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Speak2See

Speak2See app is now on the app store!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speak2see/id570688291?mt=8

Speak to See LLC Introduces a “Visual Hearing” Application that Facilitates Patient/Care Giver Communication for Those who are Hard of Hearing.
For medical professionals and family members who are caring for an increasingly elderly population, Speak to See, is an exciting new “visual hearing” application that alleviates the struggle of communicating with those who are hard of hearing. The application was developed by a long term care physician in response to the daily difficulties of communicating with aging patients and provides a practical and thoughtful interface that has been the result of 25 years of patient care.
The application interface is simple. Use either the pre-loaded questions or speak your own into your i-phone or i-pad, which instantly magnifies the text to full screen, allowing the hard of hearing patient to read and instantly respond. To clear and move to the next question all it takes is a simple shake of the phone, allowing for fluid and seamless patient interaction avoiding the disruptive typing that has increasingly been associated with electronic charting.
The initial idea for the application came from seeing many hard of hearing patients says the inventor, Dr. Thomas E. Dahlberg. “It’s difficult when you can’t communicate with your patients. You either end up gathering insufficient information or spend time uncomfortably yelling until the patient can hear. So far patients have responded immediately to the large text, answering questions with more detail and self assurance. I have been able to communicate more effectively and efficiently with patients I’ve been seeing for 15 years, and as a result I believe I’ve been able to deliver better patient care.”
Speak to See is a small, but significant example of a positive application for emerging technology in the medical field and its ability to enhance communication through real-time interactions. Not only does Speak to See stand to increase the efficiency of patient care as well as the quality of the experience for doctors and nurses, but it can be a valuable tool for families caring for aging parents at home. As a facilitator of communication, Speak to See’s primary objective is to enhance the general quality of life for patients, care takers, and loved ones surrounding—a refreshing goal and hopefully only the beginning of many more practical uses for technology and patient care in the future.

About Speak to See: the application includes pre-loaded questions that cover basic HMI etc.

22 Reasons Why Your Business or Blog Needs An iPhone App

22 Reasons Why Your Business or Blog Needs An iPhone App

There is a lot more traffic coming from mobile platforms lately and it seems that the iPhone (or Internet in your hand) is something that can’t be ignored. iPhone and SmartPhone Mobile AppsThe growth in the market share of the iPhone as well as the continual replacement of the traditional mobile phones with Internet enabled phones like the Android and the Blackberry are driving traffic to sites at an increasing rate.

Here are some numbers:

Comscore announced that 45.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones in an average month during the December to February period, 2010

This is up 21 percent from the three months ending November 2009.

  • The iPhone will continue to be the leading app platform, with a database of over 200,000 applications offering niche and localized content from developers like AppzDev
  • Apple iPhone downloads have exceeded 3 Billion at the start of 2010
  • ABI Research reported that just under six billion mobile applications will be downloaded in 2010
  • Smartphone OS-based phones will grow at more than a 30% compound annual growth rate for the next five years globally

At CeBit this week and  there was a presentation by a “Mobile App” specialist and he opened my eyes to the increasingly omnipresent mobile market and how bloggers and corporate website owners cannot continue to ignore the smartphone app markets compelling growth.

One of the case studies mentioned was about the pizza  chain “Dominos” which after lanching its mobile app drove over $2 million in sales to its stores in just 3 months.  With the Domino’s Mobile App you can:

  • View the full Domino’s menu
  • See your current order
  • Track your order
  • View other information such as surcharges and the company’s privacy policy

So what is a “Mobile App”?

A mobile app is a small program that sits on your mobile phone and does something for you. With the power of today’s phones, apps can do some really great things – from letting you know what’s going on in your area, to calculating exchange rates, movie times, social media interactions, alerting you to traffic information, providing entertainment and letting you know about special offers. There are over 200,000 mobile applications out there today performing a huge range of tasks.

So what should you should keep in mind before ignoring the constant knocking on your door of an opportunity whose time has come.

  • If you have AppzDev LLC develop an App for mobile let everyone know about it through email, website, SMS  and Twitter
  • Add mobile value by including content and functionality that are location based or time sensitive
  • Just like social media don’t sell but provide content that adds value to people’s lives such as weather reports for bike riders that are location driven
  • AppzDev develops a Mobile App that becomes a part of the persons daily lives and hopefully becomes indispensable
  • Remember that with iPhone or mobile app your webiste or blog presence is just one or two slides or touches away on that persons phone anywhere anytime,
  • It’s about convenience
  • Mobile apps have broad reach  so develop apps that can viewed on as many mobile platforms as possible including, iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia and Android
  • You can use the App to drive traffic to your bricks and mortar store
  • Announce “Specials” to your readers (online shoppers love a bargain)
  • You can announce an “Event”
  • The mobile internet market is growing at a much faster rate than fixed internet
  • The developing world’s connection to the internet is much more mobile centric than the Western world’s fixed line communications infrastructure
  • 75% of our planet is still not connected to the Internet so the potential over the coming decades is substantial
  • It will differentiate you from your competition
  • You create deeper engagement
  • Drive more loyalty
  • You get to put your branding on your customers phones
  • Your business is provided with great feedback
  • It is going to drive more revenue and ultimately more profits
  • It enables easy sharing of your content between mobile users
  • Reduce costs to your business through automation
  • It could even stop you getting a speeding fine and keep your licence… Trapster.com app tells you when there is a speed camera nearby.

