Socialcam is application of week on AppStore. We at SojoSolutions try to analyze Socialcam and highlight the features that apple team must have considered while selecting this app as App of the week. We at SojoSolutions always recommend our clients and development partners to strongly follow these features as these features will help them in a along way establishing a strong user relations and deliver value to end customers

1. Ingredients for App of the
Week - Socialcam
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2. Socialcam - What is special?
SocialCam is one of social networking apps among
many others. What makes it special to be selected
iTunes application of the week
I get a new requirement for any new mobile application;
I try to set three milestones for development. Let me
analyze SocialCam using these:
1. User Interface
2. Usability
3. User Centric
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3. Socialcam - UserInterface
Open iOS Human Interface Guidelines. First
sentence says
"Create an Application Definition Statement".
Look at the app Logo. I really like the logo. It
has video recorder.
Image speaks the purpose of application.
Name is "Socialcam". Name indicates it is
social app.
Look at icon and Name. Both creates an
Application Definition Statement.
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4. Socialcam - UserInterface
iOS Human Interface Guidelines says "Embrace
iOS UI Paradigms". I always try to recommend my
clients to follow this rule while going for an iOS
application. I repeat it Embrace iOS UI Paradigms.
It has two pillars:
a) Controls should look tappable,
b) App structure should be clean and easy to
navigate.
Let us glance at this screen. Both of these
ingredients for making a great app are
there.
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5. Socialcam - Usability
iOS Human Interface Guidelines says “As you
design the user interface of your app, always
remember that users expect the standard views
and controls to behave as they do in the built-in
applications ".
Screen at right; default controls are
used to make it easy for users to use
application.
Top bar replicates the default navigation bar
used in iPhone applications.
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6. Socialcam - Usability
Very few iPhone application designer are
aware of one of great feature of iOS
development environment
“Another advantage of using standard
UI elements is that they automatically
receive updates if iOS introduces a
redesigned appearance (completely
custom elements do not receive
updates).”
Think of advantages?
Next time a new version is rolled out;
Do you need to post another version on iTunes?
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7. References
iOS Human Interface Guidelines
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/userexperience/co
nceptual/mobilehig/AppDesign/AppDesign.html
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/userexperience/co
nceptual/mobilehig/UIElementGuidelines/UIElementGuidelines.html#//appl
e_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH13-SW1
App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/tr/app/socialcam-video-amera/id421228047?mt=8
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