Mobile Apps Group

The Mobile Apps Group is an Informatics Ventures initiative which brings together people interested in mobile applications development.  Barriers to developing and selling mobile applications are lower than for any other technology type.  We aim to lower them even further with a unique community of support and tools.

The group meets at the School of Informatics Inspace on the third Wednesday of every month.  Meetings follow an informal style, with a couple of short presentations on a relevant theme, an opportunity to meet others interested in mobile applications, and free pizza and beer.

To help encourage the development, testing and sharing of apps, the group provides many of the tools needed to get started. University members can register for free access to the iPhone Developer's Portal and entry to an iMac lab in Appleton Tower with Apple's Xcode and the latest iPhone SDK. We also have a hot desk area available during office hours with Apple and Dell computers running popular mobile SDKs and this can be accessed by members without a swipe card.

The Mobile Apps Group is open to all and a group wiki has been set up for sharing app ideas, tips and tricks, links to online resources and other information.