Click here for more information contact AppzDev iPhone Development to do your business iPhone app!

Thanks to Jeff Bullas for the incredible article! 

Top characteristics of a successful app

Here are the top characteristics of a successful app.

  1. Solve a pain

This is the main factor for success:  top-ranking apps solve some pain that other apps don’t solve or just partially solve. No one needs another weather informer, clock, or news reader. Make something unique that solves a common problem.

  1. Appealing description
    Your app’s description is the only information available to users to help them decide whether they want to download your app or not. Spend extra time writing an appealing description, and include attractive screenshots, promo graphics, and icons.
  2. Positive user experience
    It doesn’t make much sense to simply put your website into an app. Your app should look and behave like a real app, and above all it must be user friendly. Since the smartphone user experience is different from the desktop, your app shouldn’t be simply lifted from the desktop world. Difficult?  Not really. There are many examples, libraries, and code snippets on how to implement a friendly user interface. Moreover, you can easily make your blog, forum, video, or audio content mobile friendly with many plug-ins and widgets available.

3 Main Benefits of Developing iPhone Applications for Your Business

3 Main Benefits of AppzDev developing iPhone Applications for Your Business

There’s been a sensation about Apple’s iPhone recently, and much speculation as for to buy iPhone or not, its advantages and disadvantages, usefulness of developing iPhone applications and so on. Apple itself has recently begun an advertising campaign and a TV commercial featuring a dozen free and paid business apps with the tagline “Helping you run your small business one app at a time.”

Why is it beneficial to have your own iPhone application developed by AppzDev?

1. iPhone applications give employees the opportunity to access information easily from anywhere where they have access to the internet. Every week even more businesses are realizing the benefits of mobile applications and web-based access. Besides increasing overall employee productivity, mobile applications boost efficiency and internal revenues by unifying communications with entire business structure.

There are two ways of using iPhone applications: they can be your business, or they can be made to help your business.

2. The iPhone market is still in the early stages and growing quickly, which makes it even more attractive for business owners. That is the reason why the popularity of iPhone applications within corporations is growing. Apple is trying to do its best to support business apps development, and the next version of iPhone software is announced to be released in June. It’ll allow the developers to sell additional services within applications, and buyers – use these new features to create a better and more distinctive application.

Being an innovative first-generation device, iPhone captured hearts of a vast majority of people. Apple has reported that over five hundred million applications were downloaded and about a billion dollars was gained only in apps this year. Apple’s counterparts, Google (Android), RIM (Blackberry), Microsoft (Windows Mobile), and Qualcomm (Palm) have announced launching app stores as well. Running application business is at the height of its fame.

3. An iPhone application is a product that can be used to promote your business or it can be sold as a consumer product. A mobile application is a good way both to produce and invest at the present time.

3 Main Benefits of AppzDev developing iPhone Applications for Your Business

There’s been a sensation about Apple’s iPhone recently, and much speculation as for to buy iPhone or not, its advantages and disadvantages, usefulness of developing iPhone applications and so on. Apple itself has recently begun an advertising campaign and a TV commercial featuring a dozen free and paid business apps with the tagline “Helping you run your small business one app at a time.”

Why is it beneficial to have your own iPhone application developed by AppzDev?

1. iPhone applications give employees the opportunity to access information easily from anywhere where they have access to the internet. Every week even more businesses are realizing the benefits of mobile applications and web-based access. Besides increasing overall employee productivity, mobile applications boost efficiency and internal revenues by unifying communications with entire business structure.

There are two ways of using iPhone applications: they can be your business, or they can be made to help your business.

2. The iPhone market is still in the early stages and growing quickly, which makes it even more attractive for business owners. That is the reason why the popularity of iPhone applications within corporations is growing. Apple is trying to do its best to support business apps development, and the next version of iPhone software is announced to be released in June. It’ll allow the developers to sell additional services within applications, and buyers – use these new features to create a better and more distinctive application.

Being an innovative first-generation device, iPhone captured hearts of a vast majority of people. Apple has reported that over five hundred million applications were downloaded and about a billion dollars was gained only in apps this year. Apple’s counterparts, Google (Android), RIM (Blackberry), Microsoft (Windows Mobile), and Qualcomm (Palm) have announced launching app stores as well. Running application business is at the height of its fame.

3. An iPhone application is a product that can be used to promote your business or it can be sold as a consumer product. A mobile application is a good way both to produce and invest at the present time.