Flick Software Newsletter - The Mobile Enterprise

In This Issue

Ready, Design, Code: Flick Adds UX Design

Flick Labs: BBM for Telemetry?

Opinion: HTML5 vs Native Apps

From the Labs

Head-to-Head Number Cruncher via BBM

Social

Welcome to the Fall Edition

Where did the summer go? The shorter days and cooler nights can only mean one thing: It's time for the Fall Edition of The Mobile Enterprise. So why not sit back and take a moment to read about the crazy things Flick Labs folks are doing to help you vanquish your friends using Blackberry Messenger. If you are tired of hiring three different service providers to get one job done, learn about Flick Software's new in-house UX design services. Is HTML5 the harmonizing technology for all future apps? Take in Marcel's Farcas' informative article on HTML5 vs native apps to find out.

We hope you enjoy this edition. As always, your feedback is welcome and appreciated.

Peter O'Blenis,

COO Flick Software

From the Labs - BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Telemetry? Why Not?!

Flick Labs is Flick Software's experimental playroom. It is where our engineers can take time out from their day jobs to experiment with new and interesting technologies.

About a year and a half ago, the team started experimenting with a tile game platform that could be adapted for every major mobile platform. This project ultimately resulted in Number Cruncher, a tile game that

went to the top of the mobile game charts with over 3 million downloads.

Many of the folks on the team have been looking for an excuse to build the next version of Number Cruncher and it now looks like they have found it: BlackBerry's BBM 6.0.

Ready, Design, Code - Flick Adds UX Design Services

They say that an application, no matter how well it's implemented, can only ever be UX Design graphic as good as its design. Well, at Flick we buy into this mantra.

For years Flick has worked closely with external design groups to help craft mobile solutions that are attuned to actual business requirements. There are occasions, however, when it makes sense to bring UX design work in-house. To that end, Flick has announced the availability of end-to-end UX design services as part of its service portfolio. Read More

Opinion - HTML5 vs. Native Apps by Marcel Farcas

Working for a software company that specializes in mobile development is fun, you work with lots of fancy devices and new technologies but there are challenges too. This field is highly fragmented and very "fluid" with mobile OS innovation occurring at a furious pace.

One of the technologies making big waves lately is HTML5. As with any other technological advancement there is a lot of hype around it; some pundits call it the great "unifier", others are eager to announce the demise of native applications.

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