MobileDevNJ Meetup

Agenda for May 9, 2012

6:30pm - 7:10pm

Arrive, Help SetUp and Socialize!! ;)

7:15pm - 7:35pm:

iCloud: Why? and How? presented by Ankur Oberoi

Apple provides a set of APIs for iCloud to give your App the magical feeling of having its data everywhere. Learn when it makes sense to use it and what types of problems we can solve with it. Then we'll take a dive into a sample app with iCloud implemented to show you the code.

7:40pm - 8:00pm:

Whats new in Mobile?

Lets discuss any relavent news that happened this past month in the mobile landscape. Interesting product releases, company/industry news, projects, or new problems. Feel free to submit a link you would like to discuss by tweeting us @mobiledevnj (http://twitter.com/mobiledevnj).

8:00pm - 8:25pm:

Take Control of Your Mobile Device: Imaging, Custom ROMs, and App Level Backups presented by Jimi Mikusi

While mobile devices have quickly evolved as pocket-sized functional equivalents of desktop computers they have lacked certain features putting the user in full control of their device. In large, this is a necessary lock-down implemented by mobile device service providers for the purpose of providing a consistent support for their large user bases. But for the power-hungry user features have evolved to enable taking full control of your device. This talk will explore and demonstrate some of these abilities.

8:30pm - 8:50pm:

Make an Android App with a working backend from Parse presented by David Rodriguez

Learn how to make an Android app with a backend from Parse in minutes! Now that we've done an app for iOS (April Meetup), lets try to see how this looks in Android.

9:00pm - 9:30pm:

Open Discussions

A chance to get to know one another, learn what each other is working on, get help, or anything else you want to do.

FYI: Bring your programming problems and ask for help. It's the best way to learn!

9:30pm:

Goodbye!