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INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE DEVICES
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MANY PLATFORMS AVAILABLE
BlackBerry
iPhone
PocketPC
Windows Mobile
Palm OS
Linux
Symbian
J2ME
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BLACKBERRY
BlackBerry App World
Mobile Development 101
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IPHONE
Very popular platform
Over 21 Million users
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WINDOWS MOBILE
Scaled down version of Windows
14% market share
Currently at Version 6.5
Can be slow
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PALMOS
One of the first – started in 1996
Branched and evolved…
webOS is the successor to Palm OS
Based on Linux
Developed for the Palm Pre
Palm Pre has wireless charging
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LINUX
Google’s Android OS
Based on Linux
Somewhat slower adoption
Not as much sizzle – important in mobile devices
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SYMBIAN
Proprietary OS
The leading OS in the “smart mobile device” market
46.6% Market share
Previously owned by Nokia
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J2ME
Java Micro Edition
A platform rather than an OS
A tiny Java Virtual Machine and Java API’s for developing applications for mobile devices
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OUR FOCUS
Focusing on the iPhone
Most active Application development
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CONSTRAINTS
Processing power
Graphics
Battery Life
Persistence
Networking
Satisfying Users
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CONSIDERATIONS
A lot of time spent developing for a specific device.
Why not just have a mobile web version of the application – works with anything.
You could pass GPS information to the web app
Web service
Lots of considerations
What about bigger games? Need an app.