Archive for the ‘Mobile’ Category

Android on the move, gets Facebook respect

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Facebook announced its new SDK for Android developers today. One of our developers was at Google I/O last week where Facebook was showing a developer preview.

Up until now the ways to integrate Facebook into Android applications were hacks that weren’t officially supported by Facebook. But in a nod to the fast-growing popularity of [...]

Mobile Data Aggregation, South Africa style

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The New York Times has an article about Ushahidi, a platform for aggregating data and plotting it on a map.  Ushahidi was created by a Kenyan lawyer after the violence that followed the 2007 Kenya election.

The site collected user-generated cellphone reports of riots, stranded refugees, rapes and deaths and plotted them on [...]

Android users: 73% male

Friday, March 5th, 2010

It looks like Android users are overwhelmingly guys (73%!):

Got an Android phone? You’re probably a man

Are most early adopters men or is it something inherent to the platform?

Here are some more mobile stats: AdMob Mobile Stats January 2010

Tutorial: Making your WordPress blog Android and iPhone friendly

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Good tutorial by the Android and Me guys about making your WordPress blog Android and iPhone friendly. Includes code samples and information about mobile detection, viewports and tips and tricks on resizing images properly.

Tutorial: Making your WordPress blog Android and iPhone friendly – Android and Me.

Android market share up, again

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

comScore’s December 2009 report on Mobile Market share shows Android is at 5.2% (up 2.7 from September).  Apple continues to grow, while RIM, Microsoft, and Palm all dropped.  While still last among the five, Android is showing strong growth and is on track to overtake Palm very soon.

ArsTechnica’s summary: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/02/google-makes-biggest-gain-in-smartphone-market-share.ars

Full comScore report: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/2/comScore_Reports_December_2009_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share

Android in a list of “10 things not to buy in 2010″?

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Here is an MSN money article which recommends NOT buying any smart phone other than the Blackberry or iPhone.

Smart-phone also-rans
In the past few years, several smart phones have hit the market with features similar to the iPhone and BlackBerry, but they haven’t generated the same buzz.

As a result, fewer developers are likely to create [...]

More evidence of Android’s takeover?

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

ChangeWave’s December survey shows Android is used by 4% of smart-phone users (up 3% from September).

Android is the choice for 21% of people planning to buy a smart-phone in the next 90 days (up 15% from September). Compare this to iPhone’s figure of 28%, down 4 points.  Satisfaction of Android users is at 72%, almost [...]

Mobile Use Compared

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Always found it interesting to observe differences with mobile phone usage in Asia and SF. This article provides observations in different parts of the world.

Mobile-phone culture: The Apparatgeist calls

SproutCore: HTML 5 Framework

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I was looking to see if there were any frameworks for HTML 5 and came across SproutCore.  It’s an MVC framework and has some similarity to GWT in that it compiles all the code into HTML/JS/CSS that should work across browsers without plug-ins.  Also like GWT, it has a bunch of panels, buttons, and controls [...]

Mobile Metrics – Oct 2009 numbers

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

AdMob’s October 2009 mobile metrics report is out, and it’s clear that the Droid may be a serious contender to the iPhone.  Just two weeks after its launch, the Droid accounts for 24% of Android requests.

It should be noted that AdMob measures requests to its advertising delivery system from applications and mobile websites.  These numbers [...]