Today's vast range of smart phone operating systems have created a spur in the mobile software market. With operating systems ranging from that of iphone, Maemo, WebOS, Palm, Android to the highly successful Symbian, Windows Mobile and Blackberry have been indirectly the success behind the Mobile Application bazaar.
In such a diversely huge market, if newcomers make an entry it is going to be difficult for them to understand things at first. Therefore here is a list that can be of help for new mobile application developers.
1. Examine the underlined mobile infrastructure
The first step is to learn how to build an embedded application. Just as a mobile phone is an embedded gadget, you may end up working for an embedded smart phone operating system something like a Symbian OS. Therefore, acquire all the skills of how to develop an embedded application.
As the processing power of a mobile device rarely goes above 500 MHz. Master your skills for various characteristics of optimizing speed, size, memory, requirements of your application.
2. Data transfer speed is below average
Don't be in the impression that the upcoming 3G feature enables all the applications to load quickly, for on most networks the data transfer speed is below average. So keep this in mind and develop your application accordingly. Many a times you are the one who has to set up your very own optimized protocols for data traffic and optimize them even further by using some compression algorithms.
3. Do your background reading
Reputation is what counts in the mobile market. It is necessary that beginners do their background reading before hand, regarding 2G, 2.5 G, 3G and other related basics of GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, HSPDA modems, etc.
Your developed environment may have its own fundamentals. For instance, if you are a J2ME developer then you need to be acquainted with its background basics. And if you are planning to work with any other technologies, you will have to be prepared with your reading part for every technology has its own series of standards.
4. Segments that need your attention
Currently there more than 3 billion mobile phone owners worldwide. And if you happen to be a download-able mobile application developer then you can guess as to how little percentage of mobile owners are you targeting. As a matter of fact, get into the development of applications for mobile handset companies that themselves stand as representatives of a larger group of users like iphone, Blackberry, Andriod, etc. Still if you want to get into the application development of those millions of other handsets then by now you should be able to figure out what you are getting in.
5. Which language is good for beginners?
Most engineers inquire about which language should they learn in order to be able to work on mobiles. As far as, languages are concerned there are various languages and SDKs like C, C++, Objective C, Symbian C++, Windows C++, .Net, Blackberry Java, J2ME, Mobile Python, Web run time, Palm web os, Flashlite, Android Java to choose from. Beginners can choose any one language, preferably with an embedded native environment such as Symbian C++, Objective C for iPhone or Android Java. Whereas, it is easy for an already strong mobile developer to learn a new language or a Software Development Kit (SDK).
6. Mobile development is all about amalgamation
Mobile development needs integration. Writing codes is an easy job but writing codes for an embedded system like mobiles is quite a task. The creativity lies in amalgamating multiple elements in time. This is one tedious process – the reason behind the delay of the integration and release phase of applications.
But if you learn the art of System Integration then you will become a valued engineer who is acquainted with the skill of debugging as well.
7. Your attitude is what counts
Finally and actually what counts is the attitude of mobile developer. Something no one can impart. Mobile application development can be really annoying at times. When, for an unknown reason the release of your mobile application is postponed or stuck in the middle – driving you insane. For this, you only need one thing and that is – patience. Never give up, rather debug the unknown bug with a calm mind and set your application ready for release. If by any chance you happen to work for a mobile phone manufacturer then you will need all the composure in the world.
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