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Testing Mobile Applications

July 03, 2010

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There has been an exponential growth of the mobile phone market.

Metric: Amount of time to reach 1 billion users.

This has opened up avenues for revenue generation and has become the entry point for a number of startup developers and companies.

Mobile applications are one of them.

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The Poor Consumer

Power Consumption

Pause and ResumeIncoming communications- voice, SMS, MMS, Bluetooth, Infrared, Charging, Video call, Shutdown, External interruption (alarm)

Network Unavailability/Delay

Inconsistent UI main menu - exit, help, about

Bad translation/spelling errors

Responsiveness and Speed

Unexpected user behavior/Crash

Data deletion - Do not destroy without permissions

Malicious Hidden features/Password handling

Launch problems

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Fragmentation

Consumers, network operators and mobile app stores need a way to separate quality applications from the rest.

Mobile application testing is the solution Why not test after developing the mobile

application?The greater problem

Fragmentation

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Fragmentation

Device Fragmentation

Device Fragmentation

Model

Manufacturer

Physical Dimensions

Application Support Size

Firmware

Input Mechanisms

Device Fragmentation

Installation Modes Fragmentation

USB Data Cable

OTA

Bluetooth

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Unification

Device Manufacturers

Platform Providers

Network Operators

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Certification

Independent Testing

Trust

The Logo

Application Shops

Connectivity to Developer Programs & Networking

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Sample Certification Process

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