subject: The Mobile Communications Age [print this page] Mobile app development seems to have become a new key focus area for many Software development vendors. It is but natural for this trend seeing the increase in mobile usage for things apart from calling like browsing internet for information, business, games and videos. Developing on platforms like iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows have become more beneficial for software developers since the time for development and implementation is lower and RoI is much quicker.
The two main types of development taking place today are mobile application development and mobile OS development within the Software development companies to create general or business apps. There is a general comparison to make the decision when purchasing a smartphone apart from phone specs about the number of apps in its market place. These apps make it easier or enhance the experience in browsing the net, in Social Media, Chatting, creativity and other basic features found on the smart phone.
The market places for these smartphone has allowed software developers to be creative and innovative with what they bring to the users and have created thousands of great applications for the different platforms available today. These apps range from business, utility, games, entertainment, books etc. Software developers are also approached by businesses to develop their mobile sites and therefore reach out to a larger market. So todays mobile developers are providing various services like software and hardware development, embedded systems, re-engineering services and others.
Apart from allowing mobile app developers to become creative and innovative, it has also becomes challenging after a while to keep coming out with something New. There are so many new applications out there that the developer has to take into consideration and discover new ways to define the application he wants to develop. If they are building an app for their client things like cost, scope and time restriction come into play which also hampers the certain extent the creativity of the developer.
Having said all the above, I feel that the mobile space is still a new field that presents mobile phone developers, business owners, game developers etc. many opportunities to create great, effective, and productive solutions.
