iPhone Application
Development
An overview and prospect
Shaikh Sonny Aman
for SQABD Lightening Talk 3

What you need:
Hardware

What you need:
Hardware
An Apple machine

What you need:
Hardware
An Apple machine
Mac mini Macbook Pro iMac MacBook
55K BDT 165K - 175K BDT 85K BDT 85K BDT

What you need:
Hardware (cont)

What you need:
Hardware (cont)
An iPhone or iPhone Touch

What you need:
Hardware (cont)
An iPhone or iPhone Touch
iPhone
30K BDT
iPod Touch
20K BDT

What you need:
Software & Tools

What you need:
Software & Tools
MacOSX 10.5.6 or higher
iPhone SDK
XCode
A Developer who knows Objective-C or can
learn Objective-C

Hello World!

Hello World!
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/

iPhone Apps

iPhone Apps
A utility Program
A fun App
A game

iPhone Apps (cont)

iPhone Apps (cont)

iPhone Apps (cont)

iPhone Apps (cont)

iPhone Apps (cont)

iPhone Apps (cont)

2D Games

2D Games
Simple idea
Easy game play
Easy Challenge
Funny

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)
http://code.google.com/p/cocos2d-iphone/

2D Games (cont)
Cocos2D-iPhone Library
http://code.google.com/p/cocos2d-iphone/

2D Games (cont)
Cocos2D-iPhone Library
Effects: Lens, Ripple, Waves, Liquid, Twirl,
etc.
Integrated Chipmunk 2d physics engine
Particle system
High Score server (Cocos Live)
http://code.google.com/p/cocos2d-iphone/

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

2D Games (cont)

3D Games
Hardware Benchmark:
Device Max triangles per second
iPhone 613,918
Nokia N95 719,206
Nintendo DS 120,000
Sony PSP 33,000,000
Source: http://www.sunsetlakesoftware.com/2008/08/05/lessons-molecules-opengl-es

3D Games (cont)

3D Games (cont)

3D Games (cont)

3D Games (cont)

3D Frameworks

3D Frameworks
Unity 3D
$199.00, 30 days free

3D Frameworks
Unity 3D
$199.00, 30 days free
Integrated Editor
One-Click Deployment
Shaders
Ageia PhysX™
Terrains
Wii Publishing

3D Frameworks
Unity 3D
$199.00, 30 days free
Integrated Editor
One-Click Deployment
Shaders
Ageia PhysX™
Terrains
Wii Publishing

3D Frameworks (cont)

3D Frameworks (cont)

3D Frameworks (cont)

3D Frameworks (cont)

3D Frameworks (cont)

3D Frameworks (cont)
SIO2 http://sio2interactive.com/TECHNOLOGY.html
Free Edition
Indie edition @ $49.50

3D Frameworks (cont)
SIO2 http://sio2interactive.com/TECHNOLOGY.html
Free Edition
Indie edition @ $49.50
Secure Dist. Package (Encrypted)
Real Time Physics
Rigid Body, Collision Detection, Soft Body, Particle System, Fog
Real 3D Stereo & Surround , Realtime MPEG 4 Playback
Lighting & Shadow & Texturing
Tool Chain :Built around Blender (WYSIWYG)
Scene Management & Animation

3D Frameworks (cont)

3D Frameworks (cont)

Design Mistakes

Design Mistakes
Over-Blown Visuals
Neglecting technological limitations
Confusing navigation
Confusing the iPhone with a computer
Disregard of context

The AppStore Stat
http://gizmodo.com/5133070/iphone-app-store-hits-500-million-downloads-we-break-down-the-numbers

The AppStore Stat
http://gizmodo.com/5133070/iphone-app-store-hits-500-million-downloads-we-break-down-the-numbers

Free apps Pays you!
http://gizmodo.com/5133070/iphone-app-store-hits-500-million-downloads-we-break-down-the-numbers

Free apps Pays you!
AdMob http://www.admob.com/
Pinch Media http://www.pinchmedia.com/
GrayStripes https://www.greystripe.com/
AdWhirl http://www.adwhirl.com/
http://gizmodo.com/5133070/iphone-app-store-hits-500-million-downloads-we-break-down-the-numbers

Success Stories

Success Stories
iRetroPhone — $30,000 Net Profit for One
Day’s Work
Ge Wang’s Ocarina a $0.99 app, 400,000
downloads in less than a month
Steve Demeter, $5 Trism, announced he made
$250,000 in profit in just two months

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