Introduction
Almost 10 billion applications have been downloaded to mobile devices since Apple’s App Store opened in 2008. Eighty percent of those have been free, but users have spent $1.5 billion on the rest.
Mobile applications have evolved to the point that they now give users a rich and fast user experience. In this respect, mobile applications are distinctly different from browsing the mobile web which is characterized by latency due to page load time. For many years, Fortune 500 firms have looked to Hipcricket to deliver end-to-end mobile product manufacturing solution grounded in business strategy and powered by technology and creativity.
What is Hipcricket Mobile Application?
Hipcricket's background is rooted in creating noticeable mobile application bestsellers rather than “writing code”. This has been the key reason why Hipcricket thrives among numerous alternatives available in the mobile application development market today. It is the end-used-centric view of the world that shaped our holistic product manufacturing approach making Hipcricket into a rare one-stop-shop vendor.
What it does?
As a full-service software development solution provider, Hipcricket applies its vast experience in software product development, a rich process and project management methodologies expertise, world class engineering talent, strong mobile industry and technology expertise to deliver highest quality products for brands and agencies.
Hipcricket can architect, design, build, test, implement and support your mobile application. Our mobile application creation process methodology reduces risk, cost, and time across the entire project life cycle for all major mobile platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone 7 and RIM.
How it works?
Hipcricket's development process Includes:
- Kickoff Meeting: Hipcricket team members meet with the client's staff to gain a greater understanding of the entire project, meet all of the players involved, and set guidelines & expectations
- Content & Materials Gathering: Here the scope of work is created; all content, assets, and images are gathered; additionally access to any necessary databases is obtained
- Wireframe Creation: Mocks of your app are created, including the placement of text and images; the overall flow of your app is designed as well
- Application Design: Hipcricket graphic designers build the skin of your application, the look and feel, what fonts will be used, and what graphics will be displayed
- Development & Integration: Hipcricket development team works on the creation of your mobile application, use APIs for any necessary databases integrations, integrate web services, & perform rigorous testing
- Project Sign-off, Launch, & Marketing: Once the mobile application is finished and tested, Hipcricket helps to make sure your app is successfully launched, as well as create and execute a marketing plan to promote your mobile application
Important features and benefits
- Product Strategy: Hipcricket's clients reward our expertise in product strategy with the trust to drive their vision for mobile products and services. Jointly we assess market opportunity, competitive landscape, technology advances, end-user needs and create plans that integrate clients’ mobile strategy into the overall marketing plans
- UI & Graphic Design: Clear, intuitive and friendly user interface is a cornerstone for any successful app regardless the mobile platform. The customers should not have to guess how to use your application. Rooted in software product development companies our skills and experience allow us to make bold user-centricmobile solutions
- Development: Hipcricket’s team is made up of talented and creative individuals. Their skills and experience in iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Mac programming combined with our proprietary mobile-specific methodology make the development process cost-effective and software delivery one of the fastest on the market. Our diverse project experience includes mobile solutions with all scales of complexity: client/server applications, map/gps solutions, augmented reality, e-commerce applications integrated with web-services, games and applications leveraging 2D and 3D engines
- QA & Usability Testing: Our quality assurance team specializes in functional, performance and usability testing for mobile application software. Each product defect, unclear feature or faulty UI/navigation bound to generate negative reviews impacting sales.Hipcricket’s methodology allows us to test separate parts of the app long before beta-version is ready. This helps to reduce the duration of the bugfix stage and allows reducing the time-to-market for the new products/features while providing the highest quality of the end product
- Support & Maintenance: Once the application is delivered to your clients, we are able to provide first, second and third level of customer support. Based on customer reviews and support requests we can help to analyze the current issues and propose the improvements and the new features for the next versions of the product
- Web-design: Today’s web surfing on mobile devices is as common as using a desktop without noticeable performance degradation. Obviously, the main difference is the screen size. Hipcricket offers web design as a companion service for mobile application development. Our website layout design will show the benefits of your application or game at its best. We will optimize the UI and content of your website or web service for comfortable viewing across all major mobiles with touch-screens
Conclusion
By focusing specifically on mobile technologies, Hipcricket is able to provide top level mobile application development. By combining our extensive knowledge of the mobile industry with innovation and creativity, needed for successful development, Hipcricket is a clear and superior choice.