Gone are the days when you had to be plugged into a Personal computer to do your computational activities, and gone are the days when you felt that your computer has turned out to be a rock tied to your legs limiting your freedom. The introduction of smart phones like iPhone and blackberry which are capable of running complex software and hand held tablet computers like iPad have changed the game of computing.
Apple, known for its trend setting and path breaking innovations, has added yet another gem to its stables, the iPad. With the tablet computer marvel iPad gaining the highest popularity ever, iPad application development has taken the center stage. Though iPad can run applications developed for iPhone and iPods, for better performance these applications should be optimized to iPad standards.
Just like iPad apps development, Android application development is also making buzz in application development circles. Application development for handhelds using Google developed Android operating system for mobile smart phones, has revolutionized the way a mobile phone is used, Android apps have opened up an new era of mobile phone apps development for virtually any function that can be done for an personal tablet device.
Google Android Os offers the developers a host of features to create powerful and innovative mobile application, such as:
• A wide range of libraries for image, video, and audio files, which includes MPEG4, H.263, H.264, AMR, AMR-WB, MP3, AAC, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, WAV, and MIDI formats.
• Features of Video camera touch screens, GPS, accelerometer, and magnetometer.
• Comprehensive libraries for 2D and 3D graphics.
• Inter-process communication (IPC) message passing
• P2P using Google Talk.
• GSM, EDGE, CDMA, Bluetooth, WI-Fi, EV-DO, and UMTS technologies to send and receive data across mobile networks.
• SQLite for data storage
• Talk to existing relational database applications
iPad apps and Android apps thus make your handheld and tablet computers and business as efficient and smart if not more as any other Personal computer applications. Apps are available or can be developed for Games, Messaging and chat services, Sports and travel services, Business and Finance, Map and navigation services, Books and Directory services, Social Networking and pretty much everything that you can think of. There are many companies out there building innovative and great iPad and Android Tablet apps, these companies build customized apps meeting your business needs and provide long time support so that you can have you have more efficient and useful access and interaction with your customers. Apple iPad and Android tablet devices can also be used to connect users to enterprise data.
The author is an expert in writing for the web about latest technology and app development. Software Associates, an Indian software company specializing in iPad and Android Tablet application development has been servicing clients from United Kingdom and United States since 1999. Software Associates has earned itself the reputation as an efficient and innovative company. For more information, visit: http://www.softwareassociates.in/iphone-and-android-application-development
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