The Latest Mobile Technologies Laboratory

Mar 04, 2008

Posted by: Jakub Lipiński, CTO

At Psiloc, we always try to keep up to date with all the mobile software platforms. Although Symbian currently has the largest piece of the smartphone market pie, we are always looking beyond the leader. We enthusiastically welcomed the arrival of the two most recent mobile development platforms. New challenges and competition on the market mean that as a result end-users receive even better devices and software.

iPhone's success, gaining 20% of the US smartphones market and entering the Top 10 of mobile hardware manufactures within only 6 months since its launch, makes this platform very interesting from the developer’s point of view. The usability driven approach to the phone’s user interface is a big challenge for every coder. On the other hand, the Android platform attracts programmers because of the big players involved in the project and with Google in the lead.

There is no SDK for iPhone (as of March 4rd), but there are already devices on the market. There are no Android toys yet, but the SDK is already available. Despite these small obstacles we have decided to research both environments right now. Together with the Mobile Systems and Applications Research and Development Laboratory at Warsaw University of Technology we have started The Latest Mobile Technologies Laboratory, which is looking into the iPhone and Android platforms. There are currently 25 people, both from the University and Psiloc, taking part in the initiative. The group meets every other week and to share its experience regarding the achievements and pitfalls encountered during the research. It also contributes to the web-based collaboration environment helping us to keep all the knowledge in one place. If you want to join us in our struggle, please apply for membership at the laboratory discussion group.

Stay tuned for more news regarding our progress…