Few of the key takeaways could be listed as below -

• Android Market is not as profitable for developers when it comes to paid apps.
• 6 paid iPhone applications generated same number of downloads generated in the App Store as compared to 2 in the Android Market.
• 10 iPhone games produced 2,50,000 downloads as compared to five games in Google Android Market.
• The app exposure and competition is higher in the App Store as compared to Android Market as 94 distinct apps hit the top 10 position in the Apple App Store in the month of April in the US while only 26 managed to gain traction in the Android market.

Once again this new report has proved that iPhone app development is profitable for developers. Read the full report here.

iPhone development companies can use this piece of software to display the full functionality of the applications they made within their corporate website.  Any other form of development is NOT necessary in order to make the iPhone app web compatible. After the iPhone app development is finished developers need to simply upload the applications and the job is done. They will get a link to their app on the web once the app is loaded into the system.

Pieceable Viewer has free trial which will expire after one hour. For a monthly fee of $30, you can get 5 applications with 3 simultaneous viewers and for a $60 fee, iPhone developers can upload unlimited iOS apps with 10 simultaneous viewers.

Currently the software is available for iPhone apps only and the company is expected to develop one for iPad in the near future. Get the best plan for yourself at their corporate website.

The company also said that the new version can now generate test scripts in Objective-C for use with OCUnit, or in JavaScript for use with UI Automation tools from Apple. Testing in development phase has always been considered a monotonous process and time taking one by iPhone developers. The automation of the testing process will make application development more fun and even more agile. All these and Gorilla Logic doesn’t even charge a penny for it. Download the free tool here.

‘The Best Top 10 iPhone App Development Companies’.

The Best Top 10 iPhone App Development Companies featuring on the list are-

1. Appiction, Texas, USA.
2. [x]cubeLABS, Dallas, USA.
3. Intellectsoft LTD, London, UK.
4. Sourcebits, Inc, Atlanta, GA.
5. Apalon, Minsk, Belarus.
6. Intersog LLC,  Chicago, USA.
7. ArcApps, Scottsdale, AZ.
8. Azoft Ltd, Novosibirsk, Russia.
9. Ymedia Labs, California, USA.
10. Dotcominfoway, Tamil Nadu, India.

You can read the full post here.

After analyzing the usage data of thousands of iphone, andrioid, ipad, windows 7 and BlackBerry appss, the study reveals that 26 percent of mobile users download the app, try it for one time and never uses them again.

The study also found that 26% of the customers are very loyal and are using new app more than 10 of times. This is the same percentage of number of fickle customers present. Loyal customers, over the following months are using the app for hundreds of times.

As there are billions of apps being downloaded in the App stores, it is clear that users are willing to try new apps. And therefore, iPhone application developers would do well to track the usage data as well with the download stats to improve customer loyalty. Increasing customer loyalty will bring-in more revenue to these iPhone app developers.

According to the tests by many iPhone app developers, web applications are running relatively slow when compared to the native apps in the app store. App developers are unsure about this problem and are in dilemma whether these are accidental bugs in the app store or conscious strategy of Apple to promote their iOS apps. However the end result is that web apps are feeling harder to replace native apps.

Native apps are the apps that runs only on Apple’s operation system, where the company takes a 30 per cent cut of all applications sold and web apps are the apps that are built with standard technologies like JAVA, HTML etc., and run on all devices. In App Store, web apps take approximately two and half times longer period when compared to the native apps even though iOS supports HTML5. As apple has upgraded iOS 4.3 with high speed nitro java script and nitro is not used in the web apps which makes web apps to launch slowly.

Apple denied commenting on the issue, but according to some iphone application developers, there are two different JavaScript engines and Apple is not using the new engine if apps are downloaded from the home screen which makes web app to launch slowly. One of the developers said that “”Apple is basically using subtle defects to make web apps appear to be low quality – even when they claim HTML5 is a fully supported platform”. As apple is not using new JavaScript, web apps will not appear in good quality as they run on old “synchronous mode” rather than on the latest “Asynchronous mode”.

If these are the accidental bugs then this is the best time for the Apple to clear the issue or if this conspiracy of Apple then it’s time for Google “The Android team needs to pick this up and compete on it.”

The tool will help iphone app developers and testers in capturing manual testing efforts and reusable tests without requiring scripting languages. The tool will aid in several iphone app development phases like extending the app or working on server side elements by automating the testing efforts.

“Parasoft Mobile Test brings a new level of support for collaborative development and testing of mobile applications,” says, Wayne Ariola, VP of Strategy for Parasoft Corporation.

“Mobile applications are rapidly becoming the preferred interface of choice for business transactions, information and customer support. It is certainly time for mobile application development to graduate from ad hoc events to a mature process that ensures application security, reliability and performance,” he adds.

In United States, BlackBerry Curve 8530 ranked 3^rd top acquired phone followed by LG – Cosmos and Motorola – Droid respectively.

In EU5, Nokia devices,  Nokia – 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia – 5230 stood 3^rd and 4^th in the list of top acquired phones followed by BlackBerry Curve 8520.

The report reveals the growing popularity of smartphones as in the U.S., 4 of the top 5 acquired devices were smartphones, while 3 of the top 5 in Europe are smartphones.

Will the iPhone 5 have a 4 inch screen or larger?

Yes      -1000   (90%)

No       +400    (20%)

Will the device have a 10-megapixel camera or better?

Yes      +250    (28%)

No       -500     (83%)

Will the device feature a physical keyboard?

Yes      +150    (40%)

No       -200     (66%)

Will the device have a sliding cover?

Yes      +1000  (1%)

No       -5000   (99%)

Will the device be thinner than previous versions?

Yes      +1000  (1%)

No       -400     (80%)

(The +/- Indicates the Return on the Wager)

Source- Bokmaker.com

Firemint’s huge hit Real Racing an ADA-winning race game is seeing its sequel out by December 16th on iTunes Store with 30 licensed cars, a 16 car grid, and online races .

The game features :

• 30 officially licensed cars
• 16 car grid against AI, and 16 player online racing – an iOS first
• Career mode with well over 10 hours gameplay and a range of event types
• Earn in-game currency to buy and sell cars, and buy upgrades
• 5 game modes: Career Mode, Quick Race, Time Trial, Local Multiplayer (8 players), Online Multiplayer (16 players)
• 15 locations with 40 miles of highly detailed race track
• Vehicle damage
• Online Save Game
• Game Center and Cloudcell integration, multiple profiles
• Wide range of control options
• HUD with minimap that can be turned on or off
• 5 camera angles including fully 3D cockpit view, and TV style replays
• Powered by Firemint’s exclusive Mint3D™ engine

The game will probably be priced at $9.99 which is comparatively higher than others but Real Racing fans  would be the first to grab the latest Real Racing 2 game .

Check out the video of the game in action below :