Cascada Mobile Partners with DeviceAnywhere for Live Mobile Application Testing
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Partnership Gives Developers New Way to Test Breeze-Created Mobile
Applications on Live Mobile Handsets over the Web
TORONTO, & SAN MATEO, CALIF.--(Business Wire)--
Cascada Mobile (www.cascadamobile.com), developer of the Breeze
platform, the simplest way to create, test and distribute applications
to mobile phones anywhere in the world, today announced a partnership
with DeviceAnywhere(TM) (www.deviceanywhere.com) to expand the testing
environment available to developers using Breeze to create mobile
applications. Under this agreement Cascada is now the newest member of
the DeviceAnywhere Connect(TM) (DAC) partner program.
DeviceAnywhere is a revolutionary online service that provides
access to 1500 real handsets, on live worldwide mobile networks,
remotely over the Internet, meeting all development, porting, testing
and monitoring needs. Unlike emulator/simulator-based solutions,
DeviceAnywhere employs real, physical handsets -- so, anything that a
user can do with a device in their hand, they can do with the handsets
in DeviceAnywhere -- in real-time. This includes tasks such as
pressing device buttons, tapping on touch screens,
connecting/disconnecting the battery, viewing the LCD, listening to
ringers and speakers, and opening/closing a handset. Cost-effective
and efficient, DeviceAnywhere eliminates the burden of manual testing
and the high costs of acquiring handsets and service plans, enabling
developers to bring content to market faster than ever before. As a
DAC partner, Cascada's users will have the opportunity to take
advantage of these solutions at a discounted rate.
"Because of the complexities involved, testing is one of the
critical areas that has limited the development of mobile
applications," said Alan Lysne, CEO of Cascada Mobile. "Partnering
with DeviceAnywhere gives developers using the Breeze platform even
more testing options as they develop and fine-tune their mobile
applications. While Cascada Mobile ports all mobile applications
submitted by users, DeviceAnywhere allows our users go one step
further to see firsthand exactly how their mobile apps look and
function on mobile devices and wireless networks around the world."
Through this partnership, mobile developers using Cascada's Breeze
Platform get five free hours of testing with DeviceAnywhere. To use
DeviceAnywhere, users simply enter a promotion code provided by
Cascada, log into their DeviceAnywhere account, and click on the
"Launch DeviceAnywhere Studio" link to get started.
"Today's mobile application developer is faced with the challenge
of creating and testing applications that work on thousands of devices
-- and with so many handsets in today's mobile marketplace, time is of
the essence," said Faraz Syed, CEO of DeviceAnywhere. "By joining
forces with DeviceAnywhere Connect (DAC), partners like Cascada are
able to offer developers the opportunity to combine Cascada's Breeze
platform with DeviceAnywhere's award-winning solutions to create the
fastest, most efficient means through which to develop J2ME
applications on real, physical devices."
By using Cascada Mobile's Breeze platform, even the most novice
HTML and JavaScript programmers can create innovative mobile
applications in J2ME -- the most widely used mobile programming
language. The free Breeze platform eliminates the enormous
complexities of writing and testing mobile applications for thousands
of different handset models and provides developers a one-stop-shop
for distributing them across hundreds of wireless operators worldwide.
Breeze developers receive a simple line of code they can put on their
websites, blogs or social network pages allowing people to download
their application merely by entering a mobile phone 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.
About Cascada Mobile
Cascada Mobile offers the simplest method for creating and
distributing mobile applications for the more than 2 billion mobile
phones in use around the world. Cascada Mobile's Breeze platform
eliminates the enormous complexities of writing mobile applications in
J2ME -- the most widely used mobile platform, now known as Java ME --
and provides a one-stop-shop for mobilizing applications to run on
hundreds of different handset models and distributing them across of
wireless operators worldwide. Using basic HTML and JavaScript, any Web
savvy individual can create rich J2ME applications though Breeze. For
more information on Cascada Mobile and the Breeze Platform please
visit www.cascadamobile.com.
About DeviceAnywhere
DeviceAnywhere is an award-winning product that provides
convenient and cost-effective end-to-end solutions for mobile content
development, monitoring, testing and deployment -- enabling
application developers to bring better content to market faster than
ever before. Its unique Direct-to-Device(TM) technology provides
access to real handsets in live global networks, from anywhere.
DeviceAnywhere currently supports 1500 devices on more than 25
different carrier networks worldwide, with locations in the U.S.,
U.K., Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. To learn more about
DeviceAnywhere - and to sign up for a free, three-hour trial -- please
visit www.deviceanywhere.com.
Mobility Public Relations for Cascada Mobile
Melissa Burns, +1-208-946-4849
cascada@mobilitypr.com
Copyright Business Wire 2008
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