m-commerce terminology

m-commerce

The ability to purchase items using credit and debit cards via a mobile device. Also known as M-Commerce and MCommerce.

smartphone

A smartphone is a cell phone than offers advanced functionality which you can get via a PC. It is a mobile phone that is no longer limited to telephone calls. The following are some of the well known smartphone devices: iPhone, Blackberry and the Palm Two.

android

Android is a mobile platform that that consists of an operating system, middleware and an intuitive interface to have the ability to run powerful applications. Google are the leaders in this arena with the help of companies such as HTC and T-Mobile.

apple iPhone

Is a smartphone that has been designed and marketed via Apple. The iPhone is a powerful mobile device that can not only make calls but has advanced functionality to allow the user to surf the net, purchase online, play music and much more.

iOS (apple)

iOS – previously known as iPhone OS – is Apple’s mobile phone operating system. The Apple’s App Store consists of more than 300,000 applications that run on this operating system. These applications can not be run on any other third-party hardware. It is proprietary to the Apple platform. iOS is not only used on the iPhone but also the iPod Touch and iPad.

native applications

Native applications for mCommerce use technologies such as Objective –C and Cocoa Touch with the help of tools such as Xcode, Interface Builder and Instruments.

web application

A web application is an application that is viewed via a web browser. Web applications for mCommerce use technologies such as HTML 5, CSS 3 and Javascript with the help of tools such as DashCode.