GVSU Mobile Applications and Services Lab

While we provide our Barcode Scanning SDKs at no cost to developers, we do require that you execute our standard license agreement. The agreement sets out basic requirements including our requirement that licensees include our ad framework, which serves a single banner advertisement immediately after the user completes a scan. Feel free to email sales@biggu.com if you need an alternative license for a specific use case. Apps Using our SDK CNET Scan & Shop (Android) ShopSavvy (iPhone) ShopSavvy (Android) From The Blog ShopSavvy is in Fast Company! ShopSavvy Fan Video Contest #2 Scan with ShopSavvy Program Scanning Household Items with ShopSavvy

According to an as yet unreleased white paper by the DASH7 Alliance, enhanced loyalty programs could be the next big thing. With a DASH7-enabled phone, the white paper states, "a user could set his or her preferences in the Foursquare or Gowalla application that would allow the user to be automatically "discovered" or "checked in" at the coffee shop/restaurant/gun store/etc. and thereby accrue loyalty points passively, i.e. by just being "in" the establishment, rather than requiring active/conscious user behavior to participate in the program.

Here, in handy bullet point form, are all the things you need to know about iPhone OS 4.0

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After talking with several inside sources familiar with the matter, I would like to report that every Android phone currently released in the United States will be receiving an upgrade to Android 2.1.

Here is a GPU comparison for some of the leading smartphones: Motorola Droid: TI OMAP3430 with PowerVR SGX530 = 7 million(?) triangles/sec Nexus One: Qualcomm QSD8×50 with Adreno 200 = 22 million triangles/sec iPhone 3G S: 600 MHz Cortex-A8 with PowerVR SGX535 = 28 million triangles/sec Samsung Galaxy S: S5PC110 with PowerVR SGX540 = 90 million triangles/sec

A legal assault by Apple Inc. hasn’t cooled any of the fervor among makers of mobile phones for Google Inc.’s Android operating system.

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U360mobile is an iPhone App for your school. U360mobile engages incoming students, current students, alumni, and fans.

The magazine is launching an application that looks like a fun shopping and styling tool but is actually a savvy way to connect the magazine and its advertisers directly with readers' wallets.

Our presentation was titled “Mobile Application Stores – State Of Play” and highlights some of our findings on the six largest device manufacturer stores; Apple App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.