OK! App a Finalist for Wireless Achievement Awards

As we've mentioned, we had a lot going on at last week's BlackBerry World in Orlando. In addition to launching and demoing the BlackBerry App Generator, our OK! Magazine app was also in the running for BlackBerry's Wireless Achievement Awards 2012 in the Attendee's Choice category.

Alas, sadly we did not win the award - but we were honoured to be nominated in the first place! Congratulations to Cines Unidos, an app for Venezuelan film buffs, which took 1st place in the Attendee Choice category!

At least we got a photo with RIM CEO Thorsten Heins!

BlackBerry App Generator Demo

Last week was a very busy week for all of us here at Mippin, especially for our CEO and Creative Director who attended BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando to announce the launch of the BlackBerry App Generator.

After announcing the tool at the keynote speech, Nick and David found some time to sit down with N4BB.com and do a quick demo.

Luckily for you the whole thing was caught on video, so here is your sneak peak of the BlackBerry App Generator! Watch them create an awesome app in less than 10 minutes:



Intrigued? Head to blackberryappgenerator.com today to request an invite!

Mippin Announces the BlackBerry App Generator!

We've got some VERY big news for you today!

We are teaming up with BlackBerry to bring you the BlackBerry App Generator! The BlackBerry App Generator is an online tool (based on our award-winning app creation platform) that enables online publishers to build apps for BlackBerry smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook in less than ten minutes, and then to distribute these apps via BlackBerry App World.

The apps run on OS 5 and higher as well as on PlayBook, and can also be fully integrated with BlackBerry Messenger. This allows publishers to create a unique social content experience and encourages content sharing with other BlackBerry users.

There are no registration or submission fees either, and publishers have the freedom to distribute the app either for free or at a cost. In-app advertising is also available using the BlackBerry Advertising Service.

It really is just as easy as it sounds. We are so excited to offer this opportunity to digital publishers around the globe and to help bring some amazing new content apps to BlackBerry App World!

Do you want your content to be an awesome app for BlackBerry devices and distributed via BlackBerry App World?

Visit blackberryappgenerator.com today to request an invite!

App of the Week: Wakkipedia

This week's featured app is the Wakkipedia app for iPhone and iPad! Jam-packed with weird and - you guessed it - wacky news, it's the ultimate resource of pointless information.

Have you ever wondered which country staged the world's first caviar-eating competition? Or what the lower tusks of a wild boar or called? Or which cartoon character became the first to have a statue erected in his honour?

Maybe... or maybe not. But I'm going to tell you regardless. (Insert evil laugh here.) The answers are: Russia, rippers, and Popeye, respectively.

That's exactly the type of useless information you'll find in the Wakkipedia app. So, no, this app won't make you an Einstein -- but it will make you an absolute hit entertaining your friends at the pub!

The app, all content courtesy of Wakkipedia.com, has four channels of goodness for you to enjoy: weird news, fact of the day, wakkiversaries and the quote of the day. It's all the wacky you could ever ask for, am I right?!

You know you're curious...

Download the Wakkipedia app today! (iPhone and iPad users will be automatically redirected to the App Store to download the *free* native app.)

App of the Week: Mookychick

For this week's featured app, we've got another one for the ladies out there!

Mookychick, as you'll find on their website, is "the indie bible for babes with attitude". It covers every topic, from style & beauty to relationships & careers, and pretty much everywhere in between -- all with a clever, alternative stance. And, as our email correspondence with the site's editor can justify, it's seriously entertaining.

The app, which you can see below, is definitely stylin'. It's got everything we could ever want in an app: great branding, frequent updates, glossy images and - of course - brilliant content.

So if you're an awesome lady and fancy having instant access to smart, alternative content, you definitely need to download the Mookychick app. Immediately.

Download the Mookychick app now!

OK! Featured in Nokia Lumia TV Advert

So this is pretty cool...

Our OK! Magazine app is featured in the new Nokia Lumia 800 TV advert airing in the UK!

Not only is it great that one of our apps is featured, but the advert itself is fantastically well done and does a great job of showing off the strengths of the Windows Phone platform on a Nokia device.

Live tiles are one of the most interesting features of Windows Phone, and this advert really puts them on display. Live tiles allow Windows Phone users to access all sorts of information right from the homescreen. For example, as you'll see in the advert, the live tile for OK! flips to show the headline of the most recent article -- a great way of accessing new content.

Intrigued? If you've got a Nokia Lumia, or any other Windows Phone device, why not try out the OK! app?

View the video below and download OK! for Windows Phone today.
 

Mippin Featured in WSJ

We'd like to draw your attention to a lovely bit of coverage we received last week in The Wall Street Journal. The article itself is hidden behind a paywall so we thought we'd write up a little summary for you.

The article, written by David Roman, is entitled 'New Smartphone Apps Embrace Age of Austerity'. David discusses mobile apps in the context of Europe's economic crisis, and highlights a series of products which have been brought to market with money saving in mind. Among these products are Pinger, a free messaging app that allows messaging for everyone (with or without the app), and Datasquasher, an app intended to help control smartphone data - ideal for travelling abroad.

Roman goes on to discuss Mippin and how we fit into the mix:  

"For cash-strapped companies looking to get in on the app business, Mippin - also based in London - offers a chance to create low-cost apps tailored to their particular needs. Chief Executive Nick Barnett said Mippin charges clients - many of whom are publishers - £1,000 to create apps that can go straight into app stores, using templates that they replicate for several customers. That price, he added, is just a fraction of the current industry costs of $20,000 to $30,000 per app. But, if that still sounds too steep, Mippin also has a £100 rate for slightly simpler apps, with a catch - that these can be distributed free of charge, but can't be sold in app stores."

For those of you who subscribe to the WSJ and can bypass the paywall, head on over here to read the article in all its glory.

And if you are one of the cash-strapped folk David was referring to and you've been looking to create an app... take his advice and give us a try!

Create your app on the App Factory today!