After an intense work period we at HiQ together with Saab and Valentin & Byhr launched the Saab 9-5 applications for the iPhone and the iPad. I worked in the project as a requirement coordinator, concept developer, software developer and quality assurance manager.

This was my first commercial iPad project, which will most probably be followed by many others this year. I really enjoyed working with Saab in this fun and engaging project – hopefully this application will help them gain brand awareness and interest of the new Saab 9-5.

My word of advice for anyone else planning to develop for the iPad: Don’t trust the iPad simulator. We experienced differences with XIB-file rendering, memory management (especially in low memory conditions) and Core Graphics behavior between real iPads and the iPad simulator. If you plan to develop an iPad application you really need to get a real device.

Download the Saab 9-5 iPhone application

Download the Saab 9-5 iPad application