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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Challenges of Mobile Application

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Mobile applications are found almost everywhere: games, social networking, entertainment, information distribution, data management, services, business uses and more.

Smartphones are becoming important parts of business communication. Healthcare seeks mobile applications to improve business-to-client (B2B) relationships providing a direct-to-consumer interface.

Ever more innovative products and services are developed targeting businesses and consumers. Currently, the ‘Apple store’ offers >500,000 native apps for iPhone and >225,000 for iPad while Android is the leading device on the market.
More and more vendors shift their focus to mobile apps as part of their retail ecommerce strategy. Garter predicts 21.6 billion traded apps with $29.5 billion revenue for 2013 (25% of from free versions through advertisements). ABI Research forecasts that mobile shopping will reach sales of $163 billion worldwide by 2015.

The Mobile Market Progress Brings New Challenges to Developers:
  1. Mobile users pay high attention to user knowledge (UX) and, in general, prefer native looks and feels for email, social networking, media use, information services and alike.
  2. Users want the same ‘best experience’ when accessing an application on mobile devices, computers and tablet etc. Over 70% of mobile users expect sites to load as quickly on their mobile phones as on their desktops. Thus, developers need to support multiple experiences across platforms.
  3. End-users seek optimized UX on a small screen which requires a redefinition/reinvention of UX design rules for mobile devices.
  4. Users of mobile apps expect seamless integration between apps and voice, messaging and speech processing.
  5. Users also want to use their device to the full when using smart apps including camera, motion detectors, microphones etc. Developers need to build and master specialized libraries and adapt the apps to device capabilities.
  6. Battery life and bandwidth is becoming a main UX element, challenging developers to build software with minimum power and bandwidth use.
  7. Mobile app code and data can be extracted and decompiled easily and mobile malware is on the rise. This requires the establishment of innovative security models and Application Interface Programming (APIs) and increases the need of security testing.
Now, mobile app development is not just about the programming skills. It also requires an understanding of challenges and limitations of building software for many diverse devices in terms of screen size, performance, backend connectivity etc. and it needs an understanding of enterprise developments that go hand in hand with business mobility.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Most Popular Android Tablets of 2012

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Many new tablet phones are coming up and pending in 2012. I am record the most popular Android Tablets that you should buy in 2012. All the tablet phones have high pattern and design. Also, they have left iPad 2 below and are much better than it.

The Tablets provided below will help you in guiding which Tablet you should buy and will satisfy your needs. In 2011, Kindle Fire and iPad 2 where the most sold Tablet. As we all know that Android is already dominate the market and in 2012 the sales of Tablet will move up with better high speed processor, ram and many more existing features.

Most Popular Android tablets are given below
1. Asus Transformer Prime 700T



On the top is Asus Transformer Prime 700T with a 1920×1200 Full-HD resolution screen which is double the resolution of iPad. It has a Full-HD screen with a keyboard dock. But it lacks in USB ports. It has a battery life of 20 hours and is thinner than iPad. One more advantage of this tablet is that it comes with Gorilla Display. The high speed processor makes it not only smooth but better to work on it.

Specifications:


  • Tegra 3 @ 1.3Ghz
  • 12 core Tegra 3 GPU
  • Quad Core ARM A9 @1.3Ghz
  • 10.1″ screen w/ Gorilla Glass1920x1200
  • 224.17 Pixels per Inch
  • 8.3mm thin!
  • Super IPS + display panel
  • USB, HDMI, Headphone Jack, SD, MicroSD Reader
  • Rear 8MP with LED flash, front facing @ 1.2MP
  • Android 4.0 out of the box
  • GPS
  • Q2 2012 release date
  • 16/32/64GB with MicroSD, SDHC/XC in keyboard dock
  • 10 hours on tablet, up to 20 hours with keyboard dock
  • 586 grams
  • 1GB of RAM


2. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7


Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is till now the coolest android tablet with Super Amoled display. It has a 7.7 inch screen and is very thin. It is very light weight and its 10 hours battery backup also. It has pre-installed Android 3.2 version.

