Mobile apps need not always come from enterprises
By Rajagopalan   |   Friday, 23 January 2009, 23:43 IST   |    1 Comments
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Bangalore: "Mobile applications need not always come from enterprises. A single person can achieve the same," said Srinivasan R, CEO, Oneview systems. Unveiling 'Voice Reminder', a product that notifies cell-phone users about important events through voice reminders, at the Nokia Developer Conference, Srinivasan mentioned that 'Wishy', a tool within Voice Reminder that helps one organize shopping trips, was purely a result of the efforts of a single individual. Another product that stole the show was Quillpad, developed by Tachyon Technologies, aims to curtail the divide between typing in Indian languages and English. Using English as a universal typing mechanism to enter any Indian language, Quillpad performs the corresponding linguistic transliteration. "Based on a statistical engine with no pre-defined dictionary, the product learns by capturing language patterns. An equivalent binary representation helps overcome memory constraints in cellphones," said Ramprakash, CEO, Tachyon Technologies. The next innovation in the offing, 'Nano Hanuman' by Ossian Agro Automation performs remote controlling and monitoring of motor pump-sets. Santosh Ostwal, CEO, Ossian Agro Automation deployed the basic Nokia 1100 for his product after extensive interactions with the rural community of the country. The control module consists of a mobile phone along with a modem and receiver installed on the motor set. Pre-set codes are used for specific operations such as power availability check, turn on and off that assist in a convenient operation. Ostwal said that it could be adopted for other control applications such as security systems, motor and industrial load monitoring. With the emergence of the cellphone from talking to computing and storage devices, Sujit Jain, CEO, Maverick Mobile Solutions divulged on Maverick Secure Mobile (MSM), a security application that helps protect data, track stolen devices, retrieve phonebook and disable stolen devices remotely by working in a hidden mode. It uses pre-defined short keys followed by a password for its launch. MSM allows 'contact reporting' to a second number or to a friend where the reports need to be dispatched. MSM also enables back up of data in a server from where the data can be retrieved from later. Another product at the show was 'inotify', a mobile application framework used to extend the reach of the ERP to the mobile sales force. Introduced by Suhas Kale, CTO, Mobien Technologies, the framework uses devices such as mobile phones and smart phones and is robust and has remote device management, independence from service providers (CDMA or GSM), SOA architecture with .NET technology as some of its salient features. The framework also allows integration of operation with diverse ERP's. "Bangalore was the obvious choice of location for the event as we receive maximum number of hits on our website from here," said Kenny Mathews, Forum Nokia APAC at the concluding address.

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