Rhomobile Announces Rhodes Support for iPhone 3G S

Rhodes Support for iPhone 3G S and New iPhone OS 3.0 Offers Simple and Powerful Option for Native Smartphone Application Development

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ — Rhomobile today announced the compatibility of the Rhodes smartphone development framework with iPhone OS 3.0 and the recently announced iPhone 3G S. The Rhodes “write once and run on many” framework allows developers of all levels to utilize their HTML skills to create robust native applications for the new iPhone 3G S–without having to rewrite code for every OS update.

Rhodes reduces development costs by up to five times by enabling developers to code native smartphone applications in HTML instead of in Objective-C or other complex native device operating system languages. Rhodes’ unique framework allows for the creation of robust mobile applications that take full advantage of smartphone capabilities such as GPS, PIM data and camera.

“Rhodes is a very easy way to make an application for the iPhone,” said Adam Blum, CEO of Rhomobile. “The Rhodes framework enables anyone, from enterprise developers who want to mobilize their workforce to a consumer who wants to build fun and clever apps, to build powerful mobile applications with about twenty percent of the code used in iPhone apps today.”

Rhodes Features:

• Makes developers five times more productive for even a single smartphone OS
• Allows developers to write apps in HTML and simultaneously build for all smartphones
• Supports iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android
• Full access to device capabilities: GPS, PIM contacts, camera
• Allows users to work with synced local data for rapid access and ease of operation when disconnected or offline
• Available as open source realtime on public repositories

Availability and Pricing

The Rhodes framework is now available at http://github.com/rhomobile/rhodes/tree/master

Rhodes offers flexible pricing options suitable for a range of smartphone application efforts: providing low cost options for the enterprise to enable their mobile workforce and encouraging entrepreneurial innovation. Rhomobile offers dual license models – under GPLv3 for open source apps and commercial licensing options for enterprises and Independent Software Vendors.

About Rhomobile

Rhomobile Inc. offers the world’s leading open source framework for business mobility solutions. Founded in 2008 by a team of Silicon Valley veterans, the company’s award winning software has hundreds of active developers and is ideal for independent software vendors, system integrators and enterprises of all sizes. Powered by a revolutionary approach to mobile application development, Rhomobile offers a comprehensive, modern, highly adaptable, and low cost solution for today’s smartphone app developer. Rhomobile, headquartered in Cupertino, CA, is a privately held company with backing from vSpring Capital. For more information, please visit www.rhomobile.com.

Rhomobile, Rhodes and RhoHub are registered trademarks of Rhomobile, Inc. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.

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