July 24, 2009 Comments Off
Google Android OS Market Share Exceeds Windows Mobile
The Google Android mobile platform global market share has been growing 25% month over month and is now over 5% worldwide, exceeding that of Windows Mobile, according to the AdMob Mobile Metrics Report. Google has been steadily adding additional handset manufacturers and with nearly two dozen new Android based smart phones expected in the next year, Android is likely to continue its ascent and claim a top spot as a leading mobile platform.
This is a great opportunity for you to be part of this Android growth curve now by including an Android version in your application product plans. Hire our Android programmers who have over 10 years in Java development experience and are expert custom Android application developers.
BlackBerry RIM Top Smart Phone For Business Users
NPD recently reported that the BlackBerry Curve outsold the iPhone in the first quarter to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. RIM, which already leads the corporate smartphone market in the United States, also had three of the top five best-selling consumer smartphones in the period, with the Storm at No. 3 and the Pearl at No. 4, NPD said.
The BlackBerry is THE dominant smart phone for businesses and is an ideal way for you to put your products and services in front of corporate users. Make sure to include BlackBerry apps in your mobile strategy. Hire our BlackBerry developers who have over 10 years in Java mobile development experience and are expert custom BlackBerry application programmers.
Apple iPhone OS Market Exceeds 45 Million Devices
Based on Apple’s announcement during their July quarterly earnings that 45 million iPhone OS devices have been sold worldwide, AdMob estimates that there have been over 13 million iPhone and over 12 million iPod touch units sold to date in the United States, compared to 1.9 and 1.8 million in Germany and France respectively. 54% of the world’s iPhones and 60% of its iPod touches are in the United States. This percentage has declined from 61% in January 2009, signaling that international user growth has outpaced US user growth. As a region, Western Europe has a 26% share of iPhone and iPod touch users. The worldwide ratio of iPhones to iPod touches is roughly 2 to 1. In other words, iPhones comprised 68% of worldwide iPhone OS based devices and the iPod touch makes up the other 32%.
With over 45 million devices you can’t beat the iPhone and iPod touch for your mobile application initiatives. We can take your raw idea and turn it into a best-in-class finished app and help you deliver it through all the app stores worldwide. Hire our iPhone programmers who are expert custom iPhone application developers.
July 21, 2009 Comments Off
A $2,000 Per Day Software Bug
TechCrunch reports a story of a top iPhone app developer that was losing $2,000 a day in ad revenue for their app because they made a simple software programming mistake that could have easily been caught by basic testing.
Test Driven Development
Our programmers use test driven development to ensure the highest quality code in our iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Pre apps. They create automated unit tests that define the expected results of the application functionality BEFORE writing any software code.
Test driven development follows a simple process:
- Write the tests. Tests are written before the functionality being tested. This helps ensure that the application is written for testability, since developers must consider how to test the application from the outset, rather than worrying about it later. It also ensures that tests for every feature will be written. Other developers using traditional development methods choose to code the features first, but then inevitably under time pressure to work on the next feature neglect testing entirely. Don’t let your apps fall into that trap – demand that any app developer you hire uses test driven development.
- Fail the tests. All tests fail first because no software code has been written by the programmer. This ensures that the test has been written correctly. Once this is shown, the underlying functionality can be implemented.
- Write some code and rerun the tests. The next step is to write some code that will cause the test to pass. Now the code can be cleaned up as necessary and re-run against the tests, a process known as refactoring.
Test-driven development constantly repeats the process of adding test cases that fail, passing them, and refactoring. Passing the tests confirms correct application functionality as developers evolve and refactor the code. Our programmers use automated test frameworks to re-run the complete set of tests whenever new code is introduced, ensuring that the previously completed code is still fully functional without bugs.
Test Driven Development Benefits
Studies have shown that test driven development has numerous benefits and leads to better software.
- Programmers are better able to focus and are more productive.
- By writing tests before coding, developers show they clearly understand the feature’s specifications and requirements.
- Errors introduced during the development cycle are discovered earlier and easier to rectify.
- Software is designed simpler and is more modularlized, flexible and extensible.
- No code is written beyond what is needed to pass a test.
- Finished software has better quality and is more stable.
ArcTouch Bug Free Guarantee
We’re so confident that our Quantum Development process and our test driven development results in superior quality apps that we offer a bug free guarantee. If you discover a problem anytime after we’ve delivered your app to you we’ll fix it for free. Guaranteed.
If you’re considering hiring an iPhone developer, an Android developer, a BlackBerry developer, or a Pre developer, make sure they use test driven development and offer you a bug free guarantee. If not, their mistakes may cost you far more than your original cost to develop the mobile app in the first place.
July 4, 2009 Comments Off
Beam It! Now Available In App Store
Today Beam It! was accepted into the app store and we couldn’t be happier. Now you can effortlessly beam your contact info to another iPhone or iPod Touch user. Those “oohs” and “ahhs” that you’re hearing today are not from the July 4th fireworks, but from Beam It! users marveling at the simplicity of the spontaneous peer-to-peer contact sharing over wireless Bluetooth.
Spread the news and tell everyone to get Beam It! today.
Beam It! Source Code Still Available For Game Kit Developers
ArcTouch is still offering the full Beam It! source code with free usage rights for iPhone developers to add Game Kit peer-to-peer capabilities from iPhone OS 3.0 to your own apps.
