51Degrees.mobi doesn't require your technical team to learn new skills, it protects them from the complexity and fast paced change associated with mobile technology. This means your mobile web application can be up and running quicker, with lower risk and cost than alternative solutions. Further 51Degrees.mobi will be updated to support technology changes so you won't need to spend lots of money every time a new mobile device comes onto the market.
Here are just 2 examples of how 51Degrees.mobi can help your business.
Businesses spend a lot of money promoting their web address. It's typically on every advert, email and printed piece of stationary. With 51Degrees.mobi you can make this same web address work on a mobile device.
The following table shows the web address www.visa.co.uk opened on a desktop web browser and a smart phone. Notice the pages are totally different, but the web address is identical.
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Visa.co.uk - Desktop Browser
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Visa.co.uk - Motorola Droid Pro
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Not only is this approach cost effective to implement, it ensures you've maximum mobile web site exposure from day one.
Capturing a date is a common part of many business processes. For example; reservation systems may require one or more dates to complete a booking, or enquiry services might need a date range to limit results. What ever the purpose the best method to capture a date varies substantially between different types of mobile device.
The screen shots below show the 51Degrees.mobi calendar control being used to capture a date on two very different mobile phones. The technical stuff behind the scenes is identical in both cases. 51Degrees.mobi is working out which format will work best on each phone so your techies don't have to.
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Calendar - Apple iPhone 4
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Calendar - Nokia 3220
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In this example the calendar on the iPhone will support gestures for month navigation and a single tap of the screen to select a date. However the poor old Nokia 3220 doesn't have a big enough screen to even display a grid based calendar, let alone support gesture navigation. Instead it uses drop down lists to capture the date.
51Degrees.mobi ensures your business processes work smoothly no matter what mobile device is being used by your customers.