Filed under: Feature, ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Android, App Store, Apps, Apps Store, Blackberry, Gartner, Handhelds, iPhone, Kettle, Mobile, Olivier Peyre, Palm Pre, Smartphone, They Make Apps
GOT MOBILE APP DEVELOPERS?: THEYMAKEAPPS DOES
As someone who prides herself on being a digital nerdstress, I often field questions from folks looking for mobile app developers. It’s very analogous to that moment where someone texts you looking for a good restaurant or bar in their neighborhood. Inevitably, your mind goes blank and the vestiges of cool locations are lost rendering you helpless in directing your friends to that cool bar you always want to refer people to. Eventually, perhaps you muster up the mental energy to pull a few developers out of thin air, developers who most likely have no additional bandwidth to take on new projects. FAIL.
Enter TheyMakeApps, an online directory of iPhone application developers categorized by location and price. iPhone users have so far downloaded over 3 billion applications from the iTunes store. A recent study from Gartner found that users will download, on average, 20.1 apps per smartphone this year. With that much consumption, it’s easy to see why everyone is looking for a good developer. With over 100K registered iPhone developers, it’s easy to see the need for something which weeds though that much choice. The challenge in finding the right person is in finding someone who can execute the vision at the right price. They Make Apps helps it all come together in a slick user interface that makes the process a bit more fun.
How to
Currently, users can browse through apps filtering by price (up to $20K) and by location. The site was developed by Kettle, a NYC-based digital consultancy. Olivier Peyre, Creative Director of Kettle, tells me that search will be available soon. Clearly, search is a critical feature allowing users to drill down on exactly what they’re looking for, be it a mobile app developer specifically or a developer who has worked with a brand of interest. I like that the site allows for users to save mobile developers of interest for a comparative look later in the process. Any developer can easily sign up on the site to be included in the directory.
Currently, the limiting features for me are the lack of search (which is already on its way), the lack of budget options above $20K, and the lack of Blackberry, Android and Palm Pre developers. Some nice-to-have features would be a way to vote up and down certain developers creating a hot list of preferred vendors and a way to email developers of interest to friends.
TheyMakeApps isn’t exclusively for agencies and developers. SPIN magazine used the directory to find the developer for their latest project. Nick Pandolfi, Digital Edition Manager of SPIN describes his experience:
“TheyMakeApps was a huge help with SPIN’s latest development project. Rather then reach out to all our contacts for developer references, it was a quick way to find locally based developers and see exactly what they specialize in. I’m sure we’ll be using it again soon!”
TheyMakeApps is simply the glue connecting need to the solution. And frankly, I love glue.
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, BarackObama, Blackberry, Gartner, Microsoft, National security, National Security Agency, Safari
RIM really dropped the ball after launching the Bold
with the shouldhaveneverbeenlaunched Storm. But I’m happy to say that they’ve come back into Mobilecrunch’s good graces with the launch of the T-Mobile Curve II otherwise known as the 8900. (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/28/review-t-mobile-blackberry-8900 1/28)
Apple released its iPhone 2.2.1 OS update, a minor fix intended to improve the stability of Safari and Mail. To update your iPhone simply plug it in to your computer and click on “Check for Updates.” (Cynopsis 1/28)
Noting the National Security Agency’s concerns about President Barack Obama‘s retention of his BlackBerry, Microsoft has offered Obama the option of using one of two $3,300 handsets, which the company said carried its most secure technology. In an interview, Microsoft mobility executive Randy Siegel discussed security issues and how it can apply its experience with Obama to the mass market. Telephony Online (1/27)
From deployment of Bluetooth 3.0 to the introduction of Near Field Communications, Gartner has outlined eight wireless developments that will make a substantial impact in 2009 and 2010. “All mobile strategies embed assumptions about technology evolution so it’s important to identify the technologies that will evolve quickly in the life span of each strategy,” said analyst Nick Jones. cellular-news (U.K.) (1/28)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Access Providers, Broadband Internet access, Digital subscriber line, Gartner, Internet service provider, Packard Bell, United States, Verizon FiOS
TECHNOLOGY
Acer, with a 35% market share, became the world’s top seller of mini-notebook computers, according to the latest third-quarter figures from DisplaySearch and Gartner. The research companies said Acer, which acquired Gateway and Packard Bell last year, now sells more of the so-called “mini-notes” than former No. 1 Asus. NewsFactor Network (12/10)
With prices on some Blu-ray players now below $200, the high-performance video-playback devices enjoyed robust sales during Black Friday week, according to research company DisplaySearch. The firm says consumers laid out more than $30 million on 147,000 Blu-ray players during the period. CEPro.com (12/10)
Speed is in the eye of the beholder. A new broadband survey from Horowitz Associates finds that almost one third (34%) of high speed internet subscribers feel their ISP does not meet their speed needs. (Cynopsis 12/11)
- Some 19% are thinking about upgrading to a higher speed (or would if it were available)
- 10% are thinking about switching to another provider
- 5% are unhappy with their current speed, but aren’t planning to upgrade at this time
- DSL subscribers are the least satisfied, with telco services FiOS and ATT U-verse reporting the highest satisfaction levels
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Apple Inc, Dell, Gartner, Hewlett-Packard, IDC, Personal computer, United States, us
Panasonic’s 9.1-megapixel LUMIX DMC-TZ50 camera lets users send images via Wi-Fi. U.S. consumers get a year of free access to 8,800 T-Mobile USA hot spots. (Pocket-lint.co.uk 4/17)
Research firms IDC and Gartner reported strong growth in the global market for PCs in the first quarter, with shipments up between 12.3% and 14.6% over last year. Meanwhile, U.S. sales grew only about 3%. Laptop sales outpaced desktops, with Dell and Hewlett-Packard vying for the title of world’s top computer manufacturer. (The Seattle Times/Associated Press 4/16, The New York Times 4/16)
