Month: April 2011

Speakers: Paul Thurrott, moderator; Jay (saurik) Freeman, Cydia; Tyler Lessard, RIM; Aaron Hillegass, Big Nerd Ranch, Robert Scoble; Romi Mahajan, Microsoft. This session was a free for all that jumped around quite a bit.  I liked the informality of the talk points as it felt more genuine to me in this format. Main take aways/talking points … Continue reading "My Take Aways From ‘Which platforms Do You Bet On’ Panel Discussion"

Mike Riley (@MRiley)presented mainly on low cost micro controllers, specifically Arduino micro controllers. Arduino = most popular and cost-effective. Arduino (and all other micro controllers) needs Actuators (like motors) and sensors Ethernet shields allow for wired networking (TCP based networking) Xbee Radios (for wireless)  -not 802.X as they need lots of power Need a server … Continue reading "My notes from ‘Mobile Hardware Hacks’ session"

Speakers: Dan Burcaw  & Joe Pezzillo  (Push IO) – former Apple employees Their current application infrastructure supports iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 (and some other that they can’t discuss) Admitted Real time data… is their focus.  Might bias their info. SOAP is out!  Payload is just way to bloated. REST is in (with JSON)  -lightweight Parser Speed … Continue reading "My notes from the Architecting Backend Systems for Mobile session"

My notes from “A survey of Cross Platform Mobile IDE’s” session by @MRiley : I would say at least 75% of the people at the Mobile Keynote were in this session, session was overflowing with people.   Just shows how interested people are in this topic. Mike compared Mobile environment today (cross platform wise) to the PC environment … Continue reading "Notes from "A survey of Cross Platform Mobile IDE’s session"

My notes from “Going mobile” MobileConnection Keynote by @AaronHillegass .  Key points: -Mobile Sync is Hard/Expensive – 78% of apps purchased are for iOS, 4% Android, 6% MS, 7% RIM.  Means should look to iOS apps to lead the way from a style and cut perspective.  (Innovation will happen on that platform first because of the … Continue reading "My notes from "Going Mobile" Keynote at MobileConnections Conn"