A comparative study of mobile application development in symbian and J2ME using example of a live football results service operating over GPRS

Abstract

It is coin~norily uckriowledged that tlie murket for !nobile phones lius reuched U level of suturution. The mobile operators huve irivesred heuvily in the provision ofthe Uriiverstil Mobile Telecornrnrrriicutions System (UMTS) urid die operutors sirch us Three Ifor7iierly Hutclrimon 3G) huve fuiled us such in the wide scule udoprion of tlwir services. There is tlrerefore need for upplicutions tliut will encorrruge udoption of new devices und services. I n this puper we will compare tile hvo drfferent deidoprnent optioris for mobile devices. nurnely Symbiun und Juvu. Tlrcse will be cornpured on flie busis 11fu Live footbull ripdutes upplicution. Index Terms GPRS , JZME, Symbian.