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We are an American company. We are extremely cost competitive for high functioning multiplatform mobile initiatives. We are up to 50% less expensive @ project inception-time, and up to 70% less expensive @ project change-time.

We have helped many companies, large and small, with their multiplatform mobile initiatives.

We have rescued them from the painful experience of dealing with cheap outsourcing vendors both local and international. Cheap outsourcing (to the lowest bidder) might look good on paper, but not when you factor in the inevitable redo (and the risk & cost & political damage associated with that eventuality). We are a better choice than selecting cheap outsourcing (at home and abroad):

1. We are cost effective – 50% cost reduction @ inception-time & 70% cost reduction @ change-time, when compared to in-house development.
2. We have capabilities, experience, and proven track record that they don’t have around high functioning multiplatform development.
3. We don’t have a communications barrier. We also manage expectations and provide complete visibility into our process; we understand the demands and evaluation criteria of corporate America.
4. We create visualizations for you on everything we work on; we do this iteratively so that you can see what you are getting as we’re building it; there are no nasty surprises at the end.
5. You can gain political capital with your management team (as we are working on your project) long before it is even completed.
6. We run one of the highest quality and most relevant open-source developer training websites in the world (started in 1997). We have been enabling developers to do great real-world things for a very long time. We are passionate about what we do, and believe you are what you do. We have been giving back to the community for over a decade and are staunch proponents of the open source movement. Not many companies can say that, much less most consulting companies.
7. Learn about the accolades that we have received for our product development. We are a consulting company that knows exactly what we are talking about, since we have been through it all ourselves, in building, marketing, supporting, and selling our own products.
8. Learn more about how we create open source technology to make better applications for our consulting clients, using our Zen Application Framework (Apache 2.0 license). We don’t just use SDKs & toolkits, we are the ones creating them!

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Smartphone app development on Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone is new. Creating multiplatform user experiences that are engaging, meaningful, and compelling are new as well. Let us guide you on your mobile journey, so that you can get it right the first time. Subscribe to the RSS Feed here.

• The future of mobile is multiplatform and why this matters to your business. Find out what your business needs to do in order to leverage increasing consumer expectations from smartphone technology to remain competitive.
• How much should mobile application development cost? Find out the which types of mobile projects are possible, and how much they should cost. Mobile is new, and there is a lot of misinformation and no-information out there about its most critical aspects.
• Why the “mobile web” is useless. Learn how to spot a fake, just like your customers can. The mobile web is not the same as native smartphone software that delivers an engaging experience to the consumer.
• Hype driving iPhone/smartphone app development. Be careful not to buy into the hype and get some real ROI. Don’t waste your time and political capital on something that will not pan out and will end up doing more harm than good.
• 3 Steps to getting started with smartphone app development. With a limited budget, find out what the most effective platform is to accomplish your mobile goals. Create a 3 step process to get started quickly and get it done right the first time.
• Mobile marketplace trends and the future of multiplatform computing. Explore the established and emerging trends in the mobile space, and how it relates to cloud computing and the rest of computing in general.

Our clients

While we can not really show you or talk about some of our consulting projects since we are under NDA, we can provide references if you sign a mutual NDA. Our clients include:

1. ExtraTKT
2. Mizuno USA
3. HUGE Inc
4. HelloSonar
5. Quest Diagnostics
6. PingChat
7. etc.

Download our customer case studies here. It contains customer testimonials and highlights how our process is key in delivering the best quality at the best price.

Download our UI/UX design portfolio here. It contains a sampling of award winning designs we have crafted for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Web. Wireframes, interaction diagrams, and data flows are included.

Download our consulting process document here. It describes our client engagement process at a high level, and gives you an idea of what to expect when you work with us.

We are selective – We don’t address hours, we address complexity. We don’t look at a project as a set of “bodies” and “hours per body”; we look at a project a series of different expertise and disciplines that need to be meshed together to solve complexity quickly and reliably, and deliver engaging experiences. We do not consider projects with a budget under USD $20,000, and a start date of more than 3 months out. We are highly selective in the consulting clients we take on. We do not build fart or joke apps, or glorified RSS readers with different themes, or glorified web views that are considered “apps”. If you are serious about your mobile, multiplatform and cloud initiatives, feel free to contact us.

