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Rhomobile’s cross-platform smartphone app development framework Rhodes is now in version 2.2, offering users additional functionality, including support for Bluetooth, Calendar and Android Cloud to Device Messaging.
Using the calendar support, developers can create apps that access and create events in the native device calendar. With Bluetooth support, developers can add another layer of connectivity to their Rhodes apps. And with the new Android Cloud to Device Messaging push support, the server sends requests to receive updated application and user data to the smartphone application. Requests do not require the application to be open on the device, ensuring data is always kept current.
For those of you who haven’t heard about Rhodes before, you should know it’s made to allow developers to make mobile apps for multiple platforms using HTML, JavaScript and Ruby, instead of Objective-C or other complex native device OS language. As for the platforms supported, Rhodes can be used for building native apps for iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android, BlackBerry and Symbian.
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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.
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