O2 has recently launched the long awaited O2 Wallet in the UK – a mobile payment system that will offer money messaging, shopping comparison and aim to begin the task of ending the need for a real wallet. The app is downloadable as a free application from the Android Play Store, Apple App Store [...]]]>

O2 has recently launched the long awaited O2 Wallet in the UK – a mobile payment system that will offer money messaging, shopping comparison and aim to begin the task of ending the need for a real wallet. The app is downloadable as a free application from the Android Play Store, Apple App Store and BlackBerry App World.

Customers can load money into their O2 Wallet account via one of their debit cards, by receiving a ‘Money Message’ or with cash at more than 30,000 locations including O2 shops, PayPoint and epay retail outlets. Customers can also shop with their O2 wallet, which  incorporates a barcode and search engine function. This also allows consumers to compare prices on goods from more than 100 online retailers. This  also includes daily discounts deals accessible within the application. At launch these include discounts and money off offers from retailers such as Debenhams, Comet, Sainsbury’s Direct, and Tesco Direct.

The new service creates an easy and efficient online payment experience for mobile device users, supporting the continued growth of m-commerce in the UK, as well as encouraging contactless payments among those users who choose to take a physical card. This announcement is another step towards an integrated future where the way we pay reflects the full potential of these new technologies.

The application is available for download here.

Inspiring Interns is a London-based recruitment agency which specialises in placing graduates in internships, covering many different sectors, from marketing and advertising internships, to finance and IT placements. Inspiring Interns search for talented, intelligent, and [...]]]> Pocket App is proud to announce the release of yet another amazing app for one of our clients – Inspiring Interns.

Inspiring Interns is a London-based recruitment agency which specialises in placing graduates in internships, covering many different sectors, from marketing and advertising internships, to finance and IT placements. Inspiring Interns search for talented, intelligent, and motivated young interns who want to learn, grow and importantly make a positive contribution through their skill sets and attitude. Many teams, whether it is finance, administration, sales, marketing, HR, design or otherwise have benefited from having an intern as an additional team member, carefully selected and recruited by Inspiring Interns.

The Inspiring Interns app will help graduates kick-start their careers by allowing the option  to send Inspiring Interns their  own video CV’s, straight from their mobiles. Armed with these CV’s, Inspiring Interns can send the newly created profiles to relevant employers who offer great opportunities to gain more experience, learn new skills, and secure a job.  Inspiring Interns deliver a rapid, responsive and highly effective customer focused service and have been an invaluable catalyst in the success of many graduates to date. It has been a sheer pleasure working alongside them during this project and providing them with yet another tool to help graduates take the first step in their careers.

Click here to download the application

Pocket App is always on the look out for new clients who are in need of innovative mobile solutions, completed to the highest of standard. If you’re looking for a way to enhance your business and reach new customers through mobile, please contact us at contact@pocketapp.co.uk.

On the 10th of May Pocket App’s CEO Paul Swaddle will have the pleasure to be a guest speaker at Figaro Digital’s Mobile Seminar. Paul will share his insights and provide invaluable information on the topic  of mobile apps. Including a whistle stop tour of the mobile tools available for brands and enterprises. How to use the tools, [...]]]>

On the 10th of May Pocket App’s CEO Paul Swaddle will have the pleasure to be a guest speaker at Figaro Digital’s Mobile Seminar. Paul will share his insights and provide invaluable information on the topic  of mobile apps. Including a whistle stop tour of the mobile tools available for brands and enterprises. How to use the tools, when and why to use them, and what makes a campaign or mobile solution great including how to make a great mobile app.

Figaro’s seminars  are tailored to the needs of senior digital decision-makers and brand-side clients actively seeking new agency partners and technology providers. By attending this seminar you’ll have the opportunity to hear expert insight from those working across the mobile industry and to put your own questions to each of our speakers. If you would like to attend the presentations and follow up with networking and drinks, please visit the following site to register your attendance.

http://www.figarodigital.co.uk/Events.aspx?pkEventID=8f97297b-4d2d-4155-9373-f805d47e79b9

Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior VP of [...]]]> Apple has announced that it has sold three million units of the iPad 3 since the launch on 16th of March. This is a huge milestone for the company, which launched the original iPad two years ago, a device took over a month to sell 1 million units.

Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior VP of worldwide marketing, said, “The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold–the strongest iPad launch yet. Customers are loving the incredible new features of iPad, including the stunning Retina display, and we can’t wait to get it into the hands of even more customers around the world this Friday.”

