RhoMobile Suite. Develop applications for the next generation of business mobility

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1 RhoMobile Suite Develop applications for the next generation of business mobility

2 With the Motorola Solutions RhoMobile Suite application development platform, you ll never have to write more than one version of an application. A single version will work on any device, any manufacturer. Even with today s Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) world creating more challenges for application developers, you ll be able to deliver the apps your users need faster than ever before.

3 Write an application once Run it on any mobile device and any operating system Just yesterday, you chose the mobile devices that were in the hands of your workers and all those devices were standardized on the same mobile operating system (OS), making application development easy. Now, there are new device types applicable for the enterprise, such as consumer smartphones and tablets. Employees are bringing their own devices to work, creating a mix of consumer and business devices to support. With that mix of devices comes a mix of enterprise and consumer operating systems to support including Windows Embedded Handheld, Windows CE, Apple ios, Android, BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone 7 along with users who expect your business applications to offer the same intuitive interface design found in today s consumer applications. You can either spend a lot of time and money creating and managing different versions of each application or you can get Motorola Solutions award-winning RhoMobile Suite, the HTML5 application development platform built to meet the needs of the next generation of business mobility. RhoMobile Suite. Cross platform applications made easier. PAGE 3

4 RhoMobile Suite A development toolkit for the next generation of enterprise mobility applications MAke your application development woes disappear With RhoMobile Suite With this set of tools, you can easily create a single version of an application that is technology agnostic. Device type, operating system and screen size doesn t matter. RhoMobile applications simply work on whatever mobile devices are in use in your business including the enterprise-class devices you buy and those your users bring from home. You have complete control over how applications behave on different devices identically or differently, depending upon user and business needs. With OS independence, you are finally free from OS design constraints, able to create business applications that are every bit as elegant looking and intuitive as their consumer counterparts. So now, you ll spend a lot less time and money creating and managing mobile applications. You ll maintain complete device flexibility in the enterprise, able to use whatever device is best for every worker and every job. Your applications are virtually future-proof since RhoMobile Suite is built to evolve, your applications can run on the devices and operating systems of today and tomorrow. PAGE 4

5 The many benefits of a RhoMobile application RhoMobile Suite offers the features you need to maximize the value of your mobile applications and the mobile devices on which they run. improve device flexibility without adding costs You get the freedom to choose the device that will best serve each job. Since one application version runs on many types of devices, you no longer need to filter mobile device selection by operating system to contain application development and management costs. Reduce application costs There are fewer application versions to develop and deploy, dramatically reducing application development, maintenance and management costs. Reduce programmer costs Support for the standard HTML5 programming protocols eliminates the need to hire a specialist for every operating system or expensive specialists who know multiple programming languages. Improve mobile computer Roi Since RhoMobile applications can utilize nearly each and every feature on every enterprise mobile device, you get maximum value and a maximum return on investment (ROI) on your enterprise mobile hardware and accessories. Dramatically improve application Roi Your applications are literally future-proof, able to run on new devices and new operating systems. Since you can easily add features to meet new business needs or take advantage of new technology, your applications can serve your organization well into the future, driving application ROI to a new high. Reduce end-user training costs RhoMobile applications are incredibly intuitive, requiring minimal training. Plus, since RhoMobile applications look, feel and act the same on all devices, once a worker knows how to use a RhoMobile application, they know how to use that application on any device. For example, a RhoMobile retail inventory application can allow a store associate to use their own smartphone during the day to occasionally scan a bar code to check inventory for a customer and switch to a Motorola Solutions MC9190-G gun-style mobile computer for greater comfort when performing scan intensive inventory tasks, such as inventory takes and processing of incoming shipments. PAGE 5

