11 Tips for Mobile Software Development

More than 99 million smartphones shipped in just the first quarter of this year, says analyst firm IDC. Many of them are winding up in the hands of business users, including your employees and business partners. That trend means, sooner or later, you’ll have to develop smartphone apps. Here are 11 tips:

1. Track market shares.
It’s critical to keep up with trends in smartphone platforms, where the only constant is change. Sure, BlackBerry has long been synonymous with business, but it now lags both Android and Apple’s iOS in the race for market share, which affects what your company uses. In fact, Android is a case study in how quickly a platform’s fortunes can change: Between late 2009 and late 2010, Android’s market share grew 615 percent -- enough to leapfrog into first place, says analyst firm Canalys.

LG Optimus 3D: Tri-dual

LG Electronics (LG) today officially launched the long-awaited LG Optimus 3D, an innovative new smartphone featuring second generation dual core technology and an advanced "Tri-Dual" architecture. First unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona in February, the LG Optimus 3D offers a full 3D experience -- recording, viewing, sharing -- in a smartphone form factor.

The LG Optimus 3D takes the smartphone experience into new territory with its Tri-Dual configuration -- dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory -- which allows for improved performance when multi-tasking, enjoying a movie or playing graphicsintensive games. This LG smartphone is also a major step forward in the utilization of full 3D functionality in everyday life - users can record and immediately view content in 3D without the need for special glasses.

iPad + Kinnect = Augmented Reality

According to Apple this is the year of the iPhone 2, for many of us there is no doubt about it. However, the tablet is not the only technological character of our time, because it must share the stage with other products that are making a breakthrough regarding interactions with electronic devices. Augmented reality, the three dimensions and Kinect are other geek device working to be kings of the universe today. What if they all join in a single experiment?

Droid vs iOS

Technology history has always been full of constant friction between users of different platforms, programming languages​​, operating systems, etc. And mobile technology has no exception, and is currently users of iOS and Android keep a dispute "according to each" who owns the best and most popular mobile operating system at the time.

We can see those discussions on forums, social networks, websites, always favor some comments about the other carrying the stereotypes of each and making a mockery of the weaknesses of each operating system. But really what does it say the operating system you use you? This is what we try to solve the following graphics by Hunch.

Tim Cook Letter

Team:

I am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as CEO of the most innovative company in the world. Joining Apple was the best decision I’ve ever made and it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work for Apple and Steve for over 13 years. I share Steve’s optimism for Apple’s bright future.

Steve has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, as well as to the entire executive team and our amazing employees. We are really looking forward to Steve’s ongoing guidance and inspiration as our Chairman.

iPhone Evolution Infograph

How many iPhone have you had?? Well if you haven't known its characteristics, it is a good time reveal that hidden secret, realize why iPhone 4 blows away the quite old original iPhone.

All is explained within this infograph from Into Mobile

PSP Vita

Everything is pointing out that PSP vita will be released before the year ends, meanwhile we can read its confirmed tech specs that Sony announced in an interview.

Well, the data have come at last, there is no going back and unless you have the following technical data are accurate for PlayStation Vita when it lands in the Japanese market before the end of the year and shortly afterwards the rest of the globe. It seems that for once in this generation the price itself will be well below what it really delivers.

Motorola Mobility

Dear MOTODEV member,

Today, Google and Motorola Mobility have announced their intention to enter an agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility. This is a positive step in Motorola Mobility's evolution and exciting news for the Android ecosystem.

As you know, Motorola Mobility has played a leading role in the advancement of the Android platform globally. With Google, we plan to continue to build upon our 80-year history of technology innovation and take Motorola Mobility's cutting-edge products and solutions to the next level.

What can you expect to earn in the Valley??

Silicon Valley, the Mecca of technology companies, dream (often unattainable to many outside EUA) to any developer worth himself. Well, the infographic shows interesting facts about what's happening in this valley near San Francisco.

To begin to bring the piece highlighted on the title, the salaries of the superstars of the engineering of software in large enterprises: from Google's $180,000US to the modest Twitter's 125,000US pays... Whom was a brainiac!!

Android History Infographic

Although I love to Android, being a developer is very hard. Especially the issue of OS versions. Luckily a while now have settled down and only new versions of the systems will every 6 months minimum, respecting a development cycle much more mature.

The first version of Android (Android 1.0) was born in September 2008 and, like many analysts said, was still not cooked enough to be marketed. But we had to do it, Google wanted to show he had a mobile operating system that would reach a large number of users with integrated services.

Facial Recognition for PSP Vita

Many technologies will be embebed with the release of the new portable of Sony: the PSP Vita. They had made a technical presentation of what is to come with the from and rear cameras included on the device, both also capable of video conferencing.

But words are meaningless without a video to show how they will work:

PunkThis, ARM MicroComputer

The vast majority of us will have a free SATA port on a PC. If you are on a laptop, that might be something more complicated, but also viable. Why do I ask this? Because Android could you have a computer within your current team.

PunkThis is the name of a computer ARM is integrated into a SATA 2.5-inch bay. That is, it occupies the same as a hard drive of that size and includes an ARM processor 1 GHz (Texas Instruments OMAP DM3730), 512 MB ​​of RAM, WiFi, a couple of USB and a mini PCIe slot as standard connection for external storage. So, here is a small video of the strange device.