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Adam Blum, [email protected]
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Background
iPhonehaschangedthegame
Allusersnowwanttorunrealappsontheirsmartphones
Itsahugewinforbusinesses Workersareproductiveeverywhere,anytime
Smartphonesarecheaperthanlaptops
Theyhavesenses(sight,hearing,touch)thatlaptopsneverhad
But
Itsdifficulttowriteappsforallsmartphonesthatyourpeoplehave(withoutasmartphoneappframework)
Goodsmartphoneappsaredifferentthangoodwebappsorgooddesktopapps
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Whats Different v.
Consumer iPhone Apps?get users information quicklymake the
information always availableusually tie into some larger
backend
system
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Whats Different v. Web Apps
focus on single tasksless data typesleverage the device
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Context Sensitivity
take users right to the datacommon metaphor: list of records at
top levelor a map with objectsusing location, time, user info to
select
but no top level lists to select the rightobject
type/function
settings as an option on the tab bar
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iPivotal
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TrackR (Koombea)
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Limit Objects/Functions
ideally one main object typesno more than two or three
dependent
objectslimit features/functions/actions on objects
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What Not To Do: KinitoPro
all of this just to get to youraccounts? why not just
usereasonable defaults?
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What To Do: Open Health
(written with Rhodes)
take people to their objects right away. summarize data onthe
device with dashboards
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Local Data
make it possible to use the app withoutconnectivity
insure that users work on transactions(Create/Update/Delete) is
never lost
automatically cache (through database orotherwise) frequently
used data
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IFusion
no local data (sync so you can access contactswhen offline)? no
save to local PIM contacts?
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InfusionSoft
written with Rhodes. data issynced and available offline.
robust set of capabilities oneach contact (tags,
followupsequence, history, action set).save to PIM (address
book)
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Device Capabilities
smartphones have senses: sight, hearing,touch
dont do myopic web portsyou can probably use:
GPSmappingPIM contactscamera
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What To Do:
Nationwide Claims App
great use of device
capabilities (GPS, camera) torecord accident info. free onApp
Store
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Rapid Iterations
deliver small identifiable featuresfrequently
use a toolset that enables rapid iterationObjective C might not
be the best one for that
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MiniBooks for FreshBooks
not a bad app, but fairly flat.but could use more
devicecapabilities. mapping, GPS toshow close clients.
couldload/save from PIM.
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RhoFresh for FreshBooks
build on RhoHubrun on emulatorRhoFresh project open sourced
atadamb.rhohub.com
userid adam, password passwordshow how quick and easy it is to
createan app with Rhodes on RhoHub. you
can take this app nd extend and sell it.there are no Android
apps forFreshBooks and no smartphone appswith GPS and mapping
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TheRhomobileComponents
http://github.com/rhomobileRhodes
microframeworkforlocallyexecutingnativesmartphoneappswithdevicecapabilities
leverageyourwebskillstobuildnativeappsContainsfirstmobileRubyimplementation
RhoSyncSyncfocusedonwebservicedata(neededintheageofSaaS)
Allowsuserstohavetheirdastalocalwhenoffline
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RhodesArchitecture
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Why Rhomobile?
only smartphone app framework with syncruns on all major
smartphonesfirst mobile Rubyfirst development as a service for
mobile -
RhoHub.com.
Questions?http://[email protected]
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