Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Having established overwhelming support from phone owners for ‘free’ apps (as opposed to trial apps) it is a logical step for developers to look at advertising SDKs as a means of monetising an application. The most popular option being to provide a free ‘ad supported’ version that also has an option to upgrade to a... Continue Reading →
Sandwiched in between “The King’s Speech” App and “The Royal Wedding” Apps (see below) is this app which aims to please anyone who is keeping up with the current interest in “all things Royal”. The app uses the well know ‘Panorama’ interface peppered with some luscious graphics and pleasing UI interactivity. Here’s the blurb:... Continue Reading →
Most developers will tweet about the development and release of a new App in the normal course of events. Some will even give an App its’ own Twitter account (if for no other reason than to retain focus on the App and avoid clogging up your their personal Twitter account). However, for this experiment I... Continue Reading →
Once you have a few Apps in the marketplace why not market them ‘in app’: This can be a relatively pain free process, simply requiring either a block of templated code, or perhaps a specially built DLL containing references to your apps. I opted for the former (I am a little lazy) and have... Continue Reading →
I recently released 'the ‘Ambient Soundscape’ App onto the WP7 Marketplace and within a day the only bit of feedback I had was a 1 star rating and a note saying that the user was unhappy he was getting this message! So what should you do if you get this message when you are trying... Continue Reading →
With all the interest in George VI following the success of ‘The Kings Speech’ at the BAFTAs and Oscars the timing seems quite fortuitous for the release of this App. As I mentioned in an earlier post after watching the film of the same name I was curious to hear the original ‘Kings Speech’ myself. ... Continue Reading →
Well it was touch and go getting the app through the ingestion process in time but this morning I am pleased to announce that ‘Ambient Soundscape’ is available on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace: http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=f4859464-e72a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e With over 40 distinct sound sources available as a starting point ‘Ambient Soundscape’ can be used to develop sophisticated tonal... Continue Reading →
So rather a grand title for this, another ‘Sequencer App’, but while putting it together this felt like the best use of my existing/developing sequencing platform to date, so if the title is a little cheesy, so be it. I always try and add a little something different with every iteration of this app... Continue Reading →
Having registered the recent discussions on Twitter relating to the pros and cons of Trial Mode vs Free Mode I thought I would refactor one of my apps* to see how the stats would compare. (Click to view fullscreen) Big Surprise! More downloads of the free app in 1 day than the trial app over... Continue Reading →
After releasing a ‘Lite’ version of my Jamster application just before Christmas I have received a lot of comments from foreign downloaders that point to an obvious issue when running in other languages/culture settings. Of course I had tested code under several different language settings in the past, but was conscious that I hadn’t... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 