MOTODEV Blog articles

New Enterprise Content on MOTODEV

tpullman — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:25:22 GMT

On Monday we launched a new resource center specifically designed for enterprise developers - MOTODEV for Enterprise. You'll find a ton of technical content designed to help you build and manage mobile business applications for your organization or customers. And we are just getting started.

Best Practices on Getting Your App Discovered on Android Market

DJ_Ksar — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:07:14 GMT

Get best practices from Randy Ksar, MOTODEV Community Manager, on listing your Android app on the Android Market.

Bagels Bands and Bright Backgrounds

Peter_vdL — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:00:36 GMT

Peter van der Linden closes out the year 2011 with tips on bagel-slicing and android layout debugging, in his own inimitable style.

Deploying Enterprise Apps

Peter_vdL — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:11:39 GMT

There are many choices for how to deploy enterprise apps. This blog post reviews experiences from Motorola Mobility's IT group and shares some practical experience of the trade-offs.

Working with DROID XYBOARD 8.2

suzannea — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:57:45 GMT

By now you’ve probably heard of the DROID XYBOARD 8.2 tablet recently announced. DROID XYBOARD 8.2 is available in a 4G LTE version in the US and a WiFi-only version in the UK and Europe, where it’s called XOOM™ 2 Media Edition. This new tablet is thin and lightweight, with an 8.2-inch screen and natural portrait orientation. At launch, DROID XYBOARD 8.2 runs Android™ 3.2 (Honeycomb), but is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

On-Demand Webinar: Authentication, Certificates, and VPNs

Peter_vdL — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:48:35 GMT

As Android drives further and further into the enterprise, app developers need increased familiarity with IT terminology and “best practices”. If you’d like a little help getting up to speed with the best practices of how https (the http secure protocol) works, then this webinar is for you.

Upcoming Event: How to Distribute Apps to Your Mobile Workforce

ghansen — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:56:45 GMT

One of the more common questions I hear during discussions about building apps for your enterprise is, “now that I have an app, how do I get it to the right people in my company?”

Accessorize Your Apps

Greg_Wilson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:05:14 GMT

Add support for Motorola Mobility's new "smart accessories" to improve the usability and thus the desirability of your Android apps.

New Webinar Recording: Getting Your App Discovered with Appolicious

DJ_Ksar — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:55:54 GMT

Watch the webinar titled "Getting Your App Discovered with Appolicious" originally recorded on November 16, 2011.

Motorola Mobility at Forrester Security Conference

JasonRuger — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:02:31 GMT

At the Forrester Security conference this week, Forrester shared an interesting finding: that mobile workers are more productive than non-mobile workers. They shared a few facts from their research, including mobile employees work 20% more, commute further and are compensated 44% more than their peers. In addition, Forrester found the average mobile worker has at least 3 devices.

Live from the floor of AnDevCon II

Peter_vdL — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:55:02 GMT

The MOTODEV team is at the AnDevCon II conference for the first four days this week. If you can't attend the conference, read this blog post to get a flavor of the event and see what you're missing.

At the Sprint Open Solutions Conference

DJ_Ksar — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:26:17 GMT

Listen to the latest podcast from the Sprint Open Solutions Conference held in Santa Clara, California.

The More the Merrier! Come Find Us at AnDevCon II

annas — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:48:18 GMT

The MOTODEV team is excited to once again participate in AnDevCon. The AnDevCon II event follows the success of AnDevCon, and will be held the week of November 6 – 9 in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco. This event focuses on Android from top to bottom and offers developers the opportunity to hear from accomplished professionals who want to share solutions to app development challenges. For us, this means we have the floor for three different sessions addressing three different challenges. Hear from the speakers themselves …….

Upcoming IT events: Cloud, Security, Mobility

JasonRuger — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:57:03 GMT

It seems that regardless of industry or company size, Information Technology organizations face the same issues -- shrinking budgets, skyrocketing network and storage demands, consumerization, mobility and security. Then, to complicate matters, our employees and customers now expect to gain access to our IT services from any platform and on any device. It sounds insane, but that’s IT.

Listen to the Archive: Utilizing Social to Increase App Downloads & Engagement

nmcmorran — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:57:35 GMT

In this podcast we chatted with Chris Glode, Mobile Product Manager, at MapMyFitness. Chris has over 6 years experience marketing mobile apps globally, in all types of channels including app stores, carriers decks, TV, radio, SMS, online and at live events. He’s been fortunate enough to manage #1 ranked apps (free and paid) in Health & Fitness and Sports categories.

Motorola Mobility at #AnDevCon: Making the Connections

rhennigar — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:12:13 GMT

Hello all, Ruth Hennigar here. I work at Motorola Mobility in the Software Product Management team, responsible for enhancing Android in areas of core OS, applications and user experience. The open-ness of the Android platform gives my team and I a great opportunity to spend time on innovation rather than on “the basics”.

MOTODEV gives back during Global Week of Service

karang — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:53:57 GMT

We spoke to students about technology, and key terms like hardware, software, applications. The careers available in technology were introduced and skills required to be an Engineer or App Developer were explained.

Last week as part of Motorola’s Global Week of Service initiative, we at Motorola UK office did an “Android App Development Bootcamp” at a school – Aldworth Science College.

Utilizing Social to Increase App Downloads & Engagement

DJ_Ksar — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:41:12 GMT

Join us on Nov. 2 at 9am PST / 12pm EST for a conversation with Chris Glode, Director of Product Management @ MapMyFitness and Randy Ksar, Community Manager @ MOTODEV, about utilizing social to increase app downloads and engagement.

Atom Smashing with your Motorola phone!

Peter_vdL — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:59:36 GMT

Ever since I heard the term "atom smashing", I've wanted to try it myself. I've just never been able to afford my own atom smasher, and used ones hardly ever come up on EBay. Today's blog post gives details of a new Android app that does live streaming of atom smashing results, direct from the CERN atom smasher to your phone!

Hear from Devs at Adobe MAX & Win a MOTOROLA XOOM WIFI

DJ_Ksar — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:05:06 GMT

Wow what an amazing dedicated community at Adobe MAX! I can tell you without any doubt that we really helped people get their AIR app to Android Market , test it thru several user scenarios for free, and get valuable real-time feedback from Motorola Mobility smartphone and tablet owners. For those that didn't attend....