Speedware brings out MobileDev 2.0 for wireless development on 3000

Speedware Corp. has released MobileDev 2.0, its software development tool designed for mobile Internet applications. MobileDev enables the rapid creation of wireless Internet apps, with full compliance with evolving WAP standards and other wireless technologies.

The 2.0 version of the software uses a wizard-driven, graphical interface, and is open to server technologies including Java, Microsoft ASP, Perl and PHP. It enables the development of both static and dynamic Web sites and is compatible with the front end interface standards WML and HDML, the two leading standards in North America. MobileDev also conforms to the style guidelines of UP.Browser, the microbrowser used in more than 90 percent of North American Internet enabled phones. The tool also supports Openwave’s microbrowser simulator, for testing of both HDML and WML applications.

Yospace LLC has also signed a contract with Speedware to integrate the Yospace SmartPhone Emulator JavaBean Edition into MobileDev 2.0. The emulator will enable testing and preview of applications with different models of mobile devices while using MobileDev. Evaluation copies of MobileDev 2.0 are available from the Speedware Web site at mobiledev.speedware.com. A registered copy of MobileDev can be purchased from the site for $495 per developer seat. The downloadable trial copy provides users with a fully functional tool, but limits access to some of the productivity enhancing features.