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Rhomobile is out with Rhodes 2.0, the newest version of its cross-platform smartphone app development framework. Among the supported platforms, we find iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian and the iPad.
Available for free under the MIT license, Rhodes 2.0 rocks some cool new capabilities such as native mapping across all devices and a metadata framework that supports applications with changing underlying schema. Moreover, there are other enhancements including faster sync and optimized native styling for all smartphones.
That mapping capabilities seem especially interesting. According to Rhomobile’s press release, developers are now able to to display a map with one call to the Rhodes MapView object, which sounds easy (though I haven’t tried it myself).
As for the mentioned “metadata framework,” it’s designed to allow mobile apps to communicate with backend server that have changing schemas. Developers can change a field or attribute in the back-end enterprise application and the change is reflected immediately on the application running on the device…
Interested developers can grab Rhodes 2.0 from Rhomobile’s website and while there, they can also access the complete documentation.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
