Investigation into Mobile Development Tools and Technology for Mobile Games and Application
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Proceedings of CGAMES’2006Abstract
Mobile devices have come a long way with the advancements in terms of processors, memory etc. This has brought about flexibility for development of platforms and different applications far more superior to older ones used and has prompted research into better methods of deployment and use of mobile device capabilities. This paper looks at different technological advancements in progress and also proposes a plan for future work evaluates current and future developments.Citation
In: Mehdi, Q. and Elmaghraby, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of CGAMES’2006. 8th International Conference on Computer Games: Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Systems, 24-27 July 2006, Louisville, Kentucky, USAType
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0-9549016-1-4Collections
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