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Mobile Apps can be developed on different types of platforms iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Symbian and Windows. The two most popular platforms are Android and iPhone purely because of the market share they command and app development for these phones makes it a preferred platform.

Most mobile app development companies invest in developing or upgrading the skill sets to keep pace with the modifications or upgrades these phones undergo. These factors make outsourcing app development more significant due to the continuous efforts that are required to keep pace with the technological changes.The apps can be developed using API’s provided by respective phone companies which are termed native apps or by using cross-platform frameworks developed by non-phone manufacturing companies. Mobile Application Development Outsourcing is gaining momentum as more businesses look to go mobile thereby giving themselves a competitive advantage. Enterprises are adopting mobile as a way forward and need experts in this space to compete in the market and building that expertise in-house is always a challenge due to the non-core nature of the business. Hence, outsourcing mobile app development will lead to quick turnaround; faster go to market and substantial savings in cost.

Stringent quality check by the app stores makes it more advisable to hire specialists who understand the quality parameters to deploy the apps on these app stores. Applications are required to be thoroughly tested before they are deployed in app stores. Enterprises can outsource the design, development, testing and deployment of apps for various devices like iPhone, Android phones and Windows, thereby saving huge cost of development.

Outsourcing model the companies can adopt could be on fixed price project or on a time and material basis depending upon their requirement. While outsourcing the key factors to be considered is the type of apps the outsourcing company has developed whether they are consumer apps or business apps. Most importantly, the expertise these companies bring in outsourcing, past and present credentials, customer references, and project management and delivery methodology.

A typical mobile app development company would provide services for iPhone Application Development, Android Application Development, Blackberry and Windows Application Development. However, some companies specialize in cross-platform app development to create HTML 5 apps which are compatible with all the Smartphone’s.

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