6 All the features you need to meet the demands for the next generation of business mobility RhoMobile Suite features maximize the value of your mobile applications and the mobile devices on which they run. Support for different devices RhoMobile applications are device independent. Mobile device technology platform becomes a non-issue. Applications will run on Motorola Solutions and third-party devices, including handheld mobile computers, the most popular smartphones and tablets, kiosks, Wi-Fi smartphones and more. Support for different operating systems RhoMobile applications are OS-agnostic, able to support industry-leading enterprise-class mobile operating systems such as Windows Embedded Handheld, Windows CE and BlackBerry OS as well as popular consumer grade operating systems, including Android, Apple ios and Windows Phone 7. RhoMobile Suite is designed to evolve with technology to support the new operating systems of the future, so the applications you build today will work tomorrow period. The freedom to create consumer-style applications for business Virtually every operating system has a set of interface design rules specific to that OS. Until today, those constraints were the first thing you had to factor into the design of any application. With RhoMobile Suite s web-based application development platform, you are virtually free from operating system rules, able to create graphical user interfaces that streamline business processes and are every bit as engaging, intuitive and interactive as today s consumer applications. Consistent application behavior on different devices Unlike other application frameworks, RhoMobile applications provide the ultimate in application consistency regardless of device type, screen size or operating system, your applications will look, feel and behave the same. For example, all touchscreen devices can support swipe-style navigation. Native application performance in web-based applications Enterprise applications are often processing intensive. Thousands of calculations and data analysis take time, impacting application performance. Since RhoMobile Suite allows you to compile business logic and store data locally on the mobile device, your web-based applications can deliver the same performance levels as the native applications that are installed on the mobile device. Full utilization of all features on enterprise mobile devices and their peripherals With RhoMobile Suite, you can design rich applications that take advantage of all the data capture features on your devices and their peripherals. No matter what capabilities are native to a mobile device or its attached accessories, you can easily integrate those features into your RhoMobile applications. It s easy to get users up and running, able to capture bar codes, RFID tags, signatures and photos; process a credit or debit card transaction; print out a sales receipt or a gift registry; and more. Automatically scale screen size and application functionality With RhoMobile Suite, not only can you accommodate any display size and resolution, but you can also better utilize available display space to deliver a better user experience. Applications can automatically scale up and down as needed to match the display size on each device. In addition, you can choose to modify application functionality based on available display space. For example, a smartphone screen might only have room to display a list of tasks, requiring users to select a task to see task details. A tablet in portrait mode might show the same screen as the smartphone. But when the tablet is rotated to landscape mode, you can present the task list and a window that displays all the details of the selected task. Since you also have complete control over when and if a screen rotates, you can even lock the orientation for an application that requires viewing in either portrait or landscape mode. Constant application availability online or offline While other web applications are not available without a wireless connection, RhoMobile Suite enables the creation of both hybrid and native HTML5 applications that remain available regardless of connection state. With the ability to store data locally on the device, users enjoy continuous and seamless access to RhoMobile applications regardless of whether they are always online, occasionally disconnected when they wander out of wireless coverage or offline all day. PAGE 6

7 RhoMobile Suite RhoMobile Suite is the only true HTML5 cross-platform development framework on the market that brings together a consumer-style application experience with an enterprise-grade feature set. This complete toolkit includes: RhoElements Cross-platform application development made easier RhoElements consists of a cross-platform development framework, providing a robust set of development tools that include the runtime client required on any device running a RhoMobile application. Support for SQLite enables the local storage of relational data, enabling offline capabilities for both hybrid and native HTML5 applications. Its robust OS abstraction layers combined with open standard HTML5 technologies enable cross-platform capabilities and remove limitations on user interface design. Built-in application programming interfaces (APIs) for bar code scanning, RFID, signature capture, printing, file transfer, locationing as well as attached peripherals and accessories make it easy to take advantage of all the features that are native to any given mobile device. RhoStudio Develop, debug and test on a single computer RhoStudio makes cross-platform application development faster, easier and less expensive than ever before. With this complementary and powerful Eclipse plug-in, not only can you program in one of the most common development environments in the world, RhoStudio s fully featured simulator allows you to quickly develop, debug and test a crossplatform application on multiple operating systems in seconds on a single computer just as if it were running on a native platform. Simulation has never been easier just select the operating system you want to simulate from a dropdown box. Since there is no need to purchase, support and maintain different hardware platforms for testing, the volume and cost of hardware required to develop cross-platform applications is greatly reduced. RhoConnect Fast and easy integration with backend business data A large percentage of application development is devoted to making the connections to the backend business systems. RhoConnect substantially reduces this effort by creating and managing those connections for you, including tracking data to be synced when offline users obtain a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. You can simultaneously connect your application to many data sources just as easily as you can connect to one data source including enterprise backend customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, web services, databases and much more. Data synchronization is completely transparent to users and since only the data that has changed is synchronized on mobile computers and backend application servers, minimal data is exchanged, protecting application, mobile device and wireless network performance. With the Metadata framework, managing backend changes is a breeze. Even if new fields are added, RhoConnect updates your RhoMobile applications no programming required. Since RhoConnect is the first mobile integration server to use the modern NoSQL approach to data storage, it easily scales to handle any volume of data. Instead of scaling up by purchasing faster servers and more memory, RhoConnect simply scales out by storing data in the available space on any company server, anywhere in the world.

8 Start building next generation applications today with RhoMobile Suite For more information, visit or access our global contact directory at RhoMobile Suit e RhoeleMentS RhoStuDio Rhoconnect Part number: BRO-RHOMOBILE. Printed in USA 06/12. MOTOROLA, MOTO, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC and are used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Motorola Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.