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Cascada Mobile Makes Mobile Application Development a Breeze

New mobile application development and distribution platform makes it easy for almost anyone to create, test and distribute mobile applications

Cascada Mobile (www.cascadamobile.com) announced today Breeze, a new development platform that can transform ideas into globally distributed mobile applications in as little as fifteen minutes.
There are more than 2 billion mobile phones already in use around the world.
Cascada’s Breeze platform provides anyone with knowledge of even the most basic Web programming languages the easiest method for creating, testing and distributing mobile applications to phones anywhere in the world.
Breeze-created applications are subsidized by mobile advertisements making the service free for anyone to use.
WHAT IS THE MOBILE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE:

Unlike the “write once, run anywhere” world of Web programming, where a single set of code can work universally on any computer, operating system and Web browser, mobile application development is fraught with complexities.
Mobile phones can have different screen sizes, button and keyboard configurations, and other features that impact how a mobile application runs.
Despite the fact that J2ME, the mobile version of the Java programming language, is supported on billions of phones in the market today, an application that runs on one phone may not work on hundreds of other phone models, even if those phones are similar in design or come from the same manufacturer.
To ensure that an application works on all handset makes and models, it must be tested.
The daunting task of testing applications on hundreds of different phones by itself puts mobile development out of reach for a great many developers.
Beyond the testing, global application distribution requires dealing with more than 100 different wireless carriers and network operators.
HOW BREEZE SOLVES THE MOBILE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE:

The Breeze platform takes code written in HTML, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and automatically converts it into J2ME code, also known as the Java Platform, Micro Edition or Java ME.
As a result, any Breeze created application can run on hundreds of different mobile phone types.
Breeze enables Web programmers unaccustomed to mobile development to add important functions that don’t exist on the Web, such as using the built-in camera, accessing the contact list or even adding an exit button for their applications.
Once the HTML and JavaScript is compiled into J2ME, Breeze produces a mobile application that can be distributed to phones anywhere in the world, and will automatically detect the correct version to send to a phone.
Developers receive a simple line of code they can embed onto their websites, blogs or social network pages allowing people to download their new application directly to their phone over their wireless service provider’s network.
The Breeze platform reduces the testing of mobile applications for hundreds of different handsets down to a single run on the Breeze Simulator.
Developers receive a simple line of code they can put on their websites, blogs or social network pages allowing people to download the application merely by entering their mobile number.
Breeze also takes care of distribution via SMS, WAP Push and direct download from a mobile phone, ensuring the right version of the application is sent to each end user’s phone.
WHAT BREEZE CAN CREATE:

Breeze offers developers the ability to create fully integrated mobile applications, and not merely mobile “widgets.”
Increasingly common, mobile widgets are small applications that usually require a separate widget container to be installed on your phone, in addition to each widget.
With Breeze, the result is a standalone application that installs on a phone with its own icon.
Breeze gives developers a full range of HTML, JavaScript and CSS capabilities, plus the ability to take full advantage of the features on mobile phones, such as built in cameras or contact lists.
The only limitations are imagination and the capabilities of mobile phones.

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