Last week Berlin was the place to be for Android developers, experts, and enthusiasts from all over Europe. The droidcon 2013 took place from April 7th to 10th in Berlin. We were part of it and sum up the most relevant topics from the two conference days in this article. What has changed from last year’s conference is that Android is now the clear leader on the mobile operating system and smartphones market as far as device sales are concerned. Overtaking Apple’s iOS in market share, the mobile OS by Google can now be found on entry level to high end phones, tablets, TVs, game consoles, watches, etc.

Apart from the huge success with devices sold the conference kicked of with the statement that iOS is still ahead in terms of commercial success. There are several factors for that: People are spending more money on iPhone apps because they want to impress, Apple has become the synonym for apps („there’s an app for that“), and iPhone users are rather early adopters. Also purchasing is fully integrated on iOS and the payment information has to be provided once you set up an iTunes account. On the other hand transparency and privacy could become a competitive advantage for Android. Especially app developers have to keep that in mind and enhance user trust and be transparent. Continue Reading »

Today we‚ve checked out new developments in the Android world and beyond at the the german Android conference droidcon Berlin 2012. It is the Android conference for the German speaking world. A lot of attendees came from Austria, Switzerland and other countries as well. Compared to last year the conference has gotten bigger – but not necessarily better. Sadly, a lot of talks were aimed to market/sell a product or framework. We would have preferred if there where more dedicated technical talks. Anyway, a conference is always a good way to get a compact impression of the current trends and a great way to network and meet interesting likeminded people.

Here is what we’ve found interesting:
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