The Wall Street Journal has a great article today on "Here Come Tablets. Here Come Problems". They provide a rundown of the five largest mistakes companies are making…

Failing to have a plan before rolling out the devices
Not understanding what tablets are—and are not—good for
Expecting to easily obtain all the apps you need
Thinking tablets are cheaper […]

There’s a thought provoking infographic created by Inneractive based on downloads of AppsGeyser’s 100,000 Android apps across 200 countries. It shows that, over time, it’s becoming less and less likely that you will achive 50K downloads over 6 months…
 
However, the infographic also shows that a network of apps significantly increases chances of 100K downloads in […]

IDC has some new research on smart device shipments that show 1 Billion Smart Connected Devices Shipped in 2011 with Shipments Expected to Double by 2016.
"Windows on x86 platform, consisting of PCs running the Windows operating system on any x86-compatible CPU, slipping from a leading 35.9% share in 2011 down to 25.1% in 2016. The […]

Motorola MOTODEV have an interesting Webinar for enterprises considering native vs web apps. The discussion is high level and is therefore probably aimed at managers rather than developers and provides a great introduction to the issues that affect the choice of a native, web or hybrid approach. The MOTODEV Enterprise blog goes on to describe […]

There was an article yesterday at readwriteweb on Play is to Fight the Commoditization of Android that sparked me thinking about Google Play and the reasons behind the renaming of the Android Market.
The idea is that Google has moved it’s content initiatives sideways under a new brand so that it can sell things (videos and music […]

I have been sent the Addison-Wesley book "Android Wireless Application Development Vol 1, Android Essentials, 3rd Edition" for review.
The are already too many books on Android development and there’s already significant documentation online from Google and third parties. This book, like all the other sources, describes the Android idioms and how to create an app. […]

There have been many articles and posts recently on how some developers are losing interest in Android. As mentioned on the OStatic site, it’s all about economics. Currently, if you are relying on selling the app, in-app purchases or ad funding then in the majority of cases the app isn’t going to be viable. The […]