Development of Interactive Applications for Mobile Devices

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Tutorial, mobile device, interactive applications, J2ME, Symbian,. Pocket PC, HCI. 2. OUTLINE … practical course "Programming of applications for mobile …

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Development of
Interactive Applications for Mobile Devices
Enrico Rukzio1, Michael Rohs2, Daniel Wagner3, John Hamard4
1Media Informatics Group, University of Munich, Enrico.Rukzio@ifi.lmu.de
2Distributed Systems Group, ETH Zurich, rohs@inf.ethz.ch
3TU Wien, daniel@ims.tuwien.ac.at
4DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe, hamard@docomolab-euro.com
1. INTRODUCTION
Mobile devices became pervasive objects as soon as people used
mobile phones, smart phones and PDAs anywhere and at anytime.
However, the design and implementation of mobile applications is
still not straightforward. Moreover, decision makers can’t easily
estimate the risk of a project due to the difficulties to compare the
various capabilities of existing software platforms for mobile
devices. Beside this, the design and implementation of user
interfaces for mobile devices and applications is very different
from what is done for desktop PCs due to the different form
factors and context of use.
The aim of this tutorial is to give an overview of three
widely deployed platforms for mobile devices: Pocket PC
(Windows Mobile), Symbian and J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition).
Each platform will be addressed in an individual session whereby
we introduce and discuss technical basics, fundamental as well as
user interfaces development tools….