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AnandTech have a thorough review of the Lava Xolo X900, the first Intel smartphone based on Android. The phone is capable in all areas, including battery life and we can expect to see many more devices based on Intel’s Medfield Platform that packs a lot...
People underestimate the effort required to create a great web app. They tend to get blinded by the write-once promise but in practice it can quickly turn into a nightmare. Brian Leroux takes a deep look at in his presentation on how the mobile web is a mess....
I have recently set up a new consultancy arm, Rugged Mobile Works, that focuses on rugged device software. The introduction of new Android rugged devices presents some interesting new opportunities in Enterprise and B2B. However, depending on the project, Android...
The big news today is Nokia’s Q1 2012 Interim Report (PDF) that shows a $1.2 billion loss in Q1. Ever since Feb 11, I have been chronicling the downfall on my original post. It still doesn’t make much sense to me. I have never...
Adweek has a useful infographic based on Forrester Research data that shows where tablets are being used, what they are being used for, who uses them and also provides some comparisons for use of smartphones. The...
Something that’s often forgotten by companies/people developing their first app is analytics. It’s something I usually recommend if it’s not already in the app requirements or specification. It’s always easier to add this as you go rather...
During yesterday’s earning’s call, Larry Page singled out low end Android tablets as important and an area Google is focussing on. Amazon’s success with the Kindle Fire is probably the main reason as it’s a forked non-Google experience...
The most amazing thing about Instagram (some might say the only amazing thing) is that they have achived 30 million users. While many people will be trying to work out how to be the ‘next Instagram’, the more techy of us will be wondering how Instagram...
Entreprenurs are always on the look out for the next big thing. If you can predict just before it happens and have a product or service in place when it happens then you can take advantage of being first to market. Where’s the next big thing in mobile? According...
Branded apps are often just adverts wrapped up in an app. Sometimes brands can do far better by incorporating customer service functionality. There’s a great infographic created by Nuance that reveals some of the issues. Nuance found that...
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