Posts Tagged ‘ipad development’
Estamos en busca de programadores!!
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Estamos en busca de programadores para unirse al equipo aquí en Guadalajara.
So do we really need the App Store?
Posted by: andy in iPhone and iPad on June 13th, 2010
So, we’ve been playing around with a few of the javascript libraries floating around out there and have found some very cool ways of making a website look like a native iPhone app. We can now replicate most (if not all) of the transitions (swipes, fades, etc.), the button controls, and the general look and feel. We can even reach out through browser and call the native phone doo dads like the geolocator and velocimeter. In fact, if you add the site to your home screen, it would be hard to tell which are native iPhone apps, and which are iPhone-enabled websites.
The advantages of the app store are: 1) as a distribution/marketing channel, however as the number of applications in the app store slowly reaches the number of atoms in the universe, it’s becoming less compelling. 2) you can keep some data resident, meaning you can use an app without being connected. Especially important with the wifi-only versions of the iPad. As we approach an always-connected” state, this is also going to become less and less important. 3) you can charge for apps (and apple, imperfectly at best, gets some of the money back to you, again imperfectly)
The advantages of the website approach are: 1) you don’t have to deal with the app store’s approval process, sign up costs, and other headaches. 2) no download. Folks can just visit your site and have an iPhone/iPad-feeling experience without the interim step of visiting the store, and downloading.
We’re doing a lot of “pants and suspenders” projects where we develop both an iPhone enabled website AND a native application and we’re especially interested in how these two elements can work together.
Anyway, point your iPhone’s safari browser at the following sites and see what we mean. As always, comments welcomed.
www.cartcult.com
www.agavelab.com
Looking for a UI / Design person.
Anybody out there know a great UI design person? We’re looking for someone who understands simplicity and function. We do a lot of iPad, iPhone, and Android apps. Probably a part time gig. A day or two a week. We’re good with project work so folks could do it on weekends, nights, their day off, whatever. If you know someone, send them along. Thanks a bundle.
Avoiding the iTunes App Store
Posted by: andy in iPhone and iPad on April 12th, 2010
Visit Me With Your iPhone
So check this out – we found a way to make a regular website think that it’s a native iPhone or iPad application. This seems like a small deal but it’s actually HUGE.
Point your iPhone’s web browser at www.agavelab.com and see what you get. It looks like, acts like, seems exactly like an application that you’d download from the iTunes store. Ah, but you didn’t need a developer account, you weren’t at the mercy of Apple’s approval process (and lengthy delay), and you can make changes to it whenever you want – no need to recompile and re-release a new version of your product.
This gets especially interesting when you have a native iPhone app that wants to call out to a website – the transition is nearly seamless. We’re currently working on a very cool project that bridges the gap between a native app and a website – for now it’s secret but we’re within a few weeks of release. We’ll let you know when it comes out.