More 2013 App Forecasts

Here are a few points you may find of interested from Appcelerator's IDC 4th Quarter mobile Developer Report. (A survey taken from 2,837 Appcelerator mobile developers)


1. Be on the lookout for more apps in business, finance, education, medical, productivity, and mobile money fields. Appcelerator took data from surveys they have taken since 2010 and reported that for 2010 to 2012, interest in business apps have increased 20.3%, finance 8.2%,, education 8.1%, medical 8%, productivity 7.8%, mobile money 6.6%.

In contrast, interest in social networking apps have decreased 9.7% during that time and entertainment 7.4%.

I guess with Facebook and Google+ everyone has given up?


2. 92.9% of devs predict that it is "likely to very likely" that in 2013, mobile commerce will be a full throttle with retail companies pushing forth mobile shopping. And 86.4% predict that it is "likely to very likely" that shoppers will look up items on a retailer's site via their mobile device, WHILE shopping in the store.

Do you think so? That means a total change of in-store shopper behavior within the next year...


3. The survey also reveals names of vulnerable companies suceptible to disruption by a mobile-first startup: linkedin, Amazon, Blackberry, Apple, Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Rim, Micrisoft, Nokia, Ebay, Samsun, Windows, Twitter, Yahoo, Zynga

With that said, 62.4% said that it is "likely to very likely" that a mobile-first social startup could disrupt the market share from Facebook.


This is somewhat contradicting to the data in #1, where less devs are supposedly interested in developing social networking apps... but I guess that just means they figure "someone else" will develop the app most likely to disrupt Facebook?


Although there is a possibility, I don't know if it is "very likely." Facebook has knocked off popular social networking sites from around the world. Myspace went under renewal but is still dead, Mixi (once number 1 in Japan) and Cyworld in Korea are only a few victims to name when considering the international scene.

Kakao Talk (an messaging app in Korea that every smartphone user installs) tried to start up a mobile-first networking platform and although it gained many users due to pushing their solid Kakao Talk user base to set an account up, it has yet to shadow a threat to Facebook.


In any case, it's exciting to see what 2013 brings to the mobile world!
Have a happy new year!!

Mobile HTML5 Apps for Business

Facebook has abandoned HTML5 (for now), but more and more reports show that we can't deny that HTML5 will play a huge role in mobile app development for the next few years.

According to Tab Times, "HTML5 mobile apps will improve in 2013, and that can only be a good thing for developers and businesses."

Yes, that means cutting development costs, offering cross-platform support, and addressing fragmentation (although fragmentation issues are still in the works at this point).

It goes on to say that "a study from cross-platform developer Kony earlier this year suggested 80% of all mobile apps will be wholly or in-part based on the technology by 2015."

The number of so called native apps (iOS and Android) that are built on the HTML5 framework are increasing -- they simply have a native wrapper to get into app stores.

Gartner also points out that "Through 2014, JavaScript performance will push HTML5 and the browser as a mainstream application developer environment. There will be long shift to HTML5 from native apps as HTML5 becomes more capable."


So HTML5 gets bashed in 2012...but this is definitely not the end.

In 2013, the technology will improve, more apps will gain visibility, and in 2014, the Worldwide Web Consrtium plans to bring about HTML5 app definitions and move toward standardizing.


This is an exciting time for the mobile world. If you know what's coming up, don't wait around and be left behind.

DaVinci 2.0 to be released February 2013!

Exciting news, especially for Mac users! A better and more convenient DaVinci Version 2.0 to be released early 2013.

Major changes include:

1.     Eclipse IDE will be taken out so all you need to do is install DaVinci and be ready to go.

2.     Mac OS X support – we know a lot of you Mac users have been waiting for this. More devs and more designers will now have easy access to do this great tool.

3.     Version 2.0 will be even easier to use as it will be completely based on the jQuery framework. That means no more going through the DaVinci framework to use jQuery functions – use 100% jQuery tags and codes. But DaVinci will still offer all the additional functions you need that are not originally included in the jQuery framework. All functions will be added and found within the framework for a perfect package.

If you have any requests, suggestions, or comments, you can comment on our blog or interact with other DaVinci users on our forum at:

http://forum.davincisdk.com/

Holiday Festivities

DaVinci Team attended the company "Year-End Party" last night...

 

Not a Christmas party...but the department heads were crowned with santa hats for the night!

 



 

Nice, modern interior and tasty food, all complete with a talent show...

Nothing beats watching grown-ups mimicking pop stars and dancing on stage in front of 500+ people!

The grand prize was $1000... 2nd and 3rd runner-ups also received cash prizes of over $300.




And there was so much food that no one in our team could eat breakfast this morning...

some actually skipped lunch, too.


Festivities ended at around 10pm... so we could all scramble on the crowded subway to get back home...





Hope you are all having a great holiday season!

Best wishes from DaVinci Team.

jQuery Conference Asia Presentation Materials and Videos

Missed out on the conference?

Or forgot to take notes?


Good news for you! Presentation materials as well as videos of all 10 sessions are not available online.

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Or Vimeo to see the speakers in action:

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