Mobile app developers now have an easier way to integrate their apps with the cloud, with Amazon's announcement on Thursday launching mobile SDKs (software development kits) for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) for iOS and Android. For those unfamiliar, AWS is a really inexpensive and scalable cloud-based computing platform that allows companies to store and retrieve data, utilize database services, operate messaging and notification systems that enhance mobile communications, and more using Amazon's servers.
Previously, it was difficult for mobile developers to use Amazon Web Services in their applications (Amazon says that developers "either wrote their own libraries to handle the HTTP connection, request retries, and error handling, or built additional infrastructure"). With the new software libraries, sample code, and development guides, those hurdles to mobile app development may be a thing of the past.
Which is great news for us mobile users: we can expect many more cloud-based mobile apps that do things like store and access media online or share data seamlessly between your mobile device (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Android) and other devices. That should make working and playing anytime, anywhere easier (though finding apps and deciding which of the many cloud-connected mobile apps to use a bit harder).
More: Amazon's Mobile SDKs announcement and getting started guides for developers | Using Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) from About's Guide to New Tech | What is cloud computing?
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