M2Mobi Blog

Waiting for a promise: Windows Phone 7

Michiel Munneke — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:22:36 +0000

Will Microsoft be able to deliver something innovative for a change? We like Microsoft for giving us one of their Windows 7 Phones, but only if it actually is worth something to us. We like the ideas behind their mobile interface design, but it all comes down to the actual implementation of these ideas into something nice and comprehensive. It is supposed to arrive sometime this month, so we are waiting eagerly.

We have almost fully dropped our faith in Windows as a mobile platform to develop for because a) customers don’t download apps, b) there aren’t much customers anyways, c) the SDK sucks (you can’t really create anything cool, and d) no matter how hard you try, the app you build will never feel snappy, it wil always be SLOW. We don’t want to create apps that are not cool and slow….

The promise of WP 7 is an interface that is in line with our Spatial Navigation ideas, and a complete revamp of the OS….we are waiting for the delivery and update you with our findings.

Is Google censoring iPhone 4 images?

Michiel Munneke — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:08:01 +0000

If you do an image search for iPhone 4 in Google, you’ll need to scroll to page 6 to get a crappy image of the new device. On Bing and Altavista (old scool) – the iPhone 4 is shown properly on the first page. Is this a quirk in their algorithm or does Google just not like to show fancy pictures of the biggest Android competitor?

Don’t drop your iPhone 4

Michiel Munneke — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:03:58 +0000

One of the two iPhones we got last week has already crashed and burned….Don’t accidentally drop your iPhone 4 – the glass is not that robust!

To Support the Dutch Team We’ve Created a Penalty Trainer Game

Michiel Munneke — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:25:10 +0000

When it comes to a penalty shootout, the Dutch have a bad history. Because we want them to win this afternoon, we’ve created a Penalty trainer game, that can be run with Vuvuzela’s in the background if you run iOS 4 and take one of the VUVU sounds to play in the background.

Get the game and start training your penalty skills!

iPhone 4 Has arrived

Michiel Munneke — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:42:13 +0000

This morning we have received a package from France with 2 brand new iPhone 4’s. Unfortunately the cutting of a regular simcard into a microsim, so we have to wait until tomorrow for the T-Mobile shop to give us a micro-sim.

This device has everything that a Nokia N95 had 4 years ago, but then in such a way that people will actually use it (hopefully).

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iOS 4

Even though it’s a bit annoying that some of our apps crash that used to work fine before, we really like iOS 4. It’s finally up to standard with the rest of the phone in terms of multitasking and in another way so much ahead of the other phone OS’s: ease of use.

Nulaz in Nokia N8 Commercial

Michiel Munneke — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:27:45 +0000

Even though nobody really noticed, Nokia is pushing it’s new N8 device together with the OVI store and all the nice apps that people can download there. Amongst the nicest of those apps are our apps, of course. And therefore Nokia is pushing our apps in their commercials. As you can see, Nulaz is right up there with Facebook. Really nice of them. Thanks Nokia.

It is a bit strange though that a new flagship device is announced and nobody really cares that much about it. There’s not so much to say of this device anyways…to us, it just looks like another Nokia.

Kilometer Registratie on your iPhone

Michiel Munneke — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:39:46 +0000

Every now and then we see a simple solution to every day life nuisance, and we think: we can build an app for that. We know that there are already a couple of apps doing kilometer registration, but we wanted one that integrates with google apps, and we build it.

KiloMeter Registration is an application with which you can easily keep track of your business and private mileage. Kilometer uses google calendar to save the data, so you can create your own calendar to keep track of your mileage and print it, or export it for your tax registration.

If your business is running Google Apps this is a nice way to register the mileage of users.

We chose for a a “dashboard” design where you just tap the mileage meter and have the possibility to update the mileage. The trip is automatically added to your google calendar and you can choose which calendar you want to use, and see it from within the app.

Read the review on iPhoneclub

GENERAL

KiloMeter Registration is an application with which you can easily keep track of your business and private mileage. KiloMeter uses Google Calendar to save the data, so you can create your own calendar to keep track of your mileage and print it, or export it for your tax registration.

MAIN SCREEN

From the main screen, press on the mileage indicator to enter your current mileage counter, select private or business purpose and press ADD. That’s all!

