Rhomobile Announces RhoHub Support for Android 2.0
Written by Rhomobile
Thursday, 19 November 2009
RhoHub Offers Easy Native Smartphone Application Development For Android Smartphones Including DROID
CUPERTINO, Calif., Nov. 17 -- Rhomobile, the makers of the Rhodes smartphone app framework, today announced the compatibility of RhoHub, the worlds first Development-as-a-Service for mobile, with Android 2.0 and the recently announced DROID by Motorola. RhoHub allows developers of all levels to utilize their HTML and Ruby skills to create robust native applications for Android smartphones including the new DROID by Motorola.
RhoHub reduces development costs by up to five times by enabling smartphone and web developers to code native smartphone applications in HTML and Ruby on a hosted service. RhoHub allows developers to collaborate on building native smartphone apps from any location and allows for the creation of robust mobile applications that take full advantage of smartphone capabilities such as GPS, PIM data and camera.
"With the early success of the DROID, many iPhone developers are exploring avenues to make their apps available on Android," said Adam Blum, Rhomobile CEO. "RhoHub offers the easiest way for developers to rapidly create native smartphone applications for the DROID and other Android phones and, because our framework leverages HTML and Ruby, it's a great choice for web developers who would like to enter the fast-growing native smartphone application market."
RhoHub Features:
-- Supports iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android
-- Allows developers to write apps in HTML and simultaneously build for
all smartphones
-- Makes developers five times more productive for even a single
smartphone OS
-- Generate user interfaces and sync source adapters from a high level
object description
-- Rich web color syntax editor for HTML templates and Ruby code
-- Automated build for all major domestic smartphones
-- Collaborate with other users by sharing projects
-- Hosting of synchronization server for backend app integration and
availability of offline data
Availability and Pricing
RhoHub is now available at http://www.rhohub.com/.
RhoHub is available in three tiers: Free, Basic and Premium. The Free tier is for public apps with 3-runtime users and 50MB disk space. The Basic service allows for 3 private apps, 3 private collaborators with 100-runtime users and 2GB disk space. RhoHub's Premium service offers 100 private apps, 100 private collaborators with 1000-runtime users and 20GB disk space.
About Rhomobile
Rhomobile Inc. offers the world's leading open source framework for business mobility solutions. Founded in 2008 by a team of Silicon Valley veterans, the company's award winning software has hundreds of active developers and is ideal for independent software vendors, system integrators and enterprises of all sizes. Powered by a revolutionary approach to mobile application development, Rhomobile offers comprehensive, modern, highly adaptable and low-cost solutions and support services to developers around the world. Rhomobile, headquartered in Cupertino, CA, is a privately held company with backing from vSpring Capital. For more information, please visit www.rhomobile.com.
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