Here you’ll find document templates (so you don’t have to waste time creating them yourself); all the useful links from the book (so you can use this as a reference throughout your project) and anything I couldn’t fit in the book that you also might find useful.
*UPDATE* Prototyping
If you haven’t yet produced your app or you’ve got an idea you want to test out first, I strongly recommend Amir Khella’s excellent iPhone & iPad App Prototyping Templates, otherwise known as Keynotopia.
Available for just a few dollars they give you an amazing fast and easy way to test any app idea on an iPhone or iPad directly. I would not even dream of spending one dollar on coding until I had done a prototype with these first.
1) Document Templates
All documents from the App Outsourcing Guide for iPhone & iPad (right-click links then ‘Save as…’)
Part One – The Concept
Part Three – The Project
Part Four – The Push
No document templates for this section.
Part Five – The Launch
2) Useful Links
Collection of all the links from the App Outsourcing Guide for iPhone & iPad in one place.
Why iPhone? Why iPad?
Mobile Data
- Google Mobile Ads Blog googlemobileads.blogspot.com (formerly AdMob Mobile Metrics metrics.admob.com)
- Opera State of the Mobile Web opera.com/smw
Research Companies
- CCS Insight ccsinsight.com
- comScore comscore.com
- Gartner gartner.com
- Juniper Research juniperresearch.com
- Nielsen NetRatings nielsen.com/us/en/measurement/online-measurement.html
- Portio Research portioresearch.com
- Pyramid Research pyramidresearch.com
- Rethink rethinkresearch.biz
- Strategy Analytics strategyanalytics.com
The Concept (Part One)
Apple Info
- Apple Human Interface Guidelines (website)
- Apple Human Interface Guidelines (PDF, 152 pages)
- Apple Introduction to Universal Apps (PDF)
- App Store Review Guidelines (must be logged in with an Apple Developer ID)
Research Tools
- iPhone Apps Plus (all App Store data in one place) iphoneappsplus.com
- Appergy (user reviews for all App Stores in one place) www.appergy.com
Survey Tools
- SurveyMonkey surveymonkey.com
- Google Docs (via their Forms product) docs.google.com
Ad Networks (in-app)
- AdMob (now acquired by Google) admob.com
- AdModa admoda.com
- Advertising.com (AOL) advertising.com
- BuzzCity buzzcity.com
- Hands (Brazilian) web.hands.com.br/home
- iAd (Apple) advertising.apple.com
- InMobi inmobi.com
- Jumptap jumptap.com
- Madhouse madhouse.cn/en/
- Microsoft Mobile Advertising advertising.microsoft.com/mobile
- Millennial Media millennialmedia.com
- Mojiva mojiva.com
- NAVTEQ Media Solutions navteqmedia.com
- Pudding Media (Asia-Pacific focused) puddingmedia.com
- Toda!Cell todacell.com
- YOC Group group.yoc.com
Photoshop templates
- iPhone Photoshop template teehanlax.com/blog/2009/06/18/iphone-gui-psd-30/
- iPad Photoshop template teehanlax.com/blog/2010/02/01/ipad-gui-psd/
Registering with Apple
- Register as an Apple Developer developer.apple.com/programs/register
- Apple Developer Member Center (accessible after successful registration) developer.apple.com/membercenter
- iTunes Connect (accessible after Apple approval of your company registration) itunesconnect.apple.com
The Supplier (Part Two)
Outsourcing
- Elance elance.com
- Guru guru.com
Non-disclosure Agreement
- Elance: Sample Non-Disclosure Agreement (.doc)
- Elance: Sample Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (.doc)
The above agreements are samples provided for your reference only and shall not be relied upon as legal advice. These templates might not be appropriate for your specific requirements. The App Outsourcing Guide nor Elance makes no warranty of the suitability of these templates and accepts no liability arising out of the use of these templates. Please consult your legal or business advisor for further information or advice.
