Mobile app development: Difference between revisions

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! Learning Curve

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | Difficult

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Excellent

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Excellent

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Average

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Excellent

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Varies by server scripting language

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! Debugging

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Excellent

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Average

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Excellent

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Good

| Good

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! Emulator

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Free Emulator

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Free Emulator

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Add-on to Nokia Emulator

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Windows Moble 5 SDK can be Integrated with IDE

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Many

| Many

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! Integrated Development Environment

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Many choices

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Eclipse, NetBeans Mobility Pack

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Stani's Python Editor, PyDev

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Macromedia Flash MX

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Visual Studio 2005

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Many

| Many

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! Cross-Platform Deployment

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Compile per target

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Excellent

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Limited to Nokia Series 60

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | FL 2: Nokia Only

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Pocket-PC

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Excellent

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! Development Tool Cost

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Varies

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Free

| Free

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Free

| Free

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | Requires Application

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | Requires Application

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Free

| Free

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! colspan="7" | Capabilities

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! Graphical Interface

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | 2D, 3D graphics, Many widgets, Visual Form-Based GUI Builder

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | 2D Graphics access, some simple widgets

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | 2D graphics, Many widgets

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | 2D graphics, Many widgets, Visual Form-Based GUI Builder

| Unknown

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! Functionality

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | No restrictions

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | No high-resolution pictures, No Cell ID, limited file access

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Partial thorugh API: High resolution pictures, Cell ID

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Limited Audioaudio Accessaccess

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Isolated to browser

| No restrictions

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! Phone Data Access

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Full

| Full

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Partial through API: Calendar, Contact List

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Full

| Full

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | None

| None

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! Runtime Speed

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Best (Native)

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Average

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | Below Average

| Unknown

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | Below Average

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Average

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! Crippled Providers

| Unknown

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | Yes - ?

| Unknown

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | None known

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Dependent on data access plan

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! colspan="7" | Market Range

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! Developer Community and Support

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Extensive

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Extensive

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Recent

| ?

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | MSDN

| MSDN

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Extensive

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! Market Penetration

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Extensive

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Extensive (also: Danger sidekick platform based on j2me)

| style="background:#ffaaaa;" | None (Recently Launched)

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Average

| Moderate

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Average

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Extensive

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! Installer Packaging Options

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | SIS deployment

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | Jad/Jar packaging

| style="background:#ffffaa;" | Requires Python Runtime installed

| Unknown

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | CAB Files

| style="background:#aaffaa;" | N/A

| N/A

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! colspan="7" | Results

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| Speedstyle="background:#aaaaff;" | Ideal for speed-Critialcritial Applicationsapplications with a long timeline and options for significant development investment.

| Beststyle="background:#aaaaff;" prototype-to-launch| optionIdeal for an all-around solution, if itthe J2ME platform provides the necessaryneeded functionality

| Easierstyle="background:#aaaaff;" learning| curveIdeal than Symbianfor for initial prototyping and concept testing when functionaluty falls outside J2ME, and easier to get started with than Symbian

| style="background:#aaaaff;" | Ideal for Graphics-heavy options with a market that can support the FlashLite player

| Beststyle="background:#aaaaff;" | Ideal for deployment on homogenious Pocket-PC devices

| Beststyle="background:#aaaaff;" when| minimalIdeal functionalityfor neededlightweight functionality, or a web-interface needed for an existing application with no latency concerns, or a widely varying platform base

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