Today's
evolutionary world makes it vital for the enterprises to keep their
environment in tune with the changing technology landscape. With
technology becoming more open from the interoperability perspective,
enterprises use technology as a critical business enabler. Mobile
phones which were initially developed for easy communication when on the
move have today evolved into devices that offer communications in
various forms from text messaging, email, Internet access, Blue-tooth
communications to business applications, gaming and photography and
other general computing capabilities.
With
the development of smartphones the days of monolithic applications
left behind. Technology has surged ahead today with software
applications as modular components. The spectrum of new devices made
available in the market paves way for customers to look forward to new
applications that can be loaded on these devices to meet their
ever-changing demands. The new technology landscape being a vibrant
space full of opportunities, creating simple and effective applications
while maintaining the need for safe and secure data access, mobile apps development has now become a challenge for the mobile application developer.
Wikipedia
defines mobile application development as - “the process by which
application software is developed for low-power handheld devices, such
as personal digital assistants, enterprise digital assistants or mobile
phones". These applications which can either be pre-installed on phones
during manufacture or can be downloaded by customers from various
mobile software distribution platforms, or delivered as web applications
to provide an "application-like" experience within a Web browser.
However,with the exponential growth of the mobile market, and the
availability of next-generation technology based platforms, the
end-users today look for mobile applications with more processing power,
flexibility, reliability, security and ability to integrate with
other applications.
The
leading service providers and IT giants have developed software tools
and process to help the application development teams to develop
cost-effective applications that can enhance e-commerce solutions.
However, being focused on mobile apps development, the developers with
an in-depth domain understanding work on areas such as Location-Based
Services (LBS), Mobile Media Streaming, social networking, messaging
& syncing, mobile ad engines, Mobile VoIP and Gaming.
The
mobile applications developed by the leaders in the sector enhances the
mobile ecosystem functioning by effectively performing the tasks such
as
· Developing mobile applications for various platforms along with quality analysis testing
· Conceptualizing mobile applications and eliciting requirements of user interface design, prototype etc.
· Interfacing mobile applications between platforms and devices
· Developing server-side and infrastructure, including for location & mapping services
· Integrating third-party components and carrier for SMS, MMS, billing systems
· Coordinating with carriers and device manufacturers for testing and certification
· Launching and distributing mobile applications
· providing carrier catalogs
Besides these tasks, the mobile application development
teams while working through with various layers of the mobile device,
either directly or in collaboration with third-party providers also
ensure maintenance and product support services leading to enhanced
customer satisfaction.
Related Links: advisory services, product engineering
No comments:
Post a Comment