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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Will mobile-specific applications disappear?
Steve Golding at Wireless Wonders ponders that this could happen as mobile application platforms get more advanced (see e.g. Java ME / CDC, Symbian OS and Windows Mobile) and phones get more advanced UIs, yet also that the browsers integrated in phones support the same features as PC browsers do (which is a clear trend).
Yet, I don't think the form factor of mass market phones is likely to change very quickly, as people want small phones that are focused on telephony. Some manufacturers have anyway been able to add alphanumeric keypads and landscape format displays, but the question is if that will be the norm. For instance, it would have been logical to add alphanueric keypads to all phones supporting SMS and e-mail, but as we all know that didn't happen.
It should be noted that CDC / Personal Profile is way more advanced than CLDC / MIDP. CDC is more in line with Java SE as used on PCs, and also Symbian OS and Windows Mobile.
Wireless Wonders: "Mobile apps" nearly dead? - Blog of Paul Golding, Wireless Veteran, 3G, Mobile etc.
Yet, I don't think the form factor of mass market phones is likely to change very quickly, as people want small phones that are focused on telephony. Some manufacturers have anyway been able to add alphanumeric keypads and landscape format displays, but the question is if that will be the norm. For instance, it would have been logical to add alphanueric keypads to all phones supporting SMS and e-mail, but as we all know that didn't happen.
It should be noted that CDC / Personal Profile is way more advanced than CLDC / MIDP. CDC is more in line with Java SE as used on PCs, and also Symbian OS and Windows Mobile.
Wireless Wonders: "Mobile apps" nearly dead? - Blog of Paul Golding, Wireless Veteran, 3G, Mobile etc.
