Chris Love's Official ASP.NET Blog

How to Take Screen Shots From An Android Phone or Tablet

Chris Love — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:07:06 GMT

Taking screen shots of an application is essential to the development and marketing process. You really need something to reference to any marketing or advertising that people can see. After all how will I have a good idea if your application will actually...(read more)

Using the Cloud to Enable the Next Generation of Mobile Enterprise Applications

Chris Love — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:14:47 GMT

Next week we, Tellago, will be holding a live Webinar discussing how the Cloud will enable Enterprises, any company for that matter, to create the next generation of mobile enterprise applications. If you belong to a company and have been thinking about...(read more)

Why Consumers Buy The Mobile Devices They Buy

Chris Love — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:36:18 GMT

Several years ago I was hanging out in the INETA TechEd lounge the entire week with different friends. We had a great time, but I was the only person there without a cool phone. I honestly do not recall the first generation iPhone being available at the...(read more)

How FedEx.com Could Increase Customer Satisfaction and Profits with 10 Minutes of HTML5

Chris Love — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:53:51 GMT

Earlier this week I needed to setup a FedEx account to have a package delivered. Since I use my iPad for most web site interactions these days I decided to sign up using the tablet and the on screen keyboard. Needless to say the experience did not go...(read more)

To Say Mobile is to Set A False Limit on Your Reach

Chris Love — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:42:56 GMT

I am really excited to be Tellago's Chief Mobility Officer . I have an official title that is chic and I get to play with a lot of toys everyday. No you cannot have my job! But there is something I think is misleading in that title and that is the term...(read more)

Black Friday SmartPhone Deals on Windows Phone

Chris Love — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:38:05 GMT

So you want a new phone or are thinking about getting a new phone for someone. Amazon has the deal for you. A few days ago I wrote some hands on reviews about some of the new breed of Windows Phones I got to hold. They are all very strong phones with...(read more)

2 Years Still Thankful for Tellago

Chris Love — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:57:00 GMT

Two years, it's hard to comprehend how fast the time has flown and how much my life has changed. November 2 marked my two year anniversary with Tellago and I thought I would try to express what these past two years have been like today, Thanksgiving....(read more)

How To Invoke the JavaScript Console on Your iPad

Chris Love — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:55:09 GMT

Debugging AJAX on a mobile device is tricky at best. There are no Firebug or F12 tools available. This means we do not have a nice way to set break points or step through our code when there is an error. Not to mention how do you even know when there...(read more)

Hands On With New Breed Of Windows Phones

Chris Love — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:56:50 GMT

Last night I had an opportunity to attend a Windows Phone Inner Circle event where I got to try out many of the newest Windows Phone handsets. I even won a new HTC Titan , which is just a beast. While I was really excited to hold and experience these...(read more)

Better UX Through INPUT Tags And Why They Are Important For Mobile

Chris Love — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:42:23 GMT

As browsers adopt more and more HTML5 goodness developers need to be cognoscente of new features to create better and better user experiences. As far back as I can remember the INPUT element has been a workhorse that allows the web to collect information...(read more)

Making hashchange Work Better on Windows Phone

Chris Love — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:11:14 GMT

Recently I have been creating single page web applications utilizing URL fragments . Essentially this is a new twist to an old technique that has been around for a very long time. While not used as much these days I remember around a decade ago...(read more)

Creating a Mobile Web Application on the iPhone and iPad

Chris Love — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:32:00 GMT

What seems like one of the least known features in the mobile web space is the ability to create a web app on the iPhone and iPad. If you hit the button in mobile Safari you will have several options. One is “Add To Home Screen”. This gives...(read more)

The Death of Flash and Silverlight

Chris Love — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:07:32 GMT

This week there has been news that Silverlight 5 might just be the last version of the technology that never really seemed to get any real traction. This morning I woke to several stories about Adobe killing any further development of it's flash mobile...(read more)

Touch Friendly Design – Bringing Life to Lists

Chris Love — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:34:00 GMT

Yesterday I talked about how creating traditional <A> driven navigation can be problematic in today’s touch first world . In yesterday’s demonstration I pointed out how using hyperlinks and a traditional menued navigation scheme can...(read more)

Touch Friendly Design–Making Touchable Targets

Chris Love — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:27:14 GMT

The way we design application clients has radically changed in the past couple of years with the proliferation of SmartPhone and tablets with touch screens. Touch is the newest common user input methodology. Sadly it seems to be broadly ignored by the...(read more)