There are several alternatives of making a “mobile” service. You may use a web server and provide the complete service as mobile web or wap pages, you may choose to write your own application code from scratch, using Java or any native language supported by the target device. There are also several code libraries and code generators, that aids you in making your own application code.
We believe that Extransit Mobile Interaction Suite is a strong alternative compared to any of the methods above, as it combines the best of these alternatives.
Writing “mobile pages”
Many modern devices also supports HTML, but since HTML is not originally intended for mobile use mobile web-pages has to be carefully re-authored for usage by a mobile phone, or the user has to perform extensive scrolling, and risk to miss information that is based upon scripts or plug-ins.
Using a “code boiler”
Compared to “code boilers” , where you design the UI and some application logic and then generate the mobile application, the Extransit Mobile Interaction Suite gives a great deal of benefits.
Writing your own application
Client applications can be written for smart phones, just like for PCs, in Java or in a “native” platform language. The function of a custom specific application is limited only by the development effort, but making mobile client applications has proven very expensive and time consuming. With Extransit Mobile Interaction Suite you speed up the development time.
