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Does My App Need to be 100% Custom-Made?

At AppsAustin, we take great pride in the custom mobile application builds we create for our clients and partners. We like to take the time and get a shared vision with them for the app, and involve them in every step of the process, so everyone involved in the project is delighted with the end result. Therefore, we're a little hesitant to discuss app templates when we're asked about them. We'd like to dedicate this article to a discussion of apps created from templates as opposed to custom...

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Web Applications vs. Native Applications: What's That Mean, Really?

Within the mobile app development community, there's been a lot of animated discussion about the difference between web and native applications. We've found that outside the community, however, most folks don't fully understand the difference between the two. Before we dive in, then, we'd like to present a working definition of the difference between the two types of mobile apps. Web applications are those written specifically to be accessed through a mobile device's web browser, whereas a...

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Face-to-Face? We Make Our Case

When we open app-building discussions with prospective clients, they often express concerns about going through the process long-distance. We certainly understand why they might hesitate to make such an undertaking with someone who isn't local; after all, it's human nature to prefer to do business with someone you can meet face-to-face. However, we do have some important points we like to make to put their minds at ease—and we'd like to share them with you here. It wasn't so long ago where...

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Pricing The True Value of App Development

We can't count how many times we've seen the following scenario played out. We'll bid on an app development project, and the client (or partner, as we prefer to call them) will take a look at our bid, then at their budget, then back to our bid, and over to their budget again. Then they ask the dreaded question: “Why so much? I mean, Company X gave us a much lower bid.” The short answer? We're worth it, and we've got the confidence and expertise to back it up. However, we know—and...

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The Case for Over-The-Air Testing Distribution Using QR Codes

As we've discussed in some of our other articles, testing your mobile application before sending it to market is important to its overall success. The testing phase is where any user experience (UX), coding, text, or graphics issues can be found early—and therefore fixed—before your app's released to the general public. While it's true that no one's perfect, testing gets your app as close to perfect as it can be. And that's what you want your potential customers to see. Whether you have two...

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Augmented Reality: High-Tech Toy or Game-Changer?

As technology progresses, it can be difficult to keep up with all the new innovations and changes taking place. Some ideas don't even get past R&D, and the general public never hears of them. Others are thrown into the PR machine in their infancy, and consumers are almost tired of hearing about them by the time they're made available to most of us. Even though the concept's been around for a while, most folks consider augmented reality (AR) technology to be relatively new. As it comes of age,...

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The Case for QR Testing Distribution

As we've discussed in some of our other articles, testing your mobile application before sending it to market is important to its overall success. The testing phase is where any user experience (UX), coding, text, or graphics issues can be found early—and therefore fixed—before your app's released to the general public. While it's true that no one's perfect, testing gets your app as close to perfect as it can be. And that's what you want your potential customers to see. Whether you have two...

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Fundamentals for Creation of an Interactive App

When a chef takes on a cooking project, they've got a clear picture how the dish is going to look, smell and taste when it's done. They understand beforehand the ingredients needed and when and how they're prepared. Master chefs—and the teams that assist them--apply this “big picture” concept in order to please and attract customers. Not-so-great chefs ignore it at their own peril. App development for mobile devices calls for the same focus on the end result. Skipping a critical step in...

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