• Sledmass.com Launches Mobile App

    sledmass iPhone, iPad app
    Jan 06, 2013
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    At home or on the trail, you’re just a click away from connecting to sledmass.com with the new mobile app. All the snowmobile information you need has been formatted for easy viewing on smartphones and tablets, especially the iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

     

    The power of sledmass in your hand

    Get it all, events, snowmobile news, trail pass locations, videos, classifieds and more. You can even check trail conditions and chit chat in the forums.

     

    sledmass app bookmark

     

    Save the App to your Home Screen

    Even better, save the sledmass web app to your home screen and enjoy fast and efficient access to the best snowmobile association website in the country. Go to sledmass.com with your mobile device and save the app. Here’s how.

    2 Responses to “Sledmass.com Launches Mobile App”

    1. ember1205 says:
      January 9, 2013 at 10:11 pm

      This article is misleading because there is no “app”. The sledmass.com site has been reformatted for optimized viewing on mobile devices, which is great. But the “app” involved is your web browser.

    2. admin says:
      January 9, 2013 at 11:08 pm

      Sledmass is indeed a mobile web app, not a native app. However both are often defined as mobile apps and the lines are blurring as advances in software and hardware are made.

      Each have their strengths and weaknesses. In the case of sledmass.com, the ability to serve multiple platforms and the efficiency of cost were key considerations in serving our membership. Either way, we hope you enjoy the easy to read mobile format.

      Max Katz writes in Wired,
      “Instead of classifying apps as web apps or as native apps, why not just call them mobile apps? I believe “mobile app” is a great name. Under this name there are simply two variations of mobile app that can be created: web app and native app. A web app is an HTML5, JavaScript, CSS app running in a mobile browser. Now, you might wonder, why not just call this a mobile site? This is a fair point, and I believe the term, “mobile site,” can also be used. However, it is common to distinguish a mobile web app by one important extra feature, that it is invoking some remote services, usually a REST API (instead of just loading a static mobile website). The second variation is the native app, one that is downloaded and installed on the mobile device.”

      Read more at http://www.wired.com/insights/2012/11/native-apps-vs-mobile-web/

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