Apps on more phones
October 5th, 2007 by rbanks
Making Your Phone Smarter
“When a customer downloads a Skyward Mobile application, what she’s actually downloading is a thin client layer–the file is 60 kilobytes for a java-enabled phone–which compensates for a few of the issues on the device but, most important, forms a real-time link to the company’s server. The intelligent server communicates with the client while the application runs, compensating for the rest of the device’s issues. The server might compensate for ongoing issues, such as providing information on how to play video on a device that doesn’t have a built-in system, or it might adjust for dynamic issues, such as fluctuations in available bandwidth.”
Technology Review
