28. October 2009 by admin.

Handset makers Research in Motion (RIM), LG Electronics, Sharp and Samsung Electronics have joined the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) and will support JIL widget specification in future mobile handsets from Q1 2010.

“The decision of LG, RIM, Samsung and Sharp to incorporate the JIL widget specifications in their future product roadmap is proof of the tremendous potential that JIL offers both to developers and customers,” said Peters Suh, JIL CEO. “All four companies are innovation leaders and this is another strong affirmation of both JIL strategy and its robust technical specifications.” (Verizon Wireless)

Other members of the JIL include Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, China Mobile and Softbank (Japan) who are claiming to be able to reach a combined user base of more than 1 billion around the world (North America, Europe, Asia and Africa).

The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) is mostly focused on creating a standardized global platform for developers to encourage the creation of a wide range of mobile widgets. The Platform is supposed to enable developers to access handset and network functionalities such as the address book, camera, location information and billing in a secure environment. JIL widgets will run on a variety of smartphones as well as mid- and low-cost handsets across several operating systems and are distributed through JIL operators’ applications stores. It also appears that a unified application store will come, but this could also be a move by JIL towards providing a brandable app store platform for participating members.

For us as developers and promoters of mobile widgets this is good news for several reasons: fragmentation will be less of an issue (it will still be a major concern), we have the outlook for a global billing and distribution system and what’s not mentioned above but still important: JIL widgets are based in large parts on the W3C and BONDI specs.

An interesting fact is that companies such as Samsung now have to dip their toes in several different widget waters, their own widget platform called TouchWiz, are bringing out Android handsets and produce the H1 and M1 for Vodafone 360 (which represents their JIL engangement), not to mention their Windows Mobile devices. Well, Samsung is a hardware manufacturer and they have to support all these different platforms I guess.

Hopefully the goals of JIL will be implemented as announced and we can start distributing JIL widget-based applications globally soon.

Rapidsoft Systems, Inc seeing as near the beginning of 2006 is dynamically implicated in developing applications for the mobile web. We have been performance widespread study and advance in this area. Looking directly at web standards and technologies such as Ajax we developed skill in how they can be resourcefully used to create inspiring and constructive true offshore mobile websites and true outsourced mobile applications. We also think that mobile widgets are great since early 2007.

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28. October 2009 by admin.

Here I will converse about is not a deal pitch for my business - it is pertinent and factual for a few true outsourced software product development company (the triumph of a development will depend on the exacting company concerned). In addition, it is applicable to the true outsourced software product development of more or less everything, not just software.

A fiscal slump, such as one that on the whole of the globe is presently know-how, is a time of huge anxiety and upheaval for most companies. Product lines are consolidated, employees are let to go, and budgets are slashed. Despite all this, companies must move forward in order to survive. The smarter companies work to not only survive, but to actually thrive while their competitors are suffering.

The following is a list of what I think are the top five reasons you should consider outsourcing some of your software development even (especially?) during a recession:

1. Budget vs. Head Count

An interesting phenomenon (especially in larger companies), is that there is often a sizable budget available for outsourcing/contractors even though there is an employee hiring freeze in place. Sometimes this is due to company politics and games, but there is also a very legitimate reason for this to occur: Having employees is a long-term commitment with recurring costs, whereas outsourcing or using contractors is a pay-as-you-go solution that can be adjusted as situations develop.

2. Fixed Price Projects

During difficult economic times, it is important to effectively manage whatever budgets are available. A benefit that an outsourcing can offer is that of completing a specific project for a guaranteed fixed cost.

3. Jump Ahead of the Competition

A recession offers a forward-thinking company the opportunity to leap ahead while its competition is licking its wounds, or at least paused in a holding pattern. Outsourcing new projects allows you to make this jump ahead, without distracting existing staff and/or assuming additional long-term commitments (as described earlier).

4. Develop Relationships, Processes, and Partnerships

Developing relationships, processes, and partnerships is hard work. Trying to this while under extreme deadline pressure is very hard work, and increasingly prone to failure. Take advantage of the slower economic times to investigate and cultivate new relationships with vendors and partners on smaller projects so that all of the “kinks” are worked out before you take on bigger and more complex projects.

5. Changes in Technology

Make use of the slower times to invest in new technologies so that you are in a better, more advanced, position when the economy starts picking up and clients start checking out your offerings.

Do any of these ring particularly true to you?

Do any of them not seem to make sense to you?

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Microsoft has published a case study detailing how to port an iPhone application to its Windows Mobile platform as it prepares to launch an online store for mobile applications to compete with Apple.  A post on The Windows Blog highlights a case study published on Microsoft’s Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) site containing a detailed technical blueprint that describes the porting of the iPhone application Amplitude to Windows Mobile 6.5.  

The report was created by a third-party consulting group, Crimson Consulting, and is meant to be a helpful document for developers as they build Windows Mobile applications for Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace.  

