Oh, how we wish we could divulge the source of this information, because a) it comes from the developer of a pretty nice app; b) it’s fairly juicy information, if music apps are your thing; and c) we hate quoting anonymous sources.
You might think app design is app design, whether the software is being developed for iOS or Android. But, in fact, creating highly polished, elegant-looking apps is simply easier to do when developing for iOS. That’s the prevailing conventional wisdom among developers who code for both platforms.
We’ve already seen a fake, malware-spreading version of Angry Birds Space for Android. Now there are reports of a fake, malware-spreading Instagram that’s making the rounds, too.
RIM is killing the option to sideload apps in a future build of the PlayBook OS in an attempt to curb piracy. This means that they’ll have to be added directly through BlackBerry App World, similar to Apple’s modus operandi with the App Store.
Sonos has offered iOS — and more recently Android — apps for its music systems for some time now. The rise in popularity of smartphones and inexpensive tablets has seen the company formally announce that it’s discontinuing its standalone controller, although locally we won’t see the discontinued controllers dropping in price.
App store ratings are meant to tell you if an application is any good at the blink of an eye, but all too often they’re gamed for a higher — or sometimes lower — score. How much should we trust them?
Public transit riders used to have to just settle for the route that Google Maps dictated — no discussion, no sharing of feelings, nothing. But, the newest iteration of Maps will tailor the route to your preferences while looking gorgeous on Ice Cream Sandwich.
We covered Bluestacks App Player when it was first released in alpha form last year; an interesting application that lets you run Android apps on the Windows desktop. A beta’s just been released that allows for — so they claim — some 450,000 apps to run.
Android proponents frequently argue that the open-source ecosystem with tons of devices has far more potential than Apple’s two-device walled garden. Think of the possibilities! Well, a new study indicates that all that potential is scaring many would-be developers away because they don’t know which version of Android to write for.
