'Net Features : iphone apps

Constant Contact QuickView for the iPhone

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Constant Contact released a mobile email marketing application dubbed QuickView for the iPhone.

QuickView (which is the first commercial product developed by Constant Contact Labs) provides contact management capabilities, giving CC customers the ability to add new contacts to any existing account list, view, edit and search through their contact lists, create new contact lists, and segment existing contact lists based on special interest categories.

“As the business world becomes increasingly reliant on mobile communication, we want to meet our customers’ need to stay connected to our services, from wherever they are,” said Len Bruskiewitz, senior director, partner programs, Constant Contact. “Constant Contact QuickView for the iPhone empowers our small business customers to manage their contacts and campaigns remotely and make the most of their valuable time.”

Constant Contact QuickView for the iPhone is available free of charge to Constant Contact’s userbase.

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Photoshop on the iPhone... (Sigh)

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:01:00 GMT

As a diehard Google Android user nothing upsets me more than today's announcement from Adobe that the Photoshop.com Mobile iPhone application is now available. Sigh. For free (sigh).

Users will be able to edit photos, apply effects and share images, plus users can connect their Photoshop.com accounts to enable photo sharing and data back-up.

“As the digital imaging leader, Adobe is excited to bring Photoshop.com Mobile to iPhone users,” said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. “Now, with access to powerful editing and sharing tools, iPhone users are armed with the resources to document all of life’s unexpected moments, make them look their best and then re-live those memories with friends and family.”

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iPhone vs Android App Usage Compared

Pete Prestipino — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Mobile advertising platform AdMob has discovered that twive as many paid apps were downloaded per user on the apple App Store compared to the Android Market.

The July 2009 Mobile Metrics report (which surveyed 1,000 users of iPhone, iPod touch and Android devices) indicated:

• Each month, Android and iPhone users download approximately 10 new apps, while iPod touch owners download an average of 18 per month

• Over half of Android and iPhone users spend more than 30 minutes per day using apps • More than 90 percent of Android and iPhone OS users browse and search for apps directly on their mobile device

• Users who regularly download paid apps spend approximately $9 on an average of five paid downloads per month

• iPhone represented 60 percent of US smartphone usage in AdMob’s network in July 2009, followed by RIM and Android devices at 13 and 12 percent, respectively

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AdWhirl Makes Mobile World Revolve

Pete Prestipino — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:36:00 GMT

Just a month after launch, AdWhirl announced today that they are serving over 200 million monthly advertisements worldwide on iPhone and iPod Touch applications in the Apple App Store (and five of the top 50 applications in the App store). AdWhirl is essentially a mobile advertising platform which enables developers to serve ads from different mobile ad providers like AdMob, Quattro Wireless, Videoegg, Jumptap, and Mobclix.

"We're very excited about AdWhirl's ad platform and what it means for the mobile advertising industry. AdWhirl will help Stitcher to maximize 3rd party mobile ad revenue by providing us with the ability to choose dynamically between multiple ad campaign offerings," said Noah Shanok, founder and CEO of Stitcher, a free mobile service for listening to on-demand radio.

There are a few advantages to using AdWihrl; optimized CPM's (the service identifies the highest paying ad to display from the various participating networks), the opportunity to create custom ads (used for the cross-promotion of other applications) and guarantees 100% fill rate. Developers can set up "rollover priorities" which switch to the next available ad network (or custom ad) to provide a consistent inventory of advertisements.

Website Magazine iPhone App

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:25:00 GMT

Website Magazine is pleased to announce the release of its very first iPhone application. Website Magazine readers can access and comment on articles from the most recent issue as well as the daily weblog posts.

Sound interesting? You can download the application for free from iTunes or learn more about it (and see screenshots) at websitemagazine.com/iphone:

It's been an exciting process developing the app over the past few weeks, and we're very interested to see how it performs for you. If you've got a few minutes today (and an iPhone or iTouch, of course), please try it out and let us know what you think. Just send an email to editors@websitemagazine.com or comment below to share your thoughts. We'll be making improvements over the next few weeks, but who better to ask than Web professionals!

PPC Management on the iPhone

Pete Prestipino — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:30:00 GMT

PPC management software provider Acquisio today announced the release of Acquisio SEARCH for iPhone, an interactive PPC management dashboard.

Acquisio clients with the iPhone app can keep track of high-level PPC statistics, pause or resume client campaigns on Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing and Microsoft AdCenter. The dashboard is also actionable, so that users can pause underperforming campaigns or adgroups until they get back to the office to get a closer look and take proper action.

"SEM managers are very busy people. They need to be able to take advantage of moments of inactivity, during commute, for example, to increase their productivity. With the iPhone application, account managers can now see how all their accounts performed on the previous day, week, or month. The interface presents engaging line charts to map progress over time of any given metric," said Martin Le Sauteur, president and CEO of Acquisio Inc. "On the iPhone, the interface is sensitive to screen position, and we wanted to take advantage of this unique feature. When the screen is flipped on its side, we provide even more data on the screen."