LaunchPad Tablet Conference
On October 21st (yes I know I am WAY behind on my blog posts) I attended a Tablet conference hosted by @jason via http://www.launch.is. I have to say it was one of the most professional run events I have been to in a long time. It was at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, so there was something to live up to, and Jason and crew did. They had collected a bunch of the best companies in the Tablet space see the full list here .
There were 5 sessions with 5 presenters in each, followed by a roundtable panel with the presenters.
As you can see from the list there were Apps from kids books to text books, text to video and restaurants to doctors. Though many of the apps were very beautiful and well made, DrChrono and eHarmony comes to mind, my favorite was Stuck on Earth by Trey Ratcliff a beautiful free travel app with professional pictures wherever you can imagine you wanted to go. What I liked about it was its potential to be a fully fledged travel app with restaurant suggestions and day trips, to bicycle rentals and boat trips. Trey is being very careful not to overdo it so we will have to see where it goes.
Best in show did however go to Condition One with their unique app for a completely different video viewing experience.
With all the talent there both on and off stage there is no doubt that Tablets is the hottest device to develop for and we have only scratched the surface.