iPad – Wiebe Elsinga http://wiebe-elsinga.com/blog Blog Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:37:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 iPad and Android tablet app for ToysXL http://wiebe-elsinga.com/blog/portfolio/ipad-and-android-tablet-app-for-toysxl/ http://wiebe-elsinga.com/blog/portfolio/ipad-and-android-tablet-app-for-toysxl/#respond Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:37:11 +0000 http://wiebe-elsinga.com/blog/?post_type=portfolio&p=1198 ToysXL is a chain of toy superstores in the Netherlands. The landscape for retailers like ToysXL is rapidly moving towards on-line and App based activities. iPad and Tablets are increasingly popular in home settings and kids of all ages use them regularly. Therfore an iPad and Android tablet app was a logical step for ToysXL. In August 2012 ToysXL approached us to help them take their first steps into the world of mobile and tablet apps.

Challenges:

Develop an App that is intuitive and fun for a diverse age group.
Connect the central concept in the app to the ToysXL brand and marketing campaign “De grote verlanglijst” without annoying parents with overt sales triggers.
Deliver an app which is genuinely useful for the intended audience (kids age 3-11).
Short time to market: Start to finish in 6 weeks, launch well before the Christmas season.
Deliver for not just the high-end Samsung tablets, but also for mid to low-end Android devices that are increasingly popular and are sold in the ToysXL stores.

What we (itudeMobile) did:

  • Lead ToysXL through the App lifecyle process from idea to end-product.
  • Test with kids!
  • Native iPad and Android tablet implementation. Re-use of code between platforms to minimize development effort.
  • Develop partial back-end and integrate with existing back-end systems

 

Links

App store
Google play

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Challenges:

  • End-users are used to lots of functionality
  • High level of complexity
  • Security
  • Large organisation requiring large project management effort

What we did:

  • Advise on architecture and design of backend API’s
  • Facilitation of concept creation and App design
  • Interaction design
  • Native apps for iPhone, Android, iPad, Android tablet
  • Mobile trading websites for legacy devices.
  •  Facilitate transition to production

The trading apps for Alex.nl and BinckBank use our proven software libraries for iPhone, Android, Mobile web and server-integration. Porting and simultaneous development between iPhone, iPad, Android and mobile web leveraged our proprietary cross platform design methodology and software libraries.

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