The iPhone and Google Android platform are undisputedly transforming the mobile industry by bringing smartphone capabilities to the masses. They are also making for enticing new mobile platforms for developing and deploying new types of mobile apps and services for mass market users. Yet, developing for them is not that easy.

This session will focus on our experience of developing open source-based mobile messaging and sync applications for both of these platforms. It will compare and contrast the platforms in terms of the development methods and tools required, and their strengths and weaknesses from a developer's perspective. The presentation will share lessons learned as well as tips and techniques for developing for both platforms.

Speaker Bio: Andrea Gazzaniga is Software Development Manager at Funambol, the leading mobile open source company in the world that provides push email & PIM synchronization software for 1.5 billion mobile devices, including most recently the iPhone and Google Android. Andrea has 15 years of software development experience with both major telco manufacturers (e.g. Siemens and Alcatel) as well as software startups. He joined Funambol in 2005 as tech lead for Funambol's client software team (initially Windows Mobile, Outlook and Java ME but now including iPhone and Android) and was recently promoted to software development manager for Funambol's entire R&D team. Andrea has been working with open source and Unix/Linux for many years. His most recent projects include making Funambol software work on Google Android and planning the next revision of Funambol software for the iPhone.

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