Amplitude is an iPhone application that picks up any sound in a user’s immediate surroundings through a microphone, amplifies it and renders it on the device in a graphical representation. In particular, it can amplify sounds not normally picked up by the human ear, such as heartbeats.  

According to the blog post by Constanze Roman, a Windows Mobile Community team project manager, Amplitude is well-suited for a porting project because it is difficult to port in a way that will provide a good learning experience for Windows Mobile developers.  ”It combines a rich user interface with features such as alpha blending and transparency with specific audio and sound requirements, which makes it challenging to port the app but, at the same time, provides a number of helpful learning experiences,” he wrote.  

Microsoft plans to launch the Windows Marketplace for mobile applications in the fall, which in the US means the late-September to late-December time frame. Last week Microsoft began accepting submissions of mobile-phone software applications for the site from registered developers in 29 countries.  As an incentive, the company is offering prizes for the most popular applications as judged by downloads, revenue, usefulness and more. Apple already has a thriving marketplace for developers that build iPhone applications.

Microsoft President of Entertainment and Devices Robbie Bach acknowledged last week at the company’s annual meeting of financial analysts that Microsoft’s mobile business, centred on its Windows Mobile OS and development platform, did not perform well in the last fiscal year, losing market share while making modest gains in unit volume.  Apple’s iPhone continues to leave most other competitors in the dust in the mobile space, and Microsoft has been struggling for some time to compete in this market. In fact, while Microsoft and most other tech companies continue to report declines across their business due to the recession, Apple is doing well financially, mainly because of its booming iPhone business.  

In addition to the apps marketplace, Bach said Microsoft has a few ideas to improve its mobile business, including adding talent to the team and continuing to innovate on the platform without building its own hardware to compete with the iPhone, which analysts have suggested it should do.   Analysts agree that Microsoft needs more than an online store to boost its mobile business. Matt Rosoff, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, said recently that Microsoft would serve itself well by making an acquisition in the mobile space, which is not completely unlikely given the company has been hoarding cash instead of buying back a lot of its stock, going against what analysts have expected.  

Rapidsoft Systems who believes that high performing technical players are always surging ahead of the competition by doing one thing right – using information technology to build competitive advantage and market share. We use top rung technology and systems integration to provide technology R&D, IT diagnostics, systems integration, technical architectures, business intelligence and infrastructure consulting among others.  

Rapidsoft Systems  is an approved software developer for Apple’s very popular iPhones. We have developed numerous applications for iPhones. We have developed a variety of applications for iPhones such as games, entertainment applications, medical applications and created advertisement supported games etc. With launch of Apple iPhone 3G launch, new era of technology experience has begun, due to flexibility to develop custom iPhone applications using iPhone SDK platform. IPhone OS is the world’s most advanced mobile operating system providing an amazing platform for creating the next generation of innovative mobile applications.

Rapidsoft Systems  has been working with Apple Mac applications for the last several years, and thus have expertise in iPhone Application Development. We were one the few companies in India that started doing Apple Mac software development in 2005, and have installed own Apple Macs for software development. Besides, application development, we also specialize in iPhone Content Development, HTML Pages, Graphics and iPhone Safari browser compatible web sites. We also use US based iPhone/ Apple Mac specialists for turnkey solutions. With over 350+ software projects executed, you can simply count on our expertise, experience in giving you the right solution at absolutely lowest possible cost.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Apple defied Wall Street analysts again and delivered yet another stellar quarter, despite a terrible economic backdrop and component shortages. As a brief recap, Apple beat consensus estimates on all fronts: earnings, revenues, margins and units sold. Earnings of $1.82 beat by $0.40; margins of 36.6% were 260 basis points than guidance, revenues of $9.87 billion were well ahead of $9.2 billion consensus, and Apple sold more Macs and iPhones than in any other quarter. So, one wonders, is there any more upside to Apple’s momentous run? Yes.The iPhone phenomenon is poised to continue. First, the overall smart phone market is expected to grow over the next several years. The consultancy iSuppli estimates that the smart phone market will increase from 184.2 million units in 2009 to 235.6 million units in 2010 (28% growth) to 334.1 million units in 2011 (42% growth). Smart phones still only make up roughly 15% of the overall mobile handset market, leaving more headroom for the overall market to grow. Second, within the smart phone market, Apple’s smart phone market share increased from 7.3% to 13.3%, according to data from Gartner from the second calendar quarter 2008 to 2009. The impact on Apple of both an increasing market size and increasing market share is, obviously, significant. Apple sold 78% more iPhone in their FY09 over FY08. Much of Apple’s iPhone success has been attributed to the App Store. Apple leads the breadth of offerings with over 85,000 apps for users to choose from. Most interesting, however, is that the rate of adoption is accelerating. Apple management reported that over 2 billion applications have been downloaded from its App Store since its introduction in July 2008, and 25% of them were downloaded in this last quarter alone. The applications drive sales of iPhone. That is important. However, what may be more important is that the App Store creates a direct commerce relationship with the iPhone user that, someday, could be used to sell all sorts of things through the iPhone.

