Mobile Distillery, the leading specialist in software solutions for mobile application production and testing services, has announced the launch of Alembic, its unique device knowledge database and device characteristic search engine. Alembic offers the most comprehensive and widely tested insight into the behaviors and capabilities of the vast majority of mobile devices available on the market.
For developers, marketing and product managers, the sheer detail and accuracy of the web based Alembic service allows them to clearly understand the market potential and base their prototypes on tested data. With the Alembic's powerful query interface it is now possible to identify which mobile handsets their application could potentially work on before they write a line of code, reducing the investment and production risks incurred in the development of mobile applications.
Alembic's core data is the result of rigorous, industrial testing, with handsets tested for +1000 individual characteristics, behaviors and performance benchmarks, which are then checked and verified by Mobile Distillery. More than 30 new devices are added to Alembic every month, as new devices come to market. Developers simply select the capabilities and features they plan to include in their applications such as Bluetooth, 3D graphics or GPS; Alembic then generates a list of every device that supports that particular feature set.
A key feature of Alembic is that it is directly integrated into Celsius, Mobile Distillery's automatic porting suite. This allows developers, from a single interface, to search devices compatible with their application all in one click for compilation. Developers also know which device is supported by DeviceAnywhere's testing solution, which provides developers real-time interaction with handsets directly from their computer.
Developers can also work directly with Mobile Distillery to integrate their own device criteria. These new parameters are then included in Mobile Distillery's software and rigorous testing processes for future use.
Availability: Q4, 2008.
Pricing: stand-alone version available at 1500/month including ongoing updates.
Key components of Alembic are already included within Celsius at no extra cost, a full Alembic license is available for an additional 500/month for Celsius customers.
Preview at CTIA 2008, San Francisco, 10/12 September Mobile Distillery booth 129 -- Developer Pavilion
Mobile Distillery
A specialist in mobile technologies, Mobile Distillery provides innovative softwares and services allowing corporations, application developers and publishers to efficiently address the complex environment of mobile platforms and markets.
Capitalizing on 7 years of R&D and worldwide handset knowledge, Mobile Distillery solutions help developers to easily manage the production of their mobile applications as well as the delivery to the widest range of existing and upcoming compatible devices worldwide. Mobile Distillery also helps ensure quality of mobile applications and products through dedicated testing services.
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