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"Microsoft must move ahead with Windows Mobile, the platform should not be overtaken by competitors'
About This reads the message from developer Martin Hansen from consultancy Commentor, providing Microsoft solutions, from servers to phones. Customers include Saxo Bank and Danske Bank.
Martin Hansen gave a very critical review of the platform at a meeting of the Microsoft Architecture Forum last week. The message was that the user interface and user experience of Windows Mobile is far behind other mobile platforms. Radical changes must be made, if young consumers are to buy phones with the platform.
Windows Mobile accounts for a paltry one percent of the world market, but in business the platform is very popular, as also evidenced by other posts at the Microsoft Architecture Forum. This is because the platform is similar across units, and it has many rich opportunities that are not found in the example. the mobile version of Java, JME.
It's easy to move applications created in the example. Net. Yet memories of each other platforms, and development environment is the same across the board, namely Visual Studio.
Offlining is important
But why even create mobile applications, since in many cases could cope with a web application, which could be built in mobile browser?
"It gives some other problems," says Martin Hansen. There is no absolute guarantee in order to be online by mobile phone at all times.
'So you must be sure that you are online all the time. It is you in any way. We covered quite well, but unfortunately not completely. When you do mobile development is online, offline scenarios ultra important, because you get into it, no matter whether you like it or not. You can not always be guaranteed a network connection, unless you for example have a warehouse application where you know there is Wifi all over the place. "
Despite Martin Hansen's critical position on the platform, there are a number of reasons why the many consultants' preferred platform platform for business applications.
"If you look at Windows Mobile, so it is super fat. They have all the latest stuff long before the others. "
For example, the platform offers GPS integration four years before its competitors. An example of new technologies as the platform handles, for example, 3G video telephony, which, unlike its competitors is supported on the platform.
Microsoft need to act fast
"They must be careful. Iphone comes far ahead - you can develop OS for it. Iphone has a deployproblem, but if Apple sees a great business market, they are gonna change strategy, and then Windows Mobile will get behind competition. "