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6 CREATING YOUR OWN APPLICATIONS

Now that you’ve read through the applications presented in the previous chapter, it’s likely that you’ve come up with some ideas for methods you can use to bring wireless customers to your business. And, of course, there are many more applications available in addition to the ones we’ve described, and there are new ones coming every day.

But, what if you have an idea for your own unique application? Well, it certainly is possible to create your own applications targeted to your business and your customer base. It takes some know how, but it happens every day. Many of today’s hottest wide use applications began as a simple idea by a single user targeted to his specific need. Twitter is a great example. The creator of Twitter simply wanted a way to know what his best friends were up to and to keep them abreast of his activities. He likely had no idea that his little application would become one of the hottest on the web.

This book is certainly not intended to provide technical specifics and coding details for creating wireless applications. But, if you have the interest in creating your own application, hopefully the data provided in this chapter will give you some direction on where to start. Here are some basics about creating wireless applications.