For the promised perspective – this is more than the combined sales of RIM PlayBooks and Motorola Xooms in a whole year. The new record also signals that the introduction of the iPad 3 has generated a vast amount of customers that are first time tablet users, increasing the market size of tablets and thus becoming a crowning achievement for Apple.

With the rising popularity of tablet devices, the need for iPad and tablet apps that utilise all the exciting features of next generation devices is growing rapidly. Pocket App combines years of industry experience with cutting edge technology to deliver tablet apps that showcase the true potential of this new and exciting technology. When designing apps we have excellent attention to detail, ensuring that every feature of your app is appropriately developed to the highest standard. We will endeavour to work closely with you throughout every step of the development process, ensuring 100% satisfaction with the end result.

Google’s digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is merging under a new name in an effort to enhance user experience. Google has rolled out new branding for its store, revealing that Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore will now become part of Google Play.

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Google’s digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is merging under a new name in an effort to enhance user experience. Google has rolled out new branding for its store, revealing that Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore will now become part of Google Play.

Google Play will become the single destination for all of the company’s buyable content. Accordingly, the standard Android books, music, and video apps will become Google Play Books, Google Play Music, and Google Play Movies. But it’s not just about devices. Google Play is meant to bring together the company’s content offerings in both mobile and browser.

Google Digital Content director Jamie Rosenberg in a blog post said Google Play is entirely cloud-based so all your music, movies, books and apps are stored online, always available to users, and users never have to worry about losing them or moving them again- matching Apple’s iCloud and iTunes Match offerings.

The marketplace will become a portal for users to download and interact with their music, films, books and apps from their phones, tablets and elsewhere on the web. With Google Play, the company hopes more people, who went to the old Android Market to buy mobile apps, will start noticing other types of content and consider buying an electronic book or album, too. The revamped store can be found on the Web at http://play.google.com .

After the session BlackyBerry interviewed our CEO Paul Swaddle to find out what a leading app development company thought of their [...]]]> During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona BlackBerry invited developers to hear about the latest changes to their operating system and opportunities to port Android apps directly to the newest version of their OS.

After the session BlackyBerry interviewed our CEO Paul Swaddle to find out what a leading app development company thought of their announcements. Paul highlighted the clear opportunity of porting Android apps to the BlackBerry environment, something that the Pocket App team are now able to do for clients.

Additionally Paul was able to confirm that many of the statistics presented by BlackBerry would be of significant interest to both current and future clients, particularly the fact that 13% of developers on BlackBerry World had achieved revenues of over $100,000!

Pocket Doctor is a comprehensive medical health encyclopaedia written specifically for mobile by an acknowledged UK Doctor. Although originally available on Android our latest version will soon be accessible via iPhone and iPod Touch. Pocket Doctor features extensive medical content, with A-Z listings of medical conditions as well a diagnosis by body area. The [...]]]>

Pocket Doctor is a comprehensive medical health encyclopaedia written specifically for mobile by an acknowledged UK Doctor. Although originally available on Android our latest version will soon be accessible via iPhone and iPod Touch. Pocket Doctor features extensive medical content, with A-Z listings of medical conditions as well a diagnosis by body area. The app translates complex back-end health information through an intuitive browsing experience.

Since its original launch on the Android Market Pocket Doctor has received vast amounts of positive feedback, resulting in over 20,000 downloads and nearly half of the users still actively using the app. The undoubted success of Pocket Doctor is also reflected by its position in the Top 100 medical apps available on the Android Market.

Pocket Doctor is a great source of medical information, its forthcoming introduction onto iTunes will provide many more users worldwide with access to the app’s numerous benefits.

The Pocket App team recently teamed up with Grey London to help develop London’s first virtual charity shop- The Cabinet of Dreams. The purpose of this initiative is to raise donations and provide awareness for the Women’s Aid Foundation. Women’s Aid is the key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and [...]]]>

The Pocket App team recently teamed up with Grey London to help develop London’s first virtual charity shop- The Cabinet of Dreams. The purpose of this initiative is to raise donations and provide awareness for the Women’s Aid Foundation. Women’s Aid is the key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children, supporting a network of over 500 domestic and sexual violence services across the UK.

Through incorporating a SMS donation tool and our mobile expertise, customers can now easily engage in charitable giving and support this worthy cause.  The team here at Pocket App is rightly proud of their engagement in the charitable giving sector, which started as early as 2005 when the team helped the British Legion run the first Poppy appeal as a digital download.

More recently the team have turned their attentions to using premium rate SMS as a donation tool embedded within mobile applications, for charities such as the Eve Appeal on iOS.  Now, the latest development is the embedding of SMS donations in Facebook applications.

Please contact any of the team to find out how we could help your charity make the most of mobile.