Comments on: Podtrapper developer on BlackBerry development, pricing and marketing http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bookmarks for Juni 9th through August 5th | dekay.org http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-2/#comment-525763 Bookmarks for Juni 9th through August 5th | dekay.org Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:05:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-525763 [...] Podtrapper developer on BlackBerry development, pricing and marketing | BlackBerry Cool – Blackberry developer journey (tags: VM ) No related posts. [...]

]]> By: links for 2010-10-10 | Boskabout http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-2/#comment-511039 links for 2010-10-10 | Boskabout Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:00:03 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-511039 [...] Podtrapper developer on BlackBerry development, pricing and marketing … (tags: blackberry appworld development) [...]

]]> By: Prashanth Nair http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-2/#comment-470422 Prashanth Nair Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:26:18 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-470422 Thanks for such a wonderful article.As someody said, nobody will be willing to reveal some secrets like this.I havent seen or used your app yet, but would like to have it trialed now.

]]> By: Prashanth Nair http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-2/#comment-468039 Prashanth Nair Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:26:18 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-468039 Thanks for such a wonderful article.As someody said, nobody will be willing to reveal some secrets like this.I havent seen or used your app yet, but would like to have it trialed now.

]]> By: Blackbery Java Documentation : Birkbeck Technology http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-2/#comment-444992 Blackbery Java Documentation : Birkbeck Technology Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-444992 [...] Podtrapper developer on BlackBerry development, pricing and marketing [...]

]]> By: Ayo http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-2/#comment-424759 Ayo Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:22:40 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-424759 I have to say that this is an amazing and insightful article. I would also like to thank Marcus because you have definitely motivated me to continue with my own experiment.

Good luck with your app.

]]> By: Ayo http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-2/#comment-501454 Ayo Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501454 I have to say that this is an amazing and insightful article. I would also like to thank Marcus because you have definitely motivated me to continue with my own experiment.

Good luck with your app.

]]> By: Amin A. http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-380384 Amin A. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24:29 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-380384 Wow, amazing article, not many devs are willing to share all of these interrelated issues – from development to deployment to marketing – on such a detailed scale! Greate job, hope you’re app really does keep doing well.

]]> By: Amin A. http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501453 Amin A. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501453 Wow, amazing article, not many devs are willing to share all of these interrelated issues – from development to deployment to marketing – on such a detailed scale! Greate job, hope you’re app really does keep doing well.

]]> By: David J. Berman http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-376352 David J. Berman Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:21:18 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-376352 Thank you for sharing this article. I don’t see the author’s name on it though so it’s hard to give full credit but here is the ping-back.

http://www.bermanny.com/2009/06/developers-experience-creating-app-for.html

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]]> By: David J. Berman http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501452 David J. Berman Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:21:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501452 Thank you for sharing this article. I don’t see the author’s name on it though so it’s hard to give full credit but here is the ping-back.

http://www.bermanny.com/2009/06/developers-experience-creating-app-for.html

Send big files for free
SendToPerson.com

]]> By: Ed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-375629 Ed Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:56:57 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-375629 Marcus – great read, very insightful for anyone considering taking up the hobby. Do you have any advice on testing across multiple OS versions and devices?

Cheers,
Ed

]]> By: Ed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501447 Ed Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501447 Marcus – great read, very insightful for anyone considering taking up the hobby. Do you have any advice on testing across multiple OS versions and devices?

Cheers,
Ed

]]> By: Ed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501448 Ed Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501448 Marcus – great read, very insightful for anyone considering taking up the hobby. Do you have any advice on testing across multiple OS versions and devices?

Cheers,
Ed

]]> By: Ed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501449 Ed Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501449 Marcus – great read, very insightful for anyone considering taking up the hobby. Do you have any advice on testing across multiple OS versions and devices?

Cheers,
Ed

]]> By: Ed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501450 Ed Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501450 Marcus – great read, very insightful for anyone considering taking up the hobby. Do you have any advice on testing across multiple OS versions and devices?

Cheers,
Ed

]]> By: Ed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501451 Ed Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501451 Marcus – great read, very insightful for anyone considering taking up the hobby. Do you have any advice on testing across multiple OS versions and devices?

Cheers,
Ed

]]> By: Marcus http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-375026 Marcus Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:15 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-375026 That should have read:

“most of the critisisms are because the blackberry platform offer a whole lot more than other api’s and is therefore, by necessity, more complex.”

I personally believe that’s a fallacy, but it’s definitely open to debate.

-Marcus

]]> By: Marcus http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-501446 Marcus Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-501446 That should have read:

“most of the critisisms are because the blackberry platform offer a whole lot more than other api’s and is therefore, by necessity, more complex.”

I personally believe that’s a fallacy, but it’s definitely open to debate.

-Marcus

]]> By: Marcus http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/25/podtrapper-developer-on-blackberry-development-pricing-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-375024 Marcus Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:16:23 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=13804#comment-375024 @jhfisher

Good comments, here are my responses:

“and yet you used comic sans in the application!”

:) PodTrapper actually uses whatever font your OS is set to. (I use comic sans on my BB since it is the smallest font available and I don’t care how it looks).

“The blackberry ui may look plain but it’s also the most usable and frustration free in the world.”

I totally agree. Every review I got for my app using the base widgets says that’s not enough, though. It needs to be usable *and* pretty.

My point is not so much that doing fancy stuff isn’t possible, it totally is. However, I and many other developers that would like to write mobile apps suck at graphic design. Other platforms have realized this and accommodated for it with their base widgets.

“network connections – this is a strength not a weakness!”

I actually state that exact point in the article, it’s great there are so many options. Unfortunately you’re hampering less skilled developers by not offering a simpler option. (I actually rectify this, sort of, here: http://www.versatilemonkey.com/blog/?p=3 )

“regarding background processes and memory leaks – you must be doing something wrong”

As far as I know I don’t have any leaks. If you’ve ever read any BB forums though you’ll know other devs aren’t so lucky. I agree that it’s not RIM’s fault, but it *appears* to be RIMs fault from a user perspective, especially given that there’s no way to know which app has the leak.

“most of the critisisms are because the blackberry platform offer a whole lot more than other api’s and is therefore, by necessity”

I personally believe that’s a fallacy, but it’s definitely open to debate.

At any rate, good dialog, I’d love to see articles on doing a good UI, I think a ton of developers would get value out of it, especially if all of the assets are reusable in their apps.

-Marcus

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