Apple design Award 2010 is a award which recognizes best iPhone apps developed on basis of technical excellence, innovativeness, technology adopted, performance of apps, nature of design over the year 2009-10 , These awards are announced every year and the winning apps or say the iPhone application developers set new standards for iPhone application developer community .
20 Minute Meals – Jamie Oliver : Zolmo
20 Minute Meals is a self-contained digital mini-cookbook that sets the bar with an attractive interface that demonstrates tremendous attention to detail and high production value. 20 Minute Meals integrates high-quality photos and audio and uses HTTP Streaming to deliver high-resolution video throughout the app to explain kitchen and food preparation techniques. This app shows off the power and mobility of iPhone with integrated shopping lists, unit conversions, audio coaching within recipes, adjusting portion sizes based on the amount of people, and a shake-to-get-a-random-recipe feature. The hard work and dedication of iPhone developers of the game Zolmo paid off.
Articles: Sophiestication
Articles features a one-of-a-kind presentation of Wikipedia articles, perfectly optimized for iPhone and iPod touch. It is a beautifully designed example of an app that does one thing really well, and shows off the value of a quiet browsing experience. Articles uses Foundation, UIKit, NSURLConnection, libxml2, UIWebView, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Core Data, and Map Kit and reaches an international audience with versions in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Articles is also available on iPad. Articles iPhone developers Sophiestication gave the best Article reading app in the year .
Brushes: Steve Sprang
Brushes is a powerful freehand painting tool for creating original artwork that completely re-defined a genre of apps most people would not have expected on iPhone. It features a painting gallery, balanced painting tools, an advanced color picker, realistic brushes, layers, extreme zooming, an eye dropper tool, and a simple, yet very functional user interface. The painting engine is implemented entirely in Core Graphics and makes heavy use of Core Animation. Brushes reaches an international audience with versions in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish . Steve Spran the Iphone app developer behind the app , gave the app the exclusion from other similar apps and the best user experience .
Doodle Jump : Lima Sky, LLC.
Doodle Jump is arguably the most addictive game available for iPhone today and is currently rated with 4.5 stars and over 55,000 reviews. Doodle Jump integrates very well with the accelerometer, has innovative progressive leader boards built right into the game screen, has incredible hand-drawn artwork, layered graphics, and visual effects, and offers Facebook, email, and Twitter integration. It also uses innovative cross-promotion with other apps, including sharing themes. Doodle Jump has a large and active fan base largely due to the addictive game play and frequent updates that include new themes and capabilities. Lima Sky the iPhone application developers behind the app have set new standards for the developer community.
Real Racing : Firemint
Get into the driver’s seat with Real Racing and tear through forests, seaside circuits, and burning deserts. With beautiful track environments, carefully detailed cars and console quality 3D sound effects, Real Racing delivers an exhilarating racing experience. Real Racing, also available on iPad, sets the standard for quality and console-like performance and capabilities on iPhone. The Amazing racing game comes from the Firemint – the iPhone developers behind it .
I think these were the best games and were highly rated by their fans, there were also competitors equally good but winner is always one, so keep developing innovative apps for the platform with great ideas , maybe the next time you take the trophy. Are you a iPhone application developer or a iPhone user and feel an app you are aware of deserves to be here, do comment with the name of the app.
