Mobiles and application deployment. Still a bit crap!

Link: MobileCrunch » JAJAH. No, No.

Can I get a HELL YEAH! for Oliver’s points? 😉

Actually, this points to a larger issue that is sadly all too common for mobile applications and something that I think needs to be definitively included in any requirements to be considered a true mobile 2.0 application. So what is this issue?

To install jajah on a mobile you need a PC! That’s right, a bloody PC. Even my fancy schmancy Nokia N and E series phones were simply not able to manage the necessary html gymnastics that were required to get to the mobile application and force it to install to the phone.

There’s one company I know of working extremely hard in the deployment area. They’ve got one of the largest mobile development teams in Europe outside of the likes of Goole and they’re committed to cracking painless application deployment on to handsets and are pouring significant investment into this fundamental arse of a problem.

The company in question? Hotxt. More on this shortly. I’ve still got that interview bubbling in my mind.