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  • Announcing the QuickView for Android open source project Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Jim Garretson 5 Comments


    Regular readers are familiar with the saga of QuickView for Android, our long-awaited redesign of Constant Contact’s iPhone app for the Android mobile platform. It’s been a long time coming, and we know many developers and customers have been waiting for it. Today, we’re very happy to announce that it’s ready to go - but with a special, Android-themed twist. In support of Constant Contact’s new app development contest, Labs is pleased to announce the creation of the QuickView for Android open source project!

     
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    Android • Apps • Mobile • Open Source • QuickView for Android • Web Services

  • Mobile Apps - Native or Web? Posted Friday, March 5, 2010 Reneldy Senat 4 Comments

    There’s been a lot of debate on the web and in the blogs over mobile apps and which are better: native device-driven apps, or its counterpart, mobile web apps. I’ve always thought this to be a totally fair question, because they both offer real benefits to the user and sometimes serious drawbacks for developers. The truth is, although I believe they both have their own measurable benefits, I don’t believe there could ever truly be a real winner in this debate. The question is too subjective for a user, and for a developer, it ends up being completely requirements driven.

    In this post I step away from a user’s perspective and focus on some of the decisions developers will have to make when determining which is right for their project. For developers, this decision should be driven by requirements, but for those occasions when you’re just not sure which is right, feel free to refer to the following analysis.

     
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    Android • Apps • Iphone • Mobile • Software Development Process
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