Supplier Communication
- GoToMeeting gotomeeting.com
- Skype skype.com
Outsourcing Alternatives
Adobe
- Adobe Flash Professional adobe.com/products/flash/
- Adobe Digital Magazines (register via the following link)
adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=prerelease_interest
Apple
- iOS Developer Centre developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/
- iOS Reference Library developer.apple.com/library/ios/navigation/
Alternatives / Mobile Websites
- Eachscape eachscape.com
- BMenu bmenu.com
Music App Creators
- Mobbase mobbase.com
‘Wizards’
- iSites isites.us
- LocalBeacon bigforge.com
- RedFoundry redfoundry.com
- Xyndi xyndi.com
The Project (Part Three)
File-sharing
- DropBox dropbox.com
- YouSendIt yousendit.com
Icon Inspiration
- App Store Icons Gallery appstoreicons.com
- ‘Creating Custom Icons & Images’ (from Apple iPhone Human Interface Guidelines)
In-App Analytics
- AppClix mobilytics.net
- Distimo distimo.com
- Flurry flurry.com
- Google Analytics for Mobile code.google.com/mobile/analytics/docs/
- Motally motally.com
- Localytics localytics.com
- Omniture omniture.com
Project Collaboration Tools
- Google Docs docs.google.com
- Action Method actionmethod.com
- ActiveCollab activecollab.com
- Basecamp basecamphq.com
The Push (Part Four)
Websites
Domain Names
- Hover hover.com
Blogging Software
- WordPress wordpress.com
Advertising
Web
- Google Adwords adwords.google.com
- Google Adwords Demos and Guides
google.com/intl/en_uk/adwords/select/library/ - Microsoft adCenter (Bing and Yahoo search engines) adcenter.microsoft.com
- Facebook Advertising facebook.com/advertising/
- Facebook Advertising Guidelines facebook.com/ad_guidelines.php
Mobile
- AdMob Exchange admob.com/exchange/
- Burstly burstly.com
App Review Websites
- 148apps.com
- appleiphoneschool.com
- appsafari.com
- appscout.com
- appshopper.com
- appstoreapps.com
- apptism.com
- appvee.com
- freshapps.com
- iphoneapplicationlist.com
- iphonefootprint.com
- smokingapples.com
- theiphoneappreview.com
- toucharcade.com
- whatsoniphone.com
Q & A Websites
- Yahoo Answers answers.yahoo.com
- LinkedIN Answers linkedin.com/answers
- Wiki Answers wiki.answers.com
Press Release Networks
Newsletters & Subscriber Lists
SMS Providers
Social Media
- Facebook > Create new Page facebook.com/pages/create.php
- Facebook > Developer Centre facebook.com/developers
- Twitter > Developer Center dev.twitter.com
- List of Twitter Resources twitterbackgroundsgallery.com/resources/
- Celebrities on Twitter celebritytweet.com
PR Agencies
Presentation Sharing
Exhibition Stands
Mobile and App News
- Mashable mashable.com
- MobileBeat venturebeat.com/category/mobile/
- TechCrunch techcrunch.com
The Launch (Part Five)
Apple
- iTunes Connect itunesconnect.apple.com
- App Review Board
developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/contact.html - App Store Reporting Instructions
apple.com/itunesnews/docs/AppStoreReportingInstructions.pdf - iTC Mobile App
itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-connect-mobile/id376771144?mt=8 - iTunes Connect Mobile User Guide
apple.com/itunesnews/docs/iTC_Mobile_UserGuide.pdf
Keyword Tools
- Google Adwords Keywords Tool adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer
- Google Insight for Search google.com/insights/search/
3) Further resources
Further links not published in the App Outsourcing Guide which you may find useful.
LinkedIN Groups
- iPhone Developers
- iPhone Developers Connection
- Mobile & Wireless
- Mobile Applications (Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Android)
Suppliers (recommended)
- Eachscape (New York, US)
- TigerSpike (Australia & UK)