IDC has some new statistics on Q1 tablet shipments showing that Android is, for the first time, more popular (56.6%) than iOS (39.6%). These market share numbers are similar to those previously reported by Strategy Analytics and also demonstrate that Microsoft’s tablet strategy was flawed.
 

Strategy Analytics has useful new research that shows that global tablet sales increased by 117 perent in Q1/2013 compared to the Q1/2012. Android is catching up with iOS…

For some reason Strategy Analytics have chosen to exclude white-box tablets in the above figures. If you include white-box tablets, "Android market share of the total tablet market […]

Canalys has a new report on the app stores across 50 countries. Quarterly growth was 11% in Q1 2013, compared to 2012. Revenue from paid apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions combined grew by 9%. There were more than 13.4 billion downloads in total. Apple’s App Store accounted for 74% of revenues while the Google Play […]

I have an informal list of UK mobile (iOS and Android) contractors that I send direct work to, free of charge. This tends to be work I can’t do for either timing, technical or reasons of conflict of interest with past work. I also sometimes get random enquires from companies looking for iOS and/or Android […]

IDC have some new stats and forecasts on tablet shipments. IDC have actually increased their forecast for tablet sales due to greater than expected demand for particularly sub-8" tablets. Of particular note between 2011 and 2012, Android slightly eroded iOS market share and Windows tablets gained insignificant market share despite the introduction of Windows 8.
 
An […]

Reviews and ratings in the app stores significantly affect downloads to the extent that some apps provide incentives to users for great app reviews. Rich Hyndman, developer evangelist at Google, has a recent post on Google+ where he reminds Android developers that this violates the content policy.
Here are some more moral and practical ways of getting […]

I learnt about Arbitron last October when I met their UK Director. Arbitron Mobile is an on-device measurement app that sits in the background and records nearly every interaction a person has with their smartphone. It covers all the main operating systems (iOS, Android, and RIM). The App is downloaded by opt-in panelists recruited through […]

If you are working on a secure app, for example a banking or payment app, you should be thinking about how to secure your ‘private parts’. This might be, for example, login information or secure tokens. Relying on sandboxed areas being inaccessible to other apps isn’t good enough because rooted devices and some vulnerabilities can […]