Specifications:

  • 3G, 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
  • Mali 400 MP GPU
  • Dual Core ARM9 @ 1.4Ghz
  • 7.7″ Super AMOLED Plus display
  • 1280×800
  • 196.03 pixels per inch
  • 7.89mm thin
  • Super AMOLED Plus
  • Mini USB, Headphone Jack, HDMI, microSD
  • 3MP rear with LED flash, 2MP front,
  • Android 4.0
  • GPS
  • Already released in Asia
  • 8/16/32/64GB
  • 5100mAh, 10 hours
  • 335 grams, nice and light, under a pound
  • 1GB of RAM


3. Lenovo K2 / K2010


Lenovo K2 comes with a whooping 2GB RAM. Lenovo is famous for making quality products. This tablet has Tegra 3 quad processor of GHz. Also, it has a keyboard dock and is available on the market for $699. Comes with rear camera of 5MP with flash and front camera of 1.3MP.

Specifications:

  • Bluetooth 3.0+ WiFi a/b/g/n, SIM card slot for 3G or 4G connectivity
  • Tegra 3 @ GHz
  • 12 core Tegra 3
  • Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 1.7Ghz
  • 10.1″ screen with a 1920×1200 resolution display
  • 224.17 pixels per inch
  • 11mm thin profile
  • IPS Display
  • Full SD Card reader, full sized USB port, SIM card (4g?), Micro USB, HDMI, 3.5mm headphone jack
  • 5MP rear with LED flash, 1.3MP front camera
  • Android 4.0 out of the box
  • GPS
  • Q2 2012 release date
  • 32GB, 64GB, expandable to 128GB or even 256GB with full sized SD/HC/XC
  • 10 Hours, 20 hours with keyboard dock
  • 730 grams
  • 2GB of RAM – the most of any Android tablet in the world

Sunday, January 22, 2012

HQBD Launch New Android App for iPhone as Soon

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The (HQBD) Historic Quincy Business District is set to launch a Android Smartphone application to enable users to stay connected to downtown businesses.

Travis Brown, executive director of the HQBD, said the app is accepted to be released later this month for iPhones and Android Smartphones.

"Google is great if you know what you are looking for," Travis said. "This is an app that will show you what's there and give you more in sequence about the businesses that are there that you might not even know to search for."

HQBD will also be able to arrange upcoming events about this application.

Brown said the push for the app came from strategic planning meetings.

Brown also said that It was not just the business owners that were there, but the general public seemed to want it. "So we decided to make that a primary focus coming out of that plan and moving forward."

One feature will be a walking tour of the district. Brown said the app will play a video at the waypoint and play a video on the site. The work was completed by a summer intern.

For this application we found 30 steps from countless hours researching, digging through old pictures, we are found as much as more and good information. Currently, 21 of those steps are completed.

"The Dick's Brewery one, for instance, is really interesting," Brown said. "It talks about the Dick brothers and how they got their start and why they chose Quincy. It's got pictures from when the brewery exploded in (1903) that most people don't even remember or know about."

Even if somebody does not have the app, the tour will still be available to those with smartphones.

"As we get forward into spring, we are going to be developing some QR codes that will be like window decals that will go on the buildings of the properties that we are talking about," Brown said. "So if they don't have our app if they don't have any information, they can just hit that QR code with their smartphone and it will start playing the (video) for that particular building," he said.

There is already a link to the app on HQBD's website, although it has not yet launched. Brown said that was a requirement before the app was submitted to the iTunes Store.

The app was designed by Rokusek Design of Quincy.

Brown said the app will very be easy to update because it is connected with HQBD's website with full details.

"If we get a new business in tomorrow, it is in that app within an hour," he said.

Brown said there are other downtown districts in Illinois that have their own smartphone apps, but most are in the Chicago suburbs.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

New sony smartphones models are effective now

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Sony Ericsson – Mobile Maker Company will deliver its final quarterly report as a joint venture, before pinning its hopes on the consumer clout of its new sole owner Sony who is set to launch a new lineup of mobile phones in a desperate effort to get back into the smartphone market.



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Sony, with US$85 billion in annual sales, announced in October that it would take full control of the joint venture, with Ericsson receiving a $1.3 billion for its 50 percent share.

At the recent CES show I got a first look at the new Sony smartphone offering and it is far from impressive with the biggest advantage being its Play station compatibility.

Leaks overnight have exposed that Sony is set to launch the Nypon, Pepper and Kumquat models at the World Mobile Congress in Europe next month.

High up in the range is the Nypon which was recently  benchmarked according to NenaMark2, which showed the phone performing with a score of 24.50 compared to the 30.70 for the Xperia S.

The phone has a dual core 1GHz processor when brands like Motorola, Samsung and HTC are moving to quad core phones.

The new Sony Pepper which comes with a 3.7-inch, 854 x 480 resolution display and a single-core 1GHz only managed to score 47.80 in the test.
Like all Sony products the phones will not be cheap with the Sony Mint tipped to be over $750.

