capps (cern apps forum) meeting #8 sebastian lopienski october 2014 welcome cern mobile
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CAPPS (CERN Apps forum) meeting #8http://indico.cern.ch/e/CAPPS-8
Sebastian Lopienski
October 2014
• Welcome • CERN mobile device and app landscape• General updates
Welcome to CAPPShttps://twiki.cern.ch/Mobile/CernApps
CAPPS forum brings together people involved professionally with mobile apps at CERN: • app developers and owners• apps user representatives• IT infrastructure providers• communication experts • other stakeholders
We meet last Friday of a month, every 2-4 months, at 2pm
Our mailing list: [email protected] • subscribe: https://e-groups.cern.ch/e-groups/EgroupsSubscription.do?egroupName=cern-apps
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CERN mobile device and app landscape- update Oct. 2014
Active mobile devices at CERN
3750 devices, 365 added last month
2865 devices, 230 added last month
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(as of October 2014; registered in LanDB and active on the CERN network)
CERN Stores(as of October 2014)
07.06.10 - MOBILE PHONES - GSM - SMARTPHONE
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No change since
Feb 2014
Apps: http://twiki.cern.ch/Mobile (as of Oct 2014)
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Don’t hesitate
to edit / update!
… and some random picks on general (non-CERN) topics
iOS vs. Android adoption rates
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Measured by the App Store on Oct. 27, 2014
iOS 7 released on Sept. 18, 2013iOS 8 released on Sept. 17, 2014
Data collected by the Play Store on Sept. 2-9
Jelly Bean released first in June 2012KitKat released Oct. 31, 2013Lollipop to be released in Nov. 2014?
Multiple iPhone screen resolutions
From http://www.paintcodeapp.com/news/ultimate-guide-to-iphone-resolutions 9
Thumb zone heat map
From http://scotthurff.com/posts/how-to-design-for-thumbs-in-the-era-of-huge-screens
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what parts of screen can we easily tap with a thumb, holding the phone in one hand
Interesting articles• User experience: “Bye, Google Maps”
https://medium.com/@zmh/bye-google-maps-ea3ea10f84dc
• Code: to Swift or not to Swift?http://nearthespeedoflight.com/article/2014_09_28_swift http://nearthespeedoflight.com/article/2014_10_14_swift_for_beginners
• Devices: Fire Phone by Amazonhttps://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/devices/fire-phone
• iOS: a summary of WWDC 2014 announcementshttp://code.tutsplus.com/articles/wwdc-2014-aftermath--cms-21328
• Android: a summary of Google I/O 2014 announcementshttp://code.tutsplus.com/articles/google-io-2014-aftermath--cms-21549
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