It’s been quite a couple weeks since our Titanium beta launch. We received a tremendous number of requests for access to Appcelerator beta and hundreds of mobile and desktop projects have already begun production. It’s a good time to share some initial thoughts on all the great that apps that you’re looking to build.
One thing is clear from reading the initial responses: you, our users, are building very different apps than the ones typically seen in the various app stores. Sure, we’re getting our fair share of games and entertainment apps. But whereas those two categories make up 35% of the Apple store, they only make up 11% of what we’ll call our “app pipeline”. So, the question is, what are you looking to build with Titanium?
We’ll get more scientific over the next few weeks, but here are a couple of anecdotal examples of the types of apps that you all are building: “promotional/affinity” apps for upcoming product launches, auto apps that help users navigate around traffic jams, content management front-end apps, onsite billing/quoting apps, medical recording apps for doctors, “augmented reality” apps, university geo-services/mapping apps and eLearning apps, apps that pull together web-based social tools, and lots of mobile ports of existing SaaS-based enterprise apps. In a sign of the times, we’re seeing apps that help job seekers, apps for saving money while on-the-go, and apps that help realtors promote their residential and commercial property… and many, many more.
In short, you are bringing your deep knowledge of web tools and technologies along with your own connectivity to your customers/users to bear on mobile and desktop apps. You are building what can best be described as “Always On” apps. Whether for consumer or business use, almost every Titanium-created app uses web connectivity, leverages information from your datacenter or user base, and mixes in device-centric contextual functionality like geo-location or mobile filesystem access to create a truly unique app experience.
We would love to showcase your story on this blog and help you promote your Titanium-created app. Please drop me a line at sschwarzhoff [at] appcelerator.com if you have a story that you’d like to share. In the meantime, our best wishes on telling your app story with Titanium!
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