1. Growing Interest in Porting Mobile Applications Brings New Customer
and Project to PSA, Inc.
PSA launched a new project of porting an iPhone application to Android and BlackBerry
platforms. The project order was obtained against the backdrop of growing interest in mobile
applications.
April 19, 2010 – PSA started a new project of porting an existing iPhone application to the
Android and BlackBerry platforms. The project request was received from a new customer
which is a provider of advanced software solutions and value added services to mobile
technology companies worldwide.
Participation of Professional Software Associates, Inc. in the CeBIT 2010 computer expo
entailed increased number of requests for quotation on poring mobile applications from one
platform to another. Month to month the Android platform gain popularity and plenty of
customers desire to port the existing applications from the most popular in the USA iPhone
platform to Android. While the Android initial release appeared 17 months ago, in October
2008, PSA started investigation and development activities on Android platform more than 2
years ago. Longstanding research into mobile technologies and in-depth device knowledge
allows PSA team to port diverse mobile applications to popular mobile platforms like Symbian,
Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and J2ME.
Experience of PSA team in mobile application development led to the new customer selecting
PSA to perform a project on porting an iPhone application to Android and BlackBerry platforms.
The project includes specification requirements review, application design for Android and
Blackberry platforms that precede the development and testing phases. The ported application
will be tested on different devices and within one month a first Beta version will be delivered.
Capabilities of the ported mobile application will include capturing and transmitting a graphical
code image with the phones camera. The captured image will be sent to a web service and
processed with a reply. Based on the reply, the application shall be able to show a video related
to the product code and an additional HTML web page with a customized web browser screen
where the user can be directed to a location to purchase the product.
Skills needed in porting applications to different mobile platforms is becoming in demand as the
number of smart phones grows. PSA is taking advantage of this favorable market position to
build on the number of its customers.
For more information, visit http://www.psa-software.com or call +1 (810)724-5200.
Found in 1993, Professional Software Associates (PSA) is a software engineering company
which develops software products and provides comprehensive development services throughout
the United States and Internationally. PSA solutions included applications using embedded,
mobile devices, telecommunications, client-server, and web technologies. PSA-Mobile is a
division of PSA focused on mobile applications development for different platforms. PSA is a
global enterprise including its main development center in Europe.