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BBC Introducing..
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Thoughts on a leash by Riccardo Guasco
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There are some wonderful apps out there, but do they actually get used? What constitutes a ‘critical app’ for you?
On the Nokia E55 I used to keep with me at all times, despite also having iPhones, Android’s, Blackberries and Windows Phones on a regular rotation - I was always conscious that the device came with all the critical apps I could ever need already there. Ovi store downloads don’t match Apple’s App Store, but that’s because you need to visit the Apple App Store to get your phone to do the things that you can do out-of-the-box on a Nokia Symbian device. Windows and Android show similar traits. They come with most of what you need.
“Imitating native UI with web technologies on a mobile device will only disappoint. It’s just not on par with the native experience (yet). But fear not: You can still build great mobile applications with web technologies: Just don’t fake native. The web has its own thing going.”.
Music Discovery App Onslaught
Checking in, tagging, discovering by location, social recommendations - everyone’s at it!
AOL Play: “Instagram for music”
Soundtracking: Share what you are listening to now - even if it’s on the radio (Gracenote recognition). Add some context text, and create a “musical postcard”. So basically, it’s like instagram too
Loudie: Check-in @ events and earn kudos, find events near you, buy tickets, invite friends to join you, communicate with other music fans
herd.fm: Choose from a rather limited selection of tracks, and ‘drop’ them in a location. Not sure what the audience value is here - see a map with tracks people have placed near you… Could be interesting if bands could drop examples of their tracks at venues where they are playing - browse by map and audio to find a gig perhaps?
