Mobile Application Development - Current Technologies

Smartphones have been a big success story for the past two decades - and devices are gaining momentum every year. Many businesses are making huge profits by using mobile technology - including those in both commercial and commercial markets. Applying to mobile users involves different challenges and options.
This document provides a background to the current mobile technology available.

Types of Mobile Operations

A basic consideration of the delivery of business applications to mobile phones is a large number of devices and a variety of features in these.

Successful mobile application development often involves a combination of technologies and techniques. It is then that a set of different skills, as well as understanding the dynamics, is essential to provide businesses not only with development services but also with effective leadership in this time of acceleration and transformation. The current challenges in mobile technology are reflected in the growing number of business opportunities to implement new and improved processes.

In general, there are two main ways to deliver business solutions over mobiles:

(1) The web

The mobile Web has undergone major developments over the past few years. According to a recent study, about a third of adults in the UK now use a smartphone - it seems safe to assume that this will only continue to grow. Many mobile users have some form of internet access. Although the performance of mobile Web browsers is now at an all-time high, there are still significant limitations in terms of network connectivity and speed - this is expected to improve in the next few years as 4G enters, but at the moment it remains a serious obstacle.

Many organizations are developing mobile versions of their sites and Web services, with reduced content designed to handle hardware and data. One of the most important hopes for the mobile web will be HTML5 development. This technology is still widely developed, but with large sites like the Financial Times choosing to use it instead of focusing on specific mobile platforms, they look very promising. HTML5 offers many benefits that include offline support grants, multimedia, communication, and location information.

(2) Mobile applications

Indigenous mobile applications are software solutions installed directly on devices such as phones. Many mobile applications link to online services, through an app, or "application", which handles traditional user communications. Mobile applications have the advantage of providing a deep level of connectivity ready for hardware configuration - for example, using gestures or sensors such as GPS. The difficulty of using mobile systems to deliver business services is a range of active platforms. Since the beginning of 2011, Google, Apple, and RIM together occupy about 90% of the smartphone market. However, the mobile environment is in a state of flux and there are some players including Windows and Palm - it would be foolish to make any predictions about what the market share will look like or in certain months as things stand.

Microsoft has replaced Windows Mobile with Windows Phone 7, with a greater focus on consumer use. Although Microsoft currently has a limited position in terms of smartphone market share, the upcoming release of Mango looks very promising and well-received at first glance.

Depending on the technology of mobile applications, the list is long and depends on which platform (or platforms) you choose to manage. Among the most edited languages ​​for mobile applications are Java, Objective C, and C ++. Each major platform has a specific Software Development Kit, with its own tools to assist with construction, testing, debugging, and deployment.
The confusion of mobile app development is that identifying even one platform involves extensive testing. Some businesses promote development services by balancing indigenous connections with shortcuts, where the mobile app can work as a Web application interface.

SMS

In addition to identifying specific mobile platforms for software and Web development, there are additional ways to exploit mobile themes for specific business processes - SMS is one such case. In this model, services are delivered as text messages. This has the advantage of operating normally on all phones, and payment can be managed through user debt - but it is a limited means of communication. SMS also has a problem with the delivery of messages not guaranteed. Integrating SMS messaging into Web applications is easy - and SMS processing support from users is widely available.

About Android

Google's Android operating system goes from strength to strength right now. Originally seen as a particularly popular platform for geeks, Android now occupies about a third of the smartphone market share. The growth of Android is partly due to the openness of the platform, which is available on phones in all market ranges and manufacturers of various products, making it accessible to a wide range of users than the iPhone.

Apps available through Android Market are also under very limited control, which produces a lot of variability and flexibility but naturally leads to a higher number of low-level streaming apps.
Google's performance is in stark contrast with Apple - which maintains a high level of control over its mobile operating system. Google's first idea was to create a new phone app that would be open and free. Their hope was that this would encourage the new development of phones and applications.

About iPhone

The iPhone was in a prominent position as the development of the smartphone took place, and the platform is in a very strong position. While business users were naturally prone to BlackBerry's earlier focus, both the iPhone and Android continued to develop the best business and consumer models, while Blackberry began to cater more to consumer use. The result is that all three major smartphone platforms now occupy the same space.