At Rapidsoft Systems who believes that high performing technical players are always surging ahead of the competition by doing one thing right – using information technology to build competitive advantage and market share. We use top rung technology and systems integration to provide technology R&D, IT diagnostics, systems integration, technical architectures, business intelligence and infrastructure consulting among others. Rapidsoft Systems is an approved software developer for Apple’s very popular iPhones. We have developed numerous applications for iPhones. We have developed a variety of applications for iPhones such as games, entertainment applications, medical applications and created advertisement supported games etc. With launch of Apple iPhone 3G launch, new era of technology experience has begun, due to flexibility to develop custom iPhone applications using iPhone SDK platform . iPhone OS is the world’s most advanced mobile operating system providing an amazing platform for creating the next generation of innovative mobile applications.Rapidsoft Systems has been working with Apple Mac applications for the last several years, and thus have expertise in iPhone Application Development. We were one the few companies in India that started doing Apple Mac software development in 2005, and have installed own Apple Macs for software development. Besides, application development, we also specialize in iPhone Content Development, HTML Pages, Graphics and iPhone Safari browser compatible web sites. We also use US based iPhone/ Apple Mac specialists for turnkey solutions. With over 350+ software projects executed, you can simply count on our expertise, experience in giving you the right solution at absolutely lowest possible cost.

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23. October 2009 by admin.

Outsourced Mobile Software Development is next big thing and apple of eye in the mobile software industry. Mobile or Wireless Application market has seen explosive growth over the years and thus has Mobile Phone and Wireless Software development industry. More and more applications are moving from desktop to browser, and now to mobile phones. In addition, there has been bigger struggle amongst company in this breathing space. company in the present day are faced with challenge of embryonic more and more novel, portable and secure mobile applications. swiftly changing features of mobile technology coupled with extremely demanding end clientele mandate the time-to-market of innovative mobile applications to be an absolute bare minimum.  Spurred by better struggle and a need for a growing next-generation expertise, the advancement of the entire industry has been exponential. Today’s sophisticated users are demanding mobile applications with more processing command, litheness, consistency, security and integration with other applications.  The question arises here is who is the right expertise, processes and experience in custom mobile application software development to provide you the leading edge in this highly competitive landscape? Who will provide the clients to achieve a minimal time-to-market and give unmatched cost advantage? Rapidsoft Systems, Inc has the tools, processes and experience necessary to help software companies develop innovative mobile applications quickly and cost-effectively. Rapidsoft System, Inc has been developing cutting edge, quality mobile applications since 2004, but our experience in the mobile industry reaches back much farther than this. Our team consists of Mobile Development Professionals with over 15 combined years experience, coding some of the most well known mobile software around. However, writing code is just half the story. We have our finger on the pulse of this ever-changing industry & offer consultation services to help you break into the the exciting world of mobile or if you’re already in it, we can help your business reach new heights. 

Rapidsoft System, Inc  develop solutions using J2ME, Brew, iPhone, Palm Pre, Windows Mobile, Flashlite, Android and Symbian platforms, that allow rapid deployment and sophisticated user functionality. We are one of the few mobile software development companies that can work across all major mobile platforms available today. We have very strong mobile development team and we work across all platforms and phones. Rapisoft’s core capabilities in the mobile applications area extend far beyond just developing an application. We can support our customers, in certifications, integration with third parties including SMS aggregators, comprehensive in-network, on device testing, and customizing applications for the global delivery.

We offer Software Development & Consultation in the following areas:

• Symbian C++ (S60, S80, UIQ)
• Windows Mobile
• Android
• Blackberry
• Java (MIDP 1.0 & MIDP 2.0, J2ME Polish)
• OTA Application Delivery
• SMS Systems & Custom SMS apps
• Mobile Game Development

Our Skill Sets:

• Java / J2EE technology, Application Servers (WebLogic, JBoss, Websphere, etc.)
• Microsoft .NET technology (IIS, .NET, ASP.NET, C#, VB, etc.
• Open architecture technologies: XML
• Embedded / mobile solutions (J2ME, WinCE, eVB, eVC++, PocketPC, WAP / WML, etc.)
• Phone Graphics / Web Design and Maintenance
• Databases from different vendors (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, etc.)
• Mobile Operating Systems: BREW, SYMBIAN, Real Time - Linux, WIN-CE
• Apple iPhone, Blackberry applications development and porting.

We have over 20 years of experience in mobile technologies in designing mobile applications, mobile phones programming - some of us at Rapidsoft Systems even designed cellular phones, pagers, GSM/ CDMA base stations and cellular switching equipments themselves for companies like Motorola, Nokia and Panasonic.

With over 350+ software projects executed, you can simply count on our expertise, experience in giving you the right solution at absolutely lowest possible cost. If you would like more information, or want us to submit an estimate or a “no-obligation” quote for your project, contact us for more information.

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