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'''Mobile device code''' is presently complex and difficult to write. The emergence of [[Python]] on some [[Nokia]] platforms is very encouraging, and according to its own R&D division, 1000 lines of [[C++]] can be replaced by 11 lines of Python in a typical application. They also demonstrate [[RFID]] as a feature of their new phones, making [[Consumerium Services]] incredibly easy to implement for those products that have an [[RFID tag]]. | '''Mobile device code''' is presently complex and difficult to write. The emergence of [[Python]] on some [[Nokia]] platforms is very encouraging, and according to its own R&D division, 1000 lines of [[C++]] can be replaced by 11 lines of Python in a typical application. They also demonstrate [[RFID]] as a feature of their new phones, making [[Consumerium Services]] incredibly easy to implement for those products that have an [[RFID tag]]. | ||
Also a likely future trend is the embedding of [[Near Field Communication]] technology, which allows instant communication for devices within 15cm distance of each other, to mobile phones, which would be even more handy for Consumerium since the [[product identification]] could be done via embedding NFC devices into the store shelves. | Also a likely future trend is the embedding of [[Near Field Communication]] technology, which allows instant communication for devices within 15cm distance of each other, to mobile phones, which would be even more handy for Consumerium since the [[product identification]] could be done via embedding [[NFC]] devices into the store shelves. | ||
Issues with mobile device code: | Issues with mobile device code: | ||
*direct support for [[NFC]], [[RFID]] and [[barcode scanner]] - probably all three methods will be required and can back each other up redundantly | |||
*reliability (phones aren't allowed to "crash") | *reliability (phones aren't allowed to "crash") | ||
*[[location-based services]], e.g. relying on [[OpenGIS]] | *[[location-based services]], e.g. relying on [[OpenGIS]] | ||