9. AdMob Mobile Browser Traffic "We found that Android traffic in the US grew an average of 47% per month since it launched five months ago while iPhone traffic in the US grew an average of 88% per month in the five months following the launch of their App Store."
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13. Top Paid Apps March 2009 SnapPhoto pro (about #140) $0.99, 1,000-5,000 download count category $1000-$5000 Hello IM! AOL/AIM (about #200) $9.99 1,000-5,000 download count category $10,000-$50,000 dxTop Home Screen replacement (about #300) $3.99. 1,000-5,000 download category $4000-$20,000 Power Manager (about #400) $0.99. 500-1,000 download category $500-$1000
37. Timeline 8:00:00 set GPS reporting frequency to 2 minutes 8:01:30 GPS powered on by android 8:02:15 GPS FIX accuracy 1200m 8:02:18 GPS FIX accuracy 700m 8:02:21 GPS FIX accuracy 300m 8:02:21 GPS FIX accuracy 100m 8:02:22 GPS FIX accuracy 80m 8:02:23 GPS FIX accuracy 95m 8:02:40 GPS FIX accuracy 82m
38. Location manager update frequency set to: Every 3 minutes = 10 hours of run time Every 10 minutes = 12 hours of run time Turned off = 24 hours of run time GPS drains the battery
68. The Google Maps Data API The data model is based on maps and features API and PHP Library Google-scale storage and retrieval http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2009/05/introducing-google-maps-data-api-in.html
69. Conclusion Android is well suited for continuous location apps. The Android Market has 4,000 apps for 1,000,000 phones. Google has done a lot of the work in acquiring and storing location. Location apps are fun!