Mobile application is downloadable products, get great popularity in mobile IT industry and is now more common in most smartphones. Perhaps the widespread use of these products reflects the many functions and features it offers, such as applications for communications, games, multimedia, productivity, travel and utilities. In more technical description of the mobile application is categorized by the operating environment in which they are executed. These include: />
. Native platform (ie Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux)
2 Mobile Web (ie, Webkit, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Mini and RIM)
3 Other platforms and virtual machines (ie, Silverlight , Flash Lite, Java/J2ME) />
This article will focus on the first two types of mobile applications (apps) />
Native Platform
: native language . Platform application is designed basically a tablet computer, or smartphone from running a particular operating system (OS). For example, an application developed using Objective-C as the primary programming language can only Apple iOS device (ie iPhone, iPod, iPad). Operating /> . Native platform (ie Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux)
2 Mobile Web (ie, Webkit, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Mini and RIM)
3 Other platforms and virtual machines (ie, Silverlight , Flash Lite, Java/J2ME) />
This article will focus on the first two types of mobile applications (apps) />
Native Platform
Mobile Web : mobile web application is designed to run on all platforms (ie, Palm, HTC, Nokia, RIM, LG, Apple, Sony, Motorola, LG. ) because they can be accessed from a browser. Require software required to operate the app can be downloaded from the Internet when the user access the app. This type of application is typically written in HTML / CSS and Java Script (web language). Native />
application provides more vibrant and faster experience for users of web applications where the load time, download delays and poorly designed interaction can slow attractions compared to a poor user experience. results of tests conducted on mobile users showed that the apps used or accessed more frequently than websites. This would suggest that the native apps on mobile devices are cheaper than Web apps. />
superior Although native applications to provide a user-friendly experience, considering the preservation and display of content, a mobile web application. You can update a few weeks or months to native apps, because it involves re-programming, re-evaluation and approval process App Store. If all this is done, the user must still actively decide to install the updated version. On the bright side, the web applications, maintenance is more of a chore programming and testing time and users are automatically updated to a newer version. />
Furthermore, compared to current only native applications can access native device functions such as microphone, address book, video / camera, etc. Such features major part of many innovative applications. It is rather difficult to create high-quality graphics in HTML language. However, if you are looking to create an app for shopping services, you will be better mobile web.
/> What kind of app is the best? Marketing or business wise? There's really no crystal response. The cost is exactly what breaks the ice when it comes to choosing what type can develop. Native application fairly expensive because it is a multiple platform support app, distribution fees are expensive. As an entrepreneur looking for a developer to insure the developer higher compensation for their special abilities. />
an interesting resolution to the issue of costs when comparing the web and native applications is the introduction of hybrid apps. These types of mobile applications may not be suitable for all the needs of app development, but they allow for a cost effective solution. There's a lot that can be done with hybrid apps as an offline HTML apps. We will attempt to save that discussion for another article.
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