Massive surge in iPhone and Android application development
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Oct-08-2010
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Today, smart phones are the most sought after gadgets. Whether it be a businessman, professional, or student, everybody wants to get their hands on these phones.
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Today, smart phones are the most sought after gadgets. Whether it be a businessman, professional, or student, everybody wants to get their hands on these phones. There is a massive hunger for smart phones throughout the world. Although Apple’s iPhone had originally started the smart phone mania, but today, Google’s Android is beating it with countless user friendly applications and features. Android, being an open source platform, opens up the gates for the development of numerous dynamic mobile applications. The crux of the matter is both these colossal enterprises have created a plethora of opportunities in the field of mobile application development.
Google has developed Android as an open source mobile operating system that is based on the Linux kernel. Android programming is based on Java programming language, and familiarity with the language immediately opens up the gates to every Java programmer on the planet. That is the reason JAVA programmers are in huge demand nowadays. By using Android, manufacturers can customize the OS to suit their particular hardware design, thereby facilitating them to innovate without any restrictions. According to Google chief, Eric Schmidt, about 200,000 android based smart phones and related devices are sold each day.
Some of the key features of Android are:
• Flash 10.1 and AIR Support
• Push Messaging
• Speech-to-text conversion
• High MP Camera,
• Advanced GPS
• Compass and accelerometer
• Optimized graphics
• GSM Telephony
On the other hand, Apple’s iPhone is developed on Objective-C language and in a Mac OX S environment with XCode tools. When introduced in 2007, it drove the whole world crazy and the response was overwhelming. Millions thronged the Apple stores to get a view of the masterpiece and get acquainted with its ground-breaking functionalities. Today, iphone/Android application development multi-billion dollar industry with exponential growth figures. Recently, Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple, introduced iPhone 4 which termed as the “slimmest smart phone on the planet”.
Some of the key features of iPhone are:
• Multi-touch interface
• Retina Display high resolution IPS screen
• GPS Navigation
• Proximity sensor
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• OpenGL ES/Quartz
• Games and Animation
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http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Massive surge in iPhone and Android application development_36802.aspx
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Author Resource :
David Richards works for an custome software development company. Many of his articles showcases the contribution outsourcing has brought into the arena of Ruby on rails development
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Ruby on Rails,
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