The iPhone provides support for external business services such as the Microsoft Exchange and, unlike Android, iPhone apps are subject to rigorous testing before users can use them. The environmental disadvantage of this growing level of control over the platform is entirely inconsistent, but in business applications, the integrated side is the highest guarantee of quality and reliability of the end-user - and ultimately in any business processes done using technology.

With the most popular visual designs and communication models, the brand is famous for it, the iPhone is indeed an attractive platform for marketing programs. Apple is looking to innovate and its success has inspired other platforms to emulate, such as multiple communications.
There are serious considerations with the development of the iPhone:
Of course, these barriers are very effective in commercial/industrial systems. They have no problem specifically with creating end-user applications. Blueberry has the Objective C skills needed to improve iPhone systems, and we would be very interested in discussing this with customers.

Although the iPhone has lost a lot of smartphone ground to both Blackberry and Android, it is still widely regarded as a hit speaker and continues to be a market leader in many ways.

About RIM Blackberry

RIM's Blackberry platform has long been regarded as a mobile app of choice for business users and professionals, a vision that still persists to some extent. Over the past few years, Blackberry has also made great strides in the consumer market, introducing mobile phones that have shown popularity, especially among new smartphone users.

Like Android, hard berry hardware is very different, so users can access mobile sites and apps with different sizes and controls - which adds to the difficulty of any development project. The BlackBerry platform delivers a wide range of business services as usual, with the Blackberry Enterprise Server seen as a great asset to corporate users. Email on Blackberry is particularly powerful, so users who rely on a high level of security and reliability in messaging (and communication in general) are naturally inclined to this forum.

While iPhones focus on touch screen interaction, such as Android devices to a lesser extent, Blackberry mobile phones may offer hardware text input text. This can be an important factor in the visibility of a specific application platform.

The potential issue for BlackBerry-based Web apps is that Web browsers in the app have, in the past, been much more advanced than those on the iPhone and Android. However, the latest models have faced this problem by installing the latest WebKit browser

Indigenous apps can still be distributed through the Blackberry App World market, to date, which has not been considered as an important role for users as the app is limited to iPhone and Android, although this product apparently focuses on broader efforts to improve this feature.

About Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 represent Microsoft's entry into the mobile world, which has enjoyed various levels of success in consumer and industrial markets.

From a consumer perspective, other high-end smartphones such as HTC and LG are currently producing mobile phones with the Windows Phone operating system installed, with networks including O2 and Orange providing mobile services. Nokia and Windows have reached a major agreement where the manufacturer abandoned its Symbian platform to focus on Windows as its preferred system.

In 2011, Microsoft should release a major new version of the Windows platform named Mango. This highly anticipated release could dramatically change Microsoft's position in the mobile world, partly due to Nokia's partnership and in part as the system is set to include many new features such as additional HTML5 support.

At the same time, Windows Mobile has also been strongly adopted by manufacturers of industrial PDAs and mobiles - portable computer product products designed for sale and not consumer use. This has seen Microsoft explore the various aspects of the mobile operating industry, with Windows Mobile 6.5 being particularly successful in such areas, as well as hardware produced by various manufacturers including Motorola. Windows Mobile, therefore, is a natural choice for many mobile application needs, including storage and delivery services.

From a development perspective, Windows Mobile has very strong advantages. Microsoft has provided a rich platform for development tools - including the C # language, which is much easier to use than the C used on other mobile phones. Microsoft also includes software for communicating software between the phone and intermediate servers and includes a small information engine.

Solid robust tools and wide availability of different devices make Windows Mobile the most important platform for delivering business applications. At Qavi Technologies we have state-of-the-art technology especially for Windows Mobile systems, so we are well-positioned to bring solutions to this platform.

Mobile Solutions

Qavi Technologies Advisors (qavi.tech) have advanced development capabilities for creating and deploying applications for any mobile platforms and manufacturers of today’s applications, running a number of mobile projects, including many on Windows. The team is also well-positioned to provide complementary approaches that include multiple technologies and programming languages ​​where needed.
With our expertise in Web and customer-server development, we can create a complete system that integrates field staff and office workers. Whether your business process or context, Qavi Tech has the technology to provide bespoke, complete mobile integration solutions, which improve not only communication but efficiency and productivity.