iPhone app Localization - Premail Case Study
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Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock in the last few months you’ll know that the big thing in development right now is the iPhone Application store. Apps such as iPint, BubbleWrap (yes, you can actually pop bubbles with your fingers!), and flatulence games have helped push Apple’s App Store over the billion-mark in just nine months.
There are now over 25, 000 unique apps - making it very difficult to stand out from the crowd - but Web Translation think that localization is the way forward. To get familiar with the Software Development Kit (SDK) Web Translations developers have created a useful application of their own, and have aptly named it ‘Premail’.
Premail allows a user to quickly create email or blog using prewritten templates. It uses the normal mail application and so doesn’t need any configuring: simply choose a template, input some variables, make any final ammends and send. Simple. It’s great when you’re on the go and just want to quickly say thanks or recognise someone’s effort.