1. Dirk van Schalkwyk Supervisor: Dr Greg Foster Co-Supervisor: Mrs Madeleine Wright Project Title: A Comparative Study of JME and Flash Lite for Mobile Data Services

2. Agenda: Background/History of the Study Objective of Research Approach to the Study Information to be Derived/Deliverables Q & A

3. Background/History of the Study Early 1990s - Mobile phones were basic devices designed with voice as the core functionality Today - Mobile phones are intelligent devices with enhanced functionalities

4. Statistics Over 2 billion worldwide mobile subscribers 3.9 billion worldwide subscribers by 2010, 50% of world’s population 350 billion text messages sent every month worldwide [Kona Survey, 2007]

5. Why Flash Lite or JME? Flash Lite  a version of Adobe Flash Player designed for mobile phones JME (formerly J2ME)  a Java Platform consisting of a set of technologies and specifications developed for mobile phones Allow for the rapid and efficient creation, deployment and management of custom content on mobile phones

6. Objective of Research Compare development of mobile phone data services Focus will be on Flash Lite and Java Micro Edition (JME) technologies

7. Objective of Research Focuses on the different mobile phone API development life cycles Qualitative and quantitative comparisons will be made Conclusions will then be drawn to enable a trade- off decision as to which platform to use

8. Approach to the Study Takes an experimental system building approach to computer science  Prototype incorporating selected APIs developed under both platforms  Assess the software engineering process and run-time target system from prototype development life cycle  Qualitative and quantitative conclusions drawn

9. Mobile development comparison Application development - Foundation language - Learning curve - Debuggers available - Emulators available - IDE available - Cross-platform deployment - Installer packaging options

10. Mobile development comparison Capabilities - Graphical interface - Functionality - Phone data access - Runtime speed

11. Mobile development comparison Growth - Developer community and support - Market penetration

12. Information to be Derived/Deliverables Choice of platform primarily depends on the expectation of the specific mobile phone application Conclusions drawn enable a trade-off decision as to which platform to use

13. Q & A