29 Nov 2015

Choosing a mobile platform to target

As a mobile developer, I often get questions like "Nice site! When's the mobile app coming?" or "we really need an app for this specific need, which platform should we...

04 Jun 2013

Tablets: A Disambiguation (Part 2)

Arguably the most important factor for people buying a first tablet is price. A common theme among them is to go for a “budget” tablet. I put budget in quotes...

30 May 2013

Tablets: A Disambiguation (Part 1)

In the first quarter of this year, 2013, Apple shipped 19.5 million iPads1. Samsung shipped 8.8 million, Asus 2.7 million, and Microsoft 0.9 million. With others,...

07 Feb 2013

Authenticating an HTTP Request with Client Certificates in iOS

I'm writing an app that uses a client-certificate to authenticate while performing a SOAP request. Unfortunately, I'm writing this app in PhoneGap, and the iOS WebView does not support Client...

21 Sep 2012

PhoneGap in iOS 6

Update 9/27:  This post relates to PhoneGap 2.0. 2.1 appears to have fixed a number of iOS 6 compatibility issues, and I recommend upgrading. Today I upgraded...

19 Jan 2012

PhoneGap - Developing Cross-Platform Mobile Applications

Developing a mobile application can be a tough venture. Many times, you're learning a language (or languages) that you've never used before, like Objective-C (Cocoa), Java, or c#. For most,...