Localytics announced today the release of its Enterprise Mobile Analytics service for Android, BlackBerry, iPad and iPhone applications. Localytics Enterprise service is available as a fully-hosted or first-party solution. Large brands and publishers already using Localytics Enterprise service include CardStar and KAYAK. Localytics also announced a partnership with Semphonic and participation in Coremetrics Connect, Omniture Genesis and WebTrends Open Exchange.
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04.13.2010
Posted By Brian Suthoff
Categories
BlackBerry,
iPhone,
Apple is sharpening its focus on businesses with new enterprise features in iPhone OS 4, but BlackBerry usage of mobile apps is still more concentrated and higher during the workday than iPhone. Localytics also reports that BlackBerry app usage on the weekend is statistically identical to workweek usage. In contrast, iPhone owners use mobile apps more frequently on the weekend with the greatest difference at 2:00 pm EST when weekend usage is 40% higher than the same time Monday through Friday.
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Establishing a network connection within a BlackBerry application is a challenge which tends to surprise developers new to the BlackBerry platform. This is especially true for developers coming from another platform and expecting the ability to simply call Connector.open(url) and get back a connection to that url. This article explains why connecting to the internet on a BlackBerry device can be tricky and presents some of the popular ways of doing it along with the source code for our own solution.
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Previously, we examined the business and technology concerns around building applications for each smartphone platform. Here we investigate the options for application development on each platform and what tools are are necessary to build them.
Unfortunately there is no universal tool for app development. For example, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile Development require a Windows Environment, where iPhone requires OSX. The closest thing to a consistent application model supported on all the smartphones is a Webapp but these take completely different forms on a BlackBerry than on a Palm Pre. Java developers with Eclipse experience have a bit of an edge because this covers BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, and JavaME. Similarly, if the iPhone is not the target device then Windows is the operating system of choice because it allows some form of development on every other platform.
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Deciding which platform to develop on is not only a business decision (as described in Part 1) but also a matter of what technology is right for the project. Each platform provides a different set of tools and development concerns for the application programmer. Below is a brief discussion of the major technology differences between the platforms which are relevant to a developer:
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06.18.2009
Posted By Raj Aggarwal
Categories
Android,
BlackBerry,
iPhone,
As the smartphone wars rage on, mobile application developers regularly face a common dilemma: what platforms should I develop on? After some research and our own analysis we’ve deconstructed the answer into business (Part I) and technology perspectives (Part II).
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Thanks to everyone who came out to last week’s MassMobile Software Developers meetup; we had nearly 30 people attend and had a very strong technology-focused discussion. Here are our notes from the meeting:
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