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Literature Review for Mobile Application Development

Jerald Dawson

Jackson State University REU 2011

Abstract- Todays recent development of mobile

application development has reached a high

demand on todays cellular market. The evolution

of cellular telephony has caused developers to

explore and expand their horizons in their

development of mobile applications. In this

review we discuss the maturity of mobile network

infrastructures, advanced mobile hardware and

increasing demand for mobile applications. The

world is moving at a pace where technology is on a

day to day upgrade.

I. IntroductionMobile devices have come a long way from

its ancestors. They have come from simple

house phones, to car phones, to todays current

market of mobile devices where you can check

your email, watch videos or movies, to even

being able to have video chat. Therefore,

todays market of mobile devices causes you to

have various applications that can include GPS

or even todays hottest video game. The

development of mobile applications is

characterized by three factors: 1) The maturity

of the mobile network infrastructures, 2)

advanced mobile hardware, and 3) increasing

demand for mobile applications/services [1].

II. Network InfrastructuresNew mobile telephony communication

protocol, 3G, increased the mobile bandwidth.

But the installation of 4G could help the

development of mobile applications. Therefore

the development of mobile applications is

becoming more eminent than their ancestors.

What come along with this new development are

the programming challenges. The operating

system is a main component of mobile

application development. Up to date mobile OS

products of five companies dominate the mobile

application development market, namely Nokia

(Symbian), Microsoft (Windows Mobile), RIM

(Blackberry OS), Apple (iPhone OS), and

Google (Android) [1]. Each mobile OS offers a

software development kit which is generally

composed of an integrated development

environment, an emulator, specific libraries, and

other tools [1]. These SDKs have platformsbased on the type of OS used for its primary

system. But Java is used is cross platforms.

Some applications that emphasize in location

require location based services or LBS. Since

mobile devices have limitations, there have been

methods developed to overcome those

limitations. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) or

TinyLine SVG have been developed to help out.

TinyLine SVG is a software development for

JAVA applications that use images in the SVG

Tiny format for various purposes on Java

enabled devices [2].

III. Advanced HardwareMobile device manufacturers main concern

is to provide screen, greater processing power

and lighter weight device along with a longer

battery life [1]. Maximization and balancing

processing power and battery life is a concernthat engineering limitations constantly stretch.

Screen and device size is another thing that is

stretched to its maximum limitation. The reason

the screens are made bigger and most phones

have gone to touch screen is for the resolution

and better picture resolution on the phone.

Apart from improving the quality of existing

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components such as camera resolution and

wireless range, manufacturers also incorporate

new technologies into their offerings such as

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) [1].

These new innovations are gigantic

technologically and economically.

IV. Mobile Application PotentialsMobile applications were designed to

basically have general functions such as

calculator, calendars, and notes. When mobile

applications and 3G infrastructures were

introduced then mobile applications started

becoming web based due to the faster

networking speed. The web based applications

are mainly social applications. Other

applications that are used for twitter and

facebook or online shopping applications still

have troubleshooting issues but are being

worked on as we speak. Our review of the

current mobile applications in the market reveals

four major types of such applications, namely

the transaction-based, the content dissemination-

based, the social networking-based and personal

productivity and leisure-based [1]. Applicationsare created to basically provide a person the

ability to have everything they need in the palm

of their hand. You can check your bank

accounts thru the touch of a button. You can

even find your friends location thru an

application in your mobile phone. The revenue

brought in from a phone application is

inevitable.

V. ConclusionFor this project, the background information

is given. The development of mobile

applications is characterized by three factors: 1)

The maturity of the mobile network

infrastructures, 2) advanced mobile hardware,

and 3) increasing demand for mobile

applications/services [1]. Through the ongoing

development of mobile applications, everything

can basically be done through your cellular

phone.

VI. References[1]Gasimov, Anar, Chee Wei Phang, Chuan-Hoo

Tan, and Juliana Sutanto. Visiting Mobile Application

Development: What, How and Where(2010): 74-

81.IEEE. Web. 4 June 2011.

[2]Harun, Haslinda, Norleyza Jailani, Marini Abu

Bakar, Mohamad Shanudin Zakaria, and Salha

Abdullah. "A Generic Framework for Developing

Map-Based Mobile Application." (2009): 434-40.

Print.

Choi, Yoonseok, Jin-Seok Yang, and Jaewon Jeong.

"Application FrameWork for Multi Platform Mobile

Application Software Development." IEEE, 15 Feb.

2009. Web. 4 June 2011.