The application w

ill automatically calculate the distance you drove, and add a new entry to your Google Calendar with the date, time, your current location, the mileage, and the distance.

MORE SCREEN

If you want to add a comment to the new entry or just modify the values for distance or location, press MORE on main screen an fill the new entry manually.

From the MORE screen you can also select the destination calendar from a list with all calendars in your account, see the last entries added directly in your calendar or sign out to start the application with a different user account.

M2Mobi Presenting at Online Tuesday

Michiel Munneke — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:58:54 +0000

Since the theme of next week’s online tuesday is “Mobile”, we will be presenting our insights and recommendations on this broad topic. We will present some of the apps that we love, the appst we hate, some that were successful, and others that were not. And we will give our vision of where things are going.

M2 mobi online tuesday

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AMSTEL TEAMLINK released for iPhone and Android

Michiel Munneke — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:19:06 +0000

Today, we are releasing Amstel Teamlink for iPhone and Android. It took us some weeks of hard work, but we and Amstel are very happy with the result. Teamlink is an application that let’s you organize your soccer team in an easy manner. It’s in the Appstore and the Appmarket for free, so get it while it’s hot!

To our record, this is actually the first team organising service that has released a mobile app, and we’re proud to be part of it. Read further on this post for more about the functionality of the app, the official press release by Amstel, and to see more screenshots.

This is the Press Release from Amstel:

TEAMLINK nu ook als iPhone en Android applicatie

AMATEURVOETBALLERS HEBBEN ALLES IN EIGEN HAND

Amsterdam, … april 2010 – Te laat komen voor je voetbalwedstrijd? Op het verkeerde sportpark staan? Wegduiken als er de volgende wasbeurt moet worden bepaald? Met de gratis mobiele applicatie TEAMLINK voor iPhone of Android kom je nooit meer te laat, ben je altijd op de juiste locatie en worden rondjes – bier of wasbeurt – eerlijk verdeeld. TEAMLINK is een initiatief van Amstel voor alle senioren amateur voetbalteams. Sinds de introductie is TEAMLINK uitgegroeid tot dé tool voor amateurvoetballers. Zo kunnen zij de officiële KNVB-stand raadplegen en zijn KNVB-uitslagen en -speelschema’s erin opgenomen. De mobiele variant zorgt er nu voor dat elke amateurvoetballer letterlijk alles in eigen hand heeft voor zijn favoriete sport.

TEAMLINK maakt het leven van amateurvoetbalteams eenvoudiger en leuker met allerlei tools, zoals het afspreken van rij- en wasbeurten, het eenvoudig bijhouden van uitslagen en doelsaldo en op de site van TEAMLINK kunnen teams verslagen en foto’s posten. Inmiddels heeft ruim 30% van alle amateur seniorenteams een TEAMLINK aangemaakt. “Door de mobiele applicatie verwachten we dat het gebruik van TEAMLINK een nog hogere vlucht zal nemen”, aldus Chris Lakens, Marketing Manager van Amstel. “De TEAMLINK app is de perfecte aanvulling op de website en biedt de functionaliteiten die TEAMLINK.nl heeft plus een aantal leuke extra’s.”

‘De 3e Helft’

Zo biedt de TEAMLINK app voor iPhone en Android-toestellen een ‘toss-functionaliteit’ die ‘De 3e Helft’ is genoemd. Met deze functie kun je tossen wie na de wedstrijd een rondje moet halen, maar ook wie de volgende penalty mag nemen of de volgende wasbeurt op zich neemt. Verder kun je, als je het profiel van een teamgenoot aanklikt die speler meteen bellen, mailen of SMS’sen. Bovendien is in de applicatie de plannerfunctie verder verbeterd en handiger gemaakt. De applicatie kan worden gebruikt nadat er online een TEAMLINK account is aangemaakt op www.teamlink.nl.

We’ve got a Showcase Position in the Windows Marketplace

Michiel Munneke — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:50:19 +0000

We were already in the US shop, but now we’ve opened business in the Dutch shop with SMS my Position; and we are on the main shelf. This all may sound as if we are selling like maniacs now, but in Appstore Street the Marketplace has a small shop with not so much apps on the shelf and not a lot of people walk in there. We’re here to liven up the shop with more apps to come. Check out our app and buy it, it’s only €1,39!