Alaska Legislature iPhone & Android Apps
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[email protected] Madison WI. October 2012 Mobile Device News & Rumors • Half of U.S. adults now have a mobile connection through a smartphone or tablet, up sizably from a year ago (Pew Research Center 10/1/12). • Apple to unveil 'iPad Mini' Oct. 17, start sales Nov. 2(?) • Microsoft has revealed the Windows 8 Phone release date is November 2012 (Nokia and HTC). • Microsoft building their own Windows Phone? Alaska Legislature Mobile Devices* (Approximately 500 users) 250 iPhones 217 Devices 200 150 iPads 162 Devices 100 50 Blackberry 29 Devices 0 Android Phones and Tablets 2007 76 Devices 2008 2009 2010 Windows Phones 5 Devices 2011 As of 9/30/2012 2012 iPhone/iPad App Development • Early 2011, we saw what the New York Senate had done. • One of our programmers ‘volunteered’ for the project. • We purchased a Mac for development ($1,500). • We registered as Apple Developers ($99/year). – (it took about a week to complete the process). • We downloaded Appcelerator’s Titanium product (free). • We purchased a Support Contract to assist with development issues. • Updates take between 4 – 10 days to be published with the App Store. iPhone/iPad Timeline • IOS development started in March 2011 (on a part-time basis, during legislative session). • We began testing in July 2011 • App released in August 2011 • We’ve had 3 major updates. • Over 2,000 downloads, including from China, Indonesia, Tunisia, India, Thailand, Australia, Taiwan, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Macedonia, UK, South Africa, Portugal, Brazil, and ‘others’.* • *9/30/12 Development Software • Alaska used Appcelerator’s Titanium Platform – Works for Apple, Android, Safari, Linux, Windows platforms • http://www.appcelerator.com/showcase/ • Free! • iPhone SDK 10.6 • JavaScript, HTML, CSS What our iOS App does Home Screen - Displays House and Senate Schedules and Calendars.