Mobile Platform

Mobile Platform An Introduction

What is mobile platform and why is it required? We are all familiar with the software. Software is the soul of computer hardware. Without software a piece of hardware is just that , a dead piece of hardware with a chip with circuits among other things. Whether it is a desktop computer running windows or a mainframe, software is required. Now every piece of hardware has its own characteristics. It has its own capabilities and limitations. Mobile platform is a term used to denote the framework which is primarily concerned with mobile computing.

Mobile computing has become very popular with more and more people using mobiles for banking and playing games and even shopping. That is why mobile platform is buzzing with developer activity and more and better latest technologies keep coming in.

But there is an inherent limitation of mobile devices. Whether it is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant there is a limit to how much memory it has. And how responsive it is when it come to user interaction is the critical part of developing mobile software on a mobile platform.

There are many technologies which are competing to make their space in mobile platform. Sun Microsystems offers J2ME which is a Java Technology based mobile platform and is platform independent. J2ME is used to create games and other software for mobile phones. Microsoft offers Windows Mobile which has been for years in mobile platform space. Android from Google is the latest entry in the field of mobile platform.

Thus mobile platform is an exciting field and there are many technologies competing for making their presence felt in this space.