Performance Evaluation Using J2ME with Android over Cloud Services: A Simulation Approach

Proposedpaperis concerned withtwomobiledevelopment environments i.e.J2ME and Androidwhich were further implemented. Through platformperformance behaviourcomparison, the differentenvironments are examined closelywithstrengthsand weaknesseswhichwereevaluatedfurther. Inboth environmentsexperimentalapplications arewritten tocomparewith the environments in actionon particular devices.Environment specificdeployment files are createdin J2ME withenhanced featureof Connected DeviceConfiguration (CDC)andConnected LimitedDevice Configuration(CLDC).MIDlet and Androidare used.Other file and Imagefilesarestoredoncloud.They areused through cloud services on anyhandheld device and mobile. Different key areassuch as implementation aspects, memory aspects,execution time and response time arecomparedtogive an in depth overview of the status of the twoplatforms.Resultsrevealedthat although the twoenvironments are similar in some aspectsbutstillrepresent two distinctive fields each with theirindividual property. Through our code examplesand platform comparison Android platforms aresuitable foruse for high cost devices.WhileJ2MEuse for low cost mobile devicesbecause J2ME isopen source technologyuse free applicationandprovide cloud servicefacility.