application of this is when you are creating a chat application. Messages exchanged between two persons can be shown in message bubbles... Read More
FTC allows Google to purchase AdMob, but the investigation contributes little to collective understanding of the mobile
May 28, 2010, by mobiThinking
With so much media attention on the Google/AdMob investigation, you might expect the FTC to go to some lengths to justify its conclusion that Google's US$750 million purchase of AdMob should go ahead. After all, it believes these networks to be number one and two (that's news, by the way). The hope was that in explaining itself, the FTC statement might help to shed some light on the emerging market of mobile ad networks... Read More
