What Limitations Do Web Based Mobile Phone Applications Have?
Developers for mobile phone applications have started to make applications that work with the browser. The reason is that there is an advantage to making one application that can work with a variety of phones and phone platforms versus porting the application to each individual platform and device. If accessed on the web, it can reach a far larger market. While there are these advantages, there are also some limitations to consider. First, the developer must make sure the phone works on all browsers. At some point in time there will be a variety of competing mobile browsers just like it is on the desktop. The developer must constantly test the mobile application in each of these after an update to make sure that the software continues to work correctly. There is some huge risk in having a web only application or a phone. What happens if a manufacturer or phone company blocks the application or site the application is hosted on. So far, this has already happened to certain companies and