Analysts polled by Reuters saw Sony Ericsson making a pre-tax profit of $53 million in the fourth quarter, bringing its full-year earnings up to $45.8 million.

Dangerous to use mobile phones on the road by IIT Study

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Scientist of Indian Institute of Technology – Madras have request to all states and countries of the world to disallow the mobile uses while driving. After a study, scientist is confirmed that driving is to risky when we talk with our handset. And also confirmed hands-free is very useful when peoples are drive.

A team of engineering design at IIT-M asked volunteers to drive in a replicated environment and studied their reflexes. They used EEG (electro encephalograph) to assess brain activity before and after the volunteers spoke on mobile phones using hands-free. The results showed that talking unfocused drivers.

Many states don't even fine to drivers for using mobile handsets while driving. Many drivers text, mail or speak on phones while driving. There is no data on the number of accidents caused due to the use of mobile phones in India, but studies from across the globe have shown that it reduces driving performance, according to Venkatesh Balasubramanian, lead author of the study.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Sony Xperia S coming in UK for the sony users

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Sony Xperia S - Mobile analytic
The major networks are lining up to sell the Sony Xperia S. O2, Orange, Three and T-Mobile, as well as retailer Phones for Sony users, will sell the saucy Sony smart phone.

Only Virgin and Vodafone are yet to confirm they will be selling the S. Price and release dates have yet to be confirmed by the networks that have signed on, but Phones 4U expects to see the S on shelve in March.
At launch the S will be powered by Android Gingerbread, but will upgrade to the latest version of Android - Ice Cream Sandwich - in the second half of the year, which is a bit of a letdown.

The S sports an impressive 4.3-inch, 720x1,280-pixel high-definition touchscreen. Inside is a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor and 32GB of storage. On the outside is a quirky touch-sensitive transparent strip at the bottom, allowing you to see through the phone.

As well as watching high-definition video, you can shoot your own HD movies with the 12-megapixel Sony Exmor R camera, which captures 1080p HD moving pictures. Even the second camera for video calling films 720p HD video.

The Xperia S and its US buddy the Xperia Ion are the first new phones to drop the Ericsson name from Sony Ericsson, after the Japanese giant Sony spent nearly £1bn buying out its Swedish partner. Sony has decided to only make smart phones from here on out, and with phones like the Xperia S will go on the offensive against johnny-come-lately phone-flingers like Apple, HTC and Samsung.

The Xperia S and Ion were unveiled on Monday in Las Vegas at international gadget trade show CES. CNET has boots on the ground, searching out the highlights of the show, and we've already got our hands on the Xperia S.

Sony inaudibly inveterate a forthcoming Ice Cream Sandwich update

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Android 4.0 Tablet S Sony
A mobile phone company Sony inaudibly inveterate a forthcoming Ice Cream Sandwich update for its Tablet S and Tablet P devices last week through its online community forum. This is not Sony's first ICS message, as the company divulged plans to roll out Android 4.0 for its Sony Ericsson Xperia Phonesstarting in March.

Peoples got the Sony Tablet S their hands and were impressed by the comfortable, ergonomic design. Lead mobile analyst Sascha Segan described it as "one of the best-looking Android tablets around" with its wedge-shaped, magazine-like design.

But the media giant's tablet failed to wow us when it came to performance, features, and content offerings. Ultimately, the Sony Tablet S came up short when compared with top-selling tablets like the Apple iPad 2 and the Amazon Kindle Fire.

Currently, Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone is the only device on the market running Google's latest mobile OS, but companies like LG have been jumping on the ICS bandwagon, announcing their own plans for software updates to various devices.

Thus far, phones have been the major players in the Ice Cream Sandwich race, but tablet news is also starting to heat up. Earlier this month, Google promised an Android tablet of "the highest quality" in the next sixth months. Google made its intentions clear, targeting tablet juggernaut Apple and promising a "brutal competition" between the two companies.

Ice Cream Sandwich update announcements have been a bit of a mess for smartphone and tablet manufacturers alike. Many device makers have balked when it comes to the new OS—case in point, Samsung's statement earlier this month that Android 4.0, when combined with the company's TouchWiz UI enhancement, proves too much for the 1GHz Cortex A8-powered Galaxy S line, which would therefore not be upgraded. Backlash from customers, however, has reportedly motivated Samsung to "investigate ways to try and make it work."