iPhone App Development, Android Apps & more

Although a lot of people particularly Kindle Fire owners awaited for the long overdue Kindle update from Amazon, it actually did more than update the tablet and improve its interface. The Kindle Fire 6.2.1 Update ruined the one click rooting method which developers introduced at the XDA Developer’s Forum. Although Kindle Fire users can still keep their root by blocking the online update which Amazon started to push last week, those who have unwittingly updated their tablets may have to invest some effort to re – root their tablets.

RIM (Research In Motion) is set to release its BlackBerry PlayBook 0s 2.0 this coming February and developers must make sure that their apps are ready for this tablet when the launch date is announced. With RIM preparing its tablet’s market introduction, the company encourages all BlackBerry app developer to test their old and new apps with the new OS version to evaluate its compatibility to guarantee better and seamless end user experience.

Last October, Google introduced the Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich for Android based smart phones and tablets. The new Android platform from Google has two purposes and these are to improve the tablet user experience and to have unified software for tablet and smart phone devices. Before Android 4.0, majority of Google tablets ran on Honeycomb version (Android 3.0) but Google’s attempts seemed to be hurried and imperfect in their aim to compete with Apple’s iPad.

Although experience and know-how will come handy in developing iPhone apps, majority of app developers today usually forget some of the basic foundations that are essential in iPhone app development. Last year, a lot has changed in the app development industry due to the growing number of players and the never ending changes in the market trend. Developers customarily focus on the technical aspects of iPhone app development that they forget to comply with simple and practical policies that will enable them to create a universally accepted application that will also have a big potential for today’s market.

And while there are lots of promising investments when it comes to iPad app development, iPad app developers need to understand all the basic requirements of iPad app development and learn the objects and the expectations of the market. When a client asks for a specific application coupled with detailed requirements, developers need to make sure that these requirements are fulfilled. For example, if a client want in iPad app that will allow remote shopping to be convenient, the iPad app developer must understand all the things that will be needed to develop a shopping app in line with the specific requirements of the clients.

Android app developers face big changes in writing apps for Android. Google android blog provides valuable resources for Android app developers. Android Design is where all Android app developers gather together and according to Christian Robertson, the Android Design is more like "the place to learn about principles, building blocks, and patterns for creating world-class Android user interfaces.

The Kindle Fire from Amazon is definitely a legitimate platform that will certainly drive app downloads to the ceiling based on an enhanced version of the new Android OS. There was an overwhelming response from Kindle Fire users supported by the number of app downloads just this holiday. And while the Kindle Fire only has a smaller market share yet compared to iPhone/iPad and other Android devices, it enjoyed an impressive seventeen percent of new Kindle Fire users just a day after Christmas and an overall 12.5% of all Kindle Fire devices that were registered on the 25^th of December.

As the supposed release of Apple’s iPad 3 is nearing, the rumor mill is also gearing up and a lot of reports have surfaced about the integration of Siri on Apple’s next generation tablet. Previous reports about iPad 3 were all geared on what new features will be added on the much talked about tablet and what accessories could be used should Siri will be integrated on the next generation tablet. But with the release of iOS 5.1 beta 3, iPad 3’s Siri could be limited to dictation services only.