As the sale of iPhone, BlackBerry and the Android based phones increases, the demand of mobile application development is going on increasing. This is because no business would like to lose any opportunity to be contacted by its prospective customers/clients.

In this kind of scenario, the business has got two options; either go for starting the in-house operations or outsource the work to any professional mobile application developer.

Both these options have their own pros and cons.

In-house Operations:

In case of in-house operations, the business can exercise maximum control over the progress made on the mobile application project taken at hand. When the company opts for in-house operations it has to setup the whole infrastructure and regularly monitor the development. When the mobile application development work is taken at hand, you need to employ people who deliver the application on time, whereas, when you outsource it there is hardly anything to be worried about. It is usually difficult to find skilled workers for running in house operations. Most of the businesses do not opt for the in-house operations for mobile application development because of these tedious tasks involved in starting them (in-house operations)

Outsourcing the work:

Usually outsourcing the mobile application work is more popular than the in-house operations. Some of the factors responsible for this are as follows.

• Mobile web application development is neither too easy nor too difficult. Actually it depends on the technical and communication expertise of the application developer. When the work is outsourced to any company, first it needs to be made sure whether the employees of that company are expert at technicalities.

• When the work is outsourced to any company it becomes the responsibility of that company to fulfill the commitment made. If the application outsourcing company wants to retain its clients then it has to deliver results on time and also meet the quality standards.

• When the work is outsourced, the work giver does not have to worry about the copyright act. The copyright is very much similar to the property right. This means that the copyright is totally transferable. When the third party completes the outsourced work and delivers the mobile application along with the rights to change it, the buyer of the application becomes the sole owner of the application and not the person who initially developed it.

• After outsourcing the work the company needs to be concerned only about the result, not the modus operandi of completing the work.

• It is now an undisputed fact that outsourcing the iPhone application development work saves a lot of time, money and resources. Moreover if you are intelligent you can also get a commitment from the service provider about the return on investment.

• The business should remember that outsourcing is not the ultimate panacea to all the tasks or issues. Usually one needs to be careful in the initial stages of placing the order with any Mobile Application Development service provider.