How long does it take to create an iPad App?

Many companies and potential clients are often somewhat surprised at how long it takes to develop an app from start to finish. While apps are run on mobile phones and don’t typically take up much memory, they still take a good deal of time to plan out, design, develop, test (hate the applications that freeze, lose what you where just typing and then turn off right?) and launch. While they rarely take as long to develop as a full software application or website, most apps typically take at least two to three months to develop from start to finish.

“At the end of this phase you should have a fully functioning app ready to be downloaded from iTunes.”

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10 Things to know about making an iPhone app.

How do you go about creating an app for the App Store? In fact, what do you need to know and do before you begin app development? Lets keep it simple and straight to the point. Continue reading…

10 HTML5 Media Players for iPhone, iPad and Android

HTML is the markup language that makes up every page on the web. The newest version HTML5 includes specifications for a video tag, which allow website developers to add a video to a page the same way they would add an image.
Web browser developers (Mozilla, Webkit, Opera, etc.) build the video functionality into their browsers. The W3C have outlined how video should work in browsers, and it’s up to browser developers to follow those directions, so that video works the same across all browsers. Thanks choices made by browser developers this isn’t always the case, and so far no ‘one’ specification has been defined.

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19 Compressive UI Guidelines for the lastest Mobile Devices

As we all begin to delve into the world of mobile experience, its always good to ensure we provide a solution which matches the device for which it is intended. Below are the official user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) guidelines from manufacturers.

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6 Simple ways to make your site shine on an iPad & iPhone

These steps aren’t to create an ‘alternative mobile version’, more to enhance what you’ve already created by simply adjusting just a few small elements, ensuring you’re websites hold up on those new(‘ish) technologies which have a habit of popping up with more and more regularity.

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