Mobile
Mobile Development Benefits Your Company
Mobile software development is the process of transforming existing software used by computers into software which can be used in any mobile device. It also refers to the creation of new software such as mobile web and mobile applications for mobile devices. Mobile software can be developed by using different platforms and programming languages based on the type of mobile device the software is being developed for. These applications are either pre-installed on phones during manufacture, or downloaded by customers from app stores and other mobile software distribution platforms.
Smartphones: The Future of Computing
Smartphones are seeing growth in demand that has outpaced the rest of the mobile phone market due to their ability to provide mobile business solutions, file storage, mobile entertainment, and their ability to act as portable navigation devices.
People store private and personal information on their smartphones, and use the devices for e-mails, social networking, banking and payments, consumption and creation of information, content, entertainment and media, navigation, taking pictures, and of course, talking and texting.
Using smartphones as platforms for third party application helped create an unprecedented rate of adoption.
In which way will you utilize these small, yet very powerful devices?
Devices
- IOS: IPhone, IPod, IPad: The iPhone and iPod Touch SDK uses Objective-C, based on the C programming language. All applications must be cleared by Apple before being hosted on the AppStore, the sole distribution channel for iPhone and iPod touch applications.
- Android: Android is a Linux-based platform. The Linux kernel is used as a hardware abstraction layer (HAL). Application programming is primarily done in Java. The Android specific Java SDK is required for development although any Java IDE may be used. Performance critical code can be written in C, C++ or other native code languages using the Android Native Development Kit (NDK).
- Windows Phone: Windows Mobile is a variant of Windows CE for mobile phones. Windows Mobile supports a subset of the win32 programming interface, and a simplified GUI with one window on the screen at a time. Applications can use the .NET Compact Framework Devices are compatible with applications on Pocket PC/Windows Mobile devices. Windows Mobile 6.5 introduced IPhone-like finger-based touch interfaces, while Windows Phone 7 is a substantial redesign that uses Silverlight and XNA for rich user interfaces.
- Blackberry, Palm
- Other Java Powered Devices
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