Apps on the iPad

I have said before that I believe 2010 will be the year of maintenance cost for iPhone apps. The iPad is the manifestation of this. Sure, an iPhone app can run on the iPad, but you really need to create an iPad version of the app to get the most out of it. With the […]

Directing mobile users to mobile site

It is becoming increasingly popular to automatically redirect mobile users to a mobile optimised site when accessing a desktop web url. This is usually done server side. For the more advanced browsers, the Safari on iPhone or Androids for example, you can also use a javascript to redirect the user. Such a script could look […]

#pumpt by SonyEricsson

One of the cooler “social marketing” campaigns I have seen is the #pumpt campaign by SonyEricsson. The idea is simple; tweet #pumpt, and help inflate a hopper. And then, watch it live and see your tweet on a projected screen. Very nerdy stuff, but probably good fun for the people making it. What does this […]

mobile lbs, js library to the rescue

I while back I wrote a blog post on Mobiforge on different ways of getting location information from the user/device (which by the way made it all the way to the mobiforge newsletter :)). Not surprisingly, our friend device fragmentation has joined the party. For many reasons, this kind of stuff is not so easy […]