iPhone app launch and the challenges of managing thousands of files
By admin at June 8th, 2010
We’re proud to say that our iPhone app launch has been echoed in Techcrunch, Netzwertig (DE), Genbeta (ES), Loogic (ES), Wwwhatsnew (ES), among others.
But there’s a story to when we got started with the app. When we first started analyzing whether to take on the challenge of building Fiabee’s first iPhone app internally or to outsource it to a qualified team, we came to the conclusion that internal development was key in order to reflect exactly what we were looking to build: an application that would quickly and securely manage large volumes of information in small devices (in this case, the iPhone).
In mid-January we already had a beta version, preparing for launch in mid-March. The only missing piece was to make sure to optimize managing the large quantity of data, within the restrictions and limitations of a 3G iPhone.
However, after that came the most difficult part: real-time synchronization of all data between servers and the iPhone. If you’re dealing with 100, 200 or even 500 files, as do other solutions running on smartphones, it’s quite simple. But if you’re actually set out to manage thousands or hundred thousands of files in thousands of folders, the solution is actually very complex. So we set out to solve the problem, having our development team work on a new server, running performance tests and finalizing the changes to make it work.
We’ve finally reached it, an iPhone app that we’re happy about that allows for seamless management of thousands of files. Our users have high expectations and we’re determined to meet them. We wanted to give you yet another reason to rely on Fiabee.
That said, our iPhone app is now available for your iPhone in the App Store. Give it a whirl.
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