Our users are calling with Tribair on over 400 devices. New devices keep popping up almost every day. We have spent tremendous efforts in trying to keep up and test all these devices. Our app has recently been improving on all aspects. Downloads, calls, ratings, payments and retention are all increasing. The hard work is finally paying. The most important metric, user satisfaction, is increasing.
The problem is we cannot buy all possible phones and test all of them. There are just too many, and the app must work on new phones as soon as they come out, even before we can test. We were fortunate enough to be one of the first Android developers. Google gave us a Nexus One phone, as they did to a few developers, to speed up the development of apps. We also bought the most popular models and a few tablets. Our most popular model is the Galaxy by Samsung.
For the other models, we rely heavily on the Android simulator. We simulate different screen sizes, features and versions. Android hardware developers can do anything they want, there are no restrictions. The key to developing good Android apps is to never assume anything. Always check if the phone has a feature before using it, otherwise it will crash. For example, does the phone have WiFi, 3G, speaker phone, Google maps installed, etc.
Android is clearly taking over the smart phone market. They have so many different alternatives and propositions for the users as opposed to iPhone who has only 3. The key for us is to always keep updated and to reach as many users as possible to offer our solution. We are now very confident with our Android app, marketing can now accelerate knowing that people we reach will be happy with our new Tribair Android app.
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