Today’s App Developer’s Corner features Dan Nelson of UK based DN Publications. In this interview, Dan shares with us his experience with releasing his first application and what he plans to do to market it going forward.

Give us a quick overview about yourself
I’m the Director and lead programmer of DN Publications Ltd, a UK based computer software company. I’ve developed several computer games in the past but these have been Amiga and PC based. BATAK Duel is my first iPhone and iPod touch game.

Why did you move into the mobile space and what was your incentive to use the iPhone platform?
I wanted to move into the mobile space because I see big potential there. It’s a large and growing market for at least the next 10 years. I chose the iPhone and iPod touch platforms because I believe they are the best designed and most supported mobile platforms out there. Apple have done a truly great job with the iPhone and currently it’s untouchable. (more…)

On today’s App Developer’s Corner, we’re talking to Adrian Ochoa President of Avantar. According to their homepage; “Avantar is a sister company to Yellow Pages Directory and a leader in local search and advertising.” The following is what Adrian had to share with us about his business and the iPhone App market.

Give us a quick overview about yourself and company.
Adrian Ochoa, President of Avantar. Previous to this I co-owned an interactive yellow pages business directory service targeting Latin America, which eventually sold to TELMEX (NYSE: TMX).

Avantar is a leader in local search with nearly 3 million downloads and delivers 8 million monthly local search results. Our most famous applications are Yellow Pages (#1 downloaded Navigation app), Showtimes (”Best Movie App” Macworld), and AirYell (local navigator). We also just launched the first Facebook Yellow Pages App and will soon expand our products to other smartphone platforms.

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Today’s App Developer’s Corner features Ronnie Schwartz of IntuApps, makers of popular applications like Swine Flu Tracker Map. The following is what Ronnie shared with us about running an end-to-end development shop.

Give us a quick overview about yourself and company.
I’m CoFounder and CTO of IntuApps, our mobile brand that focuses on app design, development, and strategy.  We’ve developed more then fifty apps and have seen great success in downloads/engagement for several of our apps, including one that hit the #1 spot in the App Store.  Since 1994, when I founded RustyBrick, I’ve been developing custom web software and technologies for businesses and organizations. (more…)

Today’s App Developer’s Corner features Matt Martel of Mundue, makers of one of the most successful games on the app store, reMovem. The following is Matt had to share with us about his experience as an independent developer.

Give us a quick overview about yourself and company.
I’m a long-time Mac developer, relatively new to Cocoa. I started doing iPhone development in early 2008 when the SDK was announced. I founded Mundue LLC in July 2008 in order to publish my own apps. It was originally a part-time effort for both myself and my wife Trish. Today we have 9 casual games on the App Store. Our latest reMovem Halloween Edition was released in early September to coincide with the current holiday season. (more…)

Today’s App Developer’s Corner features David Steinberger of comiXology.com, an online source for comic book geared apps and services. The following is what David had to share with us about how he has focused on the iPhone platform in his business.

Give us a quick overview about yourself–your team and company.
My name is David Steinberger and I run (along with John Roberts, my business partner) comiXology.com and our suite of comic book related services and apps. We have two main iPhone apps: comiXology (for print comic) and Comics (for digital comics).

Our goal at comiXology.com is to create an ecosystem for comic book consumers, and to introduce more people to the joy of reading comics. Through our services and applications, we connect comic fans to great comics (physically and digitally), publishers, creators and local comic shops. You can connect to local retailers and order books to pick up at the store.

Our team consists of many people helping with: web, editorial, service and app development.

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