subject: Interview with NitroDesk, Exchange Client for Android team touchdown [print this page] Recently we had the opportunity to ask some questions to NitroDesk Inc., the team responsible for development and a wonderful very popular touchdown Client Microsoft Exchange for Android. Heres what they had to say:
Can you tell us a little about the background and development NitroDesk
NitroDesk was founded by Goutham in the summer of 2008, as an investment, but its $2000 laptop, the creation of Windows applications including the integration of Internet services such as photo sites. When the TMobile G1 was released as the first NitroDesk offers solutions for companies on the platform of the e-mail. For the past year and a half, working exclusively on the integration of exchange for Android, and we have a long way. Goutham is a software engineer for about 20 years, and has built applications on multiple platforms, right from the assembler on x86 platforms, and helped build a high performance and high security solutions for healthcare networks. Ron has extensive experience with mobile applications and information from his previous job and is our platform of love in the house of a geek.
What was the inspiration for the touchdown? Is it frustration confirms the weak support for the Exchange at the beginning of the integration of devices for Android
Yes, when the G1 was released, the media jumped all over it for the lack of integration solutions exchange. Jumped at this time primarily because they saw the opportunity to bring our integration and background to build a solution that makes a big difference in peoples lives.
touchdown is very popular and highly regarded application, you must be very happy with how it received? It was more or less successful than initially expected you
This is more effective than what we had imagined. During the touchdown was released, it was not even the Android devices to test it. Since it was a completely self-funded project, we decided to never buy a device, unless the proposal may be his fate, paying for itself. Two years and more than one hundred thousand members later, we are convinced that enough has some significant teeth. It has ups and downs, you screw up once in a while, but we have been blessed with several thousand members, who stood by us and provided us with valuable feedback on the application and released several beta versions.
What were the major stumbling blocks that were in development touchdown, and, not as long as the overall development cycle take?
There are a number of stumbling blocks along the way, some of which brings us great sadness over the recent months. We had problems with the Android uncontrolled exercise removes from our database, problems with new equipment manufacturers kicking with newer versions of Android lot before you ever get to approve the application for them(Froyo probably kill us one of these days). The biggest frustration for us is not 325 characters limit android market descriptions. This is the way our customers swamp us asking for help even before we are able to obtain the device. This was a droid, and it is amazing at this moment to happen again Froyo. All parts of the game development cycle were in. It took us over a year to get us where we are, with a steady stream of updates and improvements. And we arent done yet.
How do you experience publishing applications on the official Android Market? Do you think there are some features which can not be improved or in a market that is better for publishers
Anyone know whats wrong with the market. The biggest problem for us lies in the way the market loses just purchased an application when the user moves from one device to another, and sometimes when you update the device. There is no way to transfer your license, and we have a lot of support calls from users who do not even know what they gmail id was used to purchase the application. This happens a lot, when customers walk into a shop and an employee creates a fictitious market for the gmail account customers to make purchases, apply where the customer waits. Simply overwhelmed by such requests these days, and it gets worse every day. Another issue is the fact that the market remains only one version of the application, there is no way for customers to withdraw or to the front, and not for us a way to publish applications only for new users, and to prevent or renovation of existing customers, including the stage of renovation.
How to make Android devices people use NitroDesk
Between us we have two G1s, Cliq, Nexus, Incredible, Galaxy Droid, Sprint Hero. These devices allowed us to speak about J.
What are your favorite Android applications
PureWidgets Francois, SMS popup , Google Maps, and of course the touchdown, which helps us monitor our support alias while shopping for milk.
Can Android development teams or, where production is particularly impressed you and why?
Our favorite is Francois DESLANDES( http://koxx3.wordpress.com/ ), who presented an impressive model that everyone likes. We also invite guests from K9, and think they are great.
And finally, whats next for NitroDesk further updates touchdown or something else?
We still have a lot to do before we can say that the touchdown is done. There are still features that we want to add things like more concrete support for Lotus Notes and interviews, and free-busy searches with Exchange 2010 integration with Office Communicator, and so on. Enjoy your stay in construction for the company, or turn its integration. Since our life depends on what we build, and because at the moment we have over one hundred outstanding features required in the touchdown, we tend to never at any time for fun and free applications.
touchdown is available on the Android Market has a free trial of 5 days and a full license key costs $19.99.
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Interview with NitroDesk, Exchange Client for Android team touchdown
