Real-time analytics firm Localytics has issued a report that says 15% of all mobile apps are launched while the device they are running on is offline. That's a clear sign that developers would be serving their users better if they built in "offline" modes into more apps, according to Ryan Kim of GigaOm. After all, while wireless networks are expanding all the time in the form of 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi, there are still many places where you can't get connected (like in a subway).
Kim is correct is his assertion that developers should keep lack of a connection mind and build in offline modes to their apps. This is especially true for mapping applications. I travel to foreign countries a l
