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[...] Nieman’s Joshua Benton published a very interesting blog post today in which he tells his tale of how the Lab iPhone app came to be. | An iPhone app developers diary and some thoughts on android...
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If you’re going to say “how I did this for $624,” it would be nice to explain where that number came from. A parts list, so to speak; e.g., how much you paid for the software license(s), what else you...
View ArticleBy: Joshua Benton
Hi BJ — here’s the bit from my post: The upfront costs of development were minimal. I paid $500 for a license to TapLynx (it currently goes for $599). It was $99 to get into Apple’s iPhone developer...
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Regarding your comment on if Android was to become the dominant mobile operating system, it just overtook Apple in terms of worldwide sales according to Gartner:...
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Android might be selling but the users aren’t buying or installing with the same vigor as iPhone users. Most of the Android users I have seen have few apps and in general, wish that Verizon would get...
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@Jin, I hear those Android numbers all the time. But Joshua gave very real numbers: the huge majority of mobile users *of his site* are iOS users. There’s all kinds of marketing numbers floating...
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Jin: Those Android numbers are somewhat distorted by the slowdown in iPhone sales caused by impending arrival of iPhone 4 in June. There’s a slowdown in iPhone sales every April and May, which affects...
View ArticleBy: Hamranhansenhansen
> Regarding your comment on if Android > was to become the dominant mobile > operating system, it just overtook > Apple in terms of worldwide sales Oh, so tiresome. Android must come with a...
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[...] a side note, John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame gave Nieman Labs and TapLynx a shout-out today. Very [...]
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I would love to do the wp7 application for you. Please, email me if you are interested.
View ArticleBy: cristobal
Nice write up. One thing I’ve found really handy for wrangling RSS feeds (and all sorts of other data) is Pipes by Yahoo! Their integration with YQL makes it really convenient to manipulate all sorts...
View ArticleBy: Joshua Benton
Hi Cristobal: You’re right about Pipes — I actually use a Pipe to reformat our Twitter feed for the app. I used to find them a little unreliable when dealing with Twitter feeds, but I suspect that was...
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View ArticleBy: Mike C
Very interesting post. Have you thought of or played with including Ad’s in your application to offset the costs of licensing and development?
View ArticleBy: Dunk
You should add how many hours it took and your hourly rate to the cost calculation.
View ArticleBy: Allan White
Jin had a good comment above: How about a mobile version of the website to cater for all other mobile platforms? Depending on how the site has been built, it might be just a matter of creating a new...
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[...] An iPhone app developer’s diary, and some thoughts on Android So, for those interested, here’s my tale of how the Lab iPhone app came into being — a tale I hope lots more news organizations can...
View ArticleBy: Micheal Marke
<a href="http://myappsdeveloper.com/" rel="nofollow">Iphone Development</a> have created a niche for itself both in the domestic as well as global arena. New and innovative applications...
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