We’ve been helping companies get their mobile apps onto phones for over 4 years now.  The world has completely changed in that time.  We’ve gone from few people knowing you can even run an app on a phone – to commercials on television for them (”There’s An App For That….“)

What has been improved in that time?  Devices are a little faster, have a bit more memory and storage and have faster and cheaper internet connections.  Distribution is a little better with iTunes and app stores from RIM,  Nokia, and a wide variety of third parties.  Development, well – that is still an issue since there are now even more platforms to try and support – but regular readers will know we’ve got a solution to that with Breeze.

Now, the last step is a little easier too.  Application signing.  With Nokia’s latest news that their apps for their store (Ovi) must be signed, but don’t need to go through futher hoops of being ‘Java Verified’, this brings them in line with RIM and Apple making it just a little easier to get apps out the door.  Signing provides some certainty on the application and usually makes it easier for a user to install and use.  So developers still need to sign their apps for each platform, but not each device, which was costly and slow.

Thank you Apple, RIM and Nokia for making things a little easier – at least in this area.

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