SCamp will expand the new BREW® Mobile Platform with additional tools to make life easier for the developer in their quest to create smarter and more dynamic applications
Which means?
From the handset development point of view, SCamp will offer a set of APIs to enable application interoperability. SCamp will expose a framework that allows existing APIs to communicate with each other in a richer and more flexible manner, allowing seamless access to data and services across the whole handset.
To make life even easier, SCamp also facilitates device-based service discovery and registration within the native UI. If a new application is downloaded to the device, SCamp will be aware of it and be able to expose it to the rest of the device ecosystem. In addition, it will automatically expose it to the existing application menu to facilitate its discovery and access by the end user.
Finally, SCamp will also offer a context engine that can be used by any application to dynamically adjust its functionalities and features based on on-the-fly content profiles. SCamp’s context engine will collect and process information from all the sources available in the device – GPS, connectivity, applications – and it will process it to provide meaningful context indicators. For instance, from GPS SCamp derives location and velocity, from the calendar it derives event-based information. All of this information is exposed via API to the developer.
What does SCamp do, again?
- Breaks down the barriers that exist between native and new applications and services
- Exposes data across all applications on the device
- Facilitates dynamic device-based service discovery and registration
- Introduces meaningful context indicators to the device ecosystem
- Enables rendering within the native user interface
After that, all that is required is an innovative and imaginative developer!
SCamp’s SDK, v.1.0
SCamp’s first SDK will be offered with a core set of exposed services in order to provide developers with a rich environment to work in. This will include services such as calendar, contacts, location and messaging.
Future SCamp versions will introduce greater context awareness, followed by a seamless connection to our application switch for the network, “SCout.” Not only will the developer be able to use the rich exposed data and services on the device, but also at the network level.