Our specialties:

1. 100% success rate in delivering projects on time and in budget.
2. Full service, full lifecycle services – planning, graphic design, architecture, marketing, support, and implementation.
3. A strong focus on style, graphic design, and a task oriented “flow”/user experience (UX).
4. Creating apps that use very little battery life, very little network & very little CPU on your device.
5. Creating apps that are fast, responsive, and can run in the background.
6. Architecture guidance before implementation. Marketing strategy after implementation.
7. Attention profiling and usage stats for your apps – monitor usage, downloads, purchases, how and when your app is used; and do customer attention profiling to increase retention rates.
8. End-to-end security, DRM and licensing, high grade encryption, role-based access control.
9. Web services creation using enterprise information integration (EII) to integrate many data sources and services into one experience.
10. Assistance in publishing your app on the Amazon app store, Android Marketplace, BlackBerry App World, or iPhone App Store. We can also make your Android and BlackBerry apps available via over-the-air (OTA) download links/barcodes.
11. Training, mentoring, and continuing education for Android, BlackBerry, and multiplatform experiences.

We are experienced in:

1. Porting iPhone experiences to BlackBerry and Android. Porting BlackBerry experiences to Android.
2. Building web and desktop experiences that sync with existing mobile experiences (turning your mobile app into a multiplatform experience).
3. Experiences that are location-aware with “down to the street level” accuracy on any platform.
4. Experiences that can integrate and visualize multiple layers of data that are tied to a where someone is, and who they are near, on any platform.
5. Location-based services, including location-based mobile e-commerce, location-based mobile payments, location-based mobile advertising, location-based social networking & collaboration.
6. Real-time syncing between multiple platforms: Mobile (including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone), Web, Desktop, and Services, to provide a truly connected user experience.

Location based, marketplace and advertising

We built an Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, web app (and associated cloud services) for a company that allows local communities to buy and sell goods based on proximity. The goal of the app is to allow local communities to create local based marketplaces to buy and sell goods based on location and preference. Users can use credit cards to make payments in this system, from web and mobile. This experience brings together many layers of data into 1, including:

1. Real-time location based collaboration between buyers and sellers across all mobile and web apps.
2. Delivery of location and preference based advertising directly into web and mobile apps.
3. Overlaying community generated content and interactions over lat/lon.
4. Performing credit card transactions in this marketplace, over web and mobile.

Location based, real-time weather and more

We built a BlackBerry and Android application for a real estate company with properties across the world. The goal of this app was to provide customers with weather forecast, Wikipedia, and school district information for their current location (which updates automatically as they move around). This experience brings together 4 layers of data into 1, including:

1. GIS data – geocoding and reverse geocoding were used to translate lat/lon into real street addresses.
2. Real-time weather and forecast data – used to provide current and future weather info.
3. Wikipedia data – used to provide Wikipedia results for a user’s current lat/lon.
4. School district data – used to find which school district is closest to a user’s current lat/lon.

Location based, real-time tide & snow report

We built an iPhone and Web application for a company that runs a chain of beach and mountain resorts in the US. The goal of this app was to provide members with tide forecasts, marine weather, and snow forecasts for their current location (which updates automatically as the user moves around). This experience brings together 3 layers of data into 1, including:

1. GIS data – geocoding and reverse geocoding were used to translate lat/lon & IP addresses into real street addresses.
2. Marine weather data and tide data – used to provide tide info. for specific beaches in the US.
3. Snow reports and mountain weather forecast – used to provide snow reports for specific mountains in the US.

Location based, real-time Health IT

We built a multiplatform application for a hospital to manage patient and billing information from their mobile devices and desktop computers. The goal of this app was to allow physicians to manage patient handoffs, episode of care billing, create QI checklists, and collaborate and communicate securely with all members of their group (regardless of where they are and what computer or mobile device each physician has). It syncs automatically with the cloud so all physicians have up to the minute info. and can access their data from any device, anytime. It works on all mobile platforms, and web browsers.

We are process oriented

Download our consulting process document – It describes our client engagement process at a high level, and gives you an idea of what to expect when you work with us.

Our value

We don’t address hours, we address complexity. We don’t look at a project as a set of “bodies” and “hours per body”; we look at a project a series of different expertise and disciplines that need to be meshed together to solve complexity quickly and reliably, and deliver engaging experiences. We do not consider projects with a budget under USD $20,000, and a start date of more than 3 months out.

We are selective

We are highly selective in the consulting projects we take on because our services are in high demand, and our offerings are cutting edge and unique. We do not build fart or joke apps, or glorified RSS readers with different themes, or glorified web views that are considered “apps”. We also don’t work on projects with a budget smaller than $20K. If you are serious about your mobile, multiplatform and cloud initiatives, feel free to give us a call or fill out the quote form on the right.

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