Many times while searching in Google for Mobile application testing you may get some results related to Mobile Testing or vice versa.
So if Mobile Application Testing and Mobile testing are same ?
The answer is both are interrelated up to certain extent but not really the same.
What is Mobile (Device)Testing ?
- Mobile Testing is testing of Mobile Handsets or devices.
- Here we test whether all the core feature and basic things in the mobile(for which a mobile device is built for) like SMS ,Voice calls, connectivity(Bluetooth) , Battery(Charging),Signal receiving,Network are working correctly.
- Mobile Device Testing is the process to assure the quality of mobile devices, like mobile phones, PDAs, etc. The testing will be conducted on both hardware and software. And from the view of different procedures, the testing comprises R&D Testing, Factory Testing and Certificate Testing.
- It included Mobile software compatibility Testing.
What is Mobile Application Testing ???
- Mobile Application Testing is the testing of mobile apps,Games which we are making as third party for the targeted mobile handset.
- Here the focus is on overall functionality of the application or game you are making.
- Response of application on incoming call, sms, and weak network.
- Testing of User Interface of application.
- Behavior of application under stress.
- Here some core feature of Mobile like voice calls SMS ,Ringer are tested just to see that your application has not created any side effects on your device functionality.
In short when we say Mobile Testing ,It is the Testing of the Mobile handsets for its features.
When we talk about Mobile Application Testing ,it is the testing of the application or game which we are targeting for any handset.
December 4, 2009 at 5:20 pm
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December 2, 2010 at 6:38 am
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