Chapter 10. What About Mobile?

Application developers have a multitude of platforms to target and develop for. Traditionally, the platforms to develop for were the desktop platforms, be it Windows, Mac, or Linux/Unix. However, more recently, nothing has been growing faster than the mobile platforms: iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile. Mobile platforms have become the largest platforms for the consumption of digital media today, overtaking desktops in recent years, and still growing! Because of this, we have dedicated an entire chapter to considerations for mobile application developers. Here, we will discuss special details particular to developing applications for mobile platforms. But first, let's take a step back and define what we consider a mobile application to be in the first place.