Archive | November, 2011

Deploying an AIR app to Nook

by Phil Chung on November 23, 2011 in AIR, Apps, Flash, Mobile, Nook

Having built a prototype of my Nook game, I wanted to see how it would run on my new Nook Color. Even with the release of the Nook Tablet right around the corner, I decided it would be best to get the Color to use as the lowest common denominator. One bonus of only targeting [...]

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Tablet Wars – Today and Beyond

by Phil Chung on November 14, 2011 in Android, iOS, Kindle, Nook, Tablet

This is certainly a big week for tablets. Kindle’s Fire will be available tomorrow, with the Nook Tablet available later in the week. So what’s the big deal? After all, the iPad has been around for almost 2 years now. Here’s what I think is the big deal… Content. Up until now, with the exception [...]

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Open Letter to Flash

by Phil Chung on November 9, 2011 in Flash, Tech

I remember the day like it was yesterday. I first saw you in 1998 while browsing the web on my 486 at home. Your clean lines and silky smooth animation were so foreign to me. The way you made me want to interact with you, more than any blue text could, even if it was [...]

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Apps vs. Mobile Web

by Phil Chung on November 8, 2011 in Apps, Mobile, Tech

Read a couple of interesting studies last night: Mobile Apps put the Web in their Rear-View Mirror Mobile Apps Beat the Mobile Web among US Android Smartphone Users They’re a few months old, but telling nonetheless. If there in fact was a war between mobile apps and the mobile web for users’ time, it appears [...]

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Why My First Indie App will Target ONLY the Barnes & Noble Nook

by Phil Chung on November 7, 2011 in Apps, Mobile, Tablet, Tech

As I’ve thought through my plans to go indie (part time), I’ve done a lot of research not only into what types of apps/games I want to build, but also, where I want to deploy them. See, my initial inkling was that I should deploy to as many app stores as possible in order to [...]

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Going Indie with App Development – Am I Nuts?

by Phil Chung on November 4, 2011 in Android, Apps, BlackBerry, iOS, Mobile, Tech

Over the past year I’ve done quite a bit of app development for mobile devices from iPad to Android to Windows Phone 7. I’ve developed apps using native code, HTML and Flash (AIR for mobile). Quite honestly, even amidst the ever changing platforms, new dev tools, fragmentation and multiple programming languages, I’ve really enjoyed it. [...]

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