All clients share a single instance of the server. Session (Statefull)

Delphi Community

Who is Embarcadero?

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We are exclusively about software development
tools

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500+ employees worldwide

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HQ in San Francisco CA

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R&D in Scotts Valley CA, Monterey CA, Toronto
Canada, St. Petersburg Russia, Lasi Romania

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Offices and partners in or near most countries
around the world

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Our Products:

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Multi
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Database
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Oracle, Sybase, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, InterBase

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Multi
-
OS
–

Windows, Linux, Solaris, Macintosh

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Multi
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Language
–

Delphi, Java, C++, Ruby, PHP, SQL, UML, XML, BPMN, etc.

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Multi
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Framework
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VCL, Java, .NET, Rails, PHP

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Multi
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Role
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Developers, Architects, DBAs, Testers



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Our Developer Community

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More than 3+ million

in our global ‘neighborhood’

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Members

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Customers

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Partners

No.2
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Germany

No.3
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UK

No.1
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United States

No.4
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Brazil

No.5
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Japan

Delphi(Object Pascal)

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Delphi is a real OOP

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Inheritance

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Polymorphism

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Encapsulation

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Interface

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Generics

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RTTI(Run
-
Time Type Information)

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Reflection



Delphi(Object Pascal)

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Delphi supports object/component
technologies

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COM/DCOM/COM+

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CORBA

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JSON

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REST



What developers

build with

RAD Studio

Electronics Design Application

Altium Designer
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Altium Limited

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Integrates board
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and FPGA
-
level electronics system
design

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Embedded software
development for FPGA
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based
and discrete processors, PCB
layout and editing.

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Allows engineers to take a
electronics design from
concept to completion within
a single design environment.

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14 million lines of Delphi
code


http://www.altium.com/

Desktop Applications

Skype

The most used VOIP
software in the world!

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PEAK times there are
over
23 million users

online! (skype)

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Responsible for 12% of
global international
calling minutes

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In the fourth quarter of
2009,
Skype users
made 36.1 billion
minutes

of Skype
-
to
-
Skype calls, and over a
third of these were
video calls.

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Windows Client written
in Delphi!!!

Link:
http://www.skype.com


Music Management Software

MediaMonkey

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Ventis

Media

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Organize music and edit
tags in your audio library

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Automatically lookup
metadata, record CDs into
MP3, OGG, FLAC etc.

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Play and convert between
formats.

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Synchronize with
iPhones
,
iPods/MP3 players.

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Written in Delphi

http://www.mediamonkey.com/

Database Applications

Deep Sky Planner

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One of the premier
Astronomy
applications for
windows.

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It is often said by
customers to have
the best user
interface in the
industry.

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100,000 lines of C++
source code!

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Written in C++Builder

Desktop Applications

TiltSoft Monitor

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One of the
most used
programs to
monitor
Volcano data.





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Written in
C++Builder

Utilities



ImgBurn

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One of the most used
programs to copy
media.

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Featured in:

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Maximum PC

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CPU

–
PC Magazine

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Over 450,000
downloads per
month!!!

•
Written in

C++ Builder

Utilities

Auslogic Disk Defrag

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One of the highest
used disk
defraggers on the
market today

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Featured in:

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PC Magazine

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Computer Active

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Computer Buyer

–
Windows: The Official
Magazine

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Over 9,000,000
downloads

•
Written in Delphi!


Link:
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk
-
defrag/


Utilities

Almico’s SpeedFan

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One of the most used internal
system monitor on the market
today

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Featured in:

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Maximum PC

–
CPU

–
PC Magazine

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Over 450,000 downloads per
month!!!

•
Written in Delphi!


Link:
http://www.almico.com/


Delphi XE2

The ultimate application
development suite for Windows,
Macintosh, Mobile, and Web

Fast Native applications for Windows,
Macintosh, Web and Mobile

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Write app once, compile


for multiple platforms

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Data
-
rich, Component
-
based

•
Delphi and C++


native code performance

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Delphi for 64
-
bit Windows

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VCL Styles

•
RadPHP

for full


visual web development

Introducing… FireMonkey!

FireMonkey is…

App Development Platform

Delphi

C++Builder

FireMonkey

Windows

Mac OS

iOS

VCL and FireMonkey

Win

Mac

iOS

VCL

FM


FireMonkey

Overview

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Cross
-
platform

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Modern themed/skinned UIs

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Real
-
time image and animation effects

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Direct2D, D3D, Quartz and OpenGL

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Native Delphi and C++

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100% Object Pascal Framework

FireMonkey technology

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Mac

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HD use Quartz

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3D rendering on Mac is OpenGL

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Windows

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Direct2D for HD

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Direct3D for 3D

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FireMonkey use GDI+ for HD vector
forms/controls, when Direct2D is not
available

A
pplications that Connect Everywhere

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High
-
speed connectivity to
popular databases

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Multi
-
tier applications

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Clients on multiple computers
and devices

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Connect to the world of data,
services, and the cloud

Demos

Delphi 64
-
bit

The CPU
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Programming model

Instructions and Addresses

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64 bit address space

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Limited by physical hardware

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Same core Intel instruction set

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New REX prefix for 64bit instructions

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RIP
-
relative addressing

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Jumps
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relative +/
-

2GB

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16 byte stack alignments


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Online resources

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en
-
us/magazine/cc300794.aspx

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en
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us/library/7kcdt6fy.aspx

Demos

RAD Cloud

What is the Cloud API?


“Delphi API for accessing cloud application services
from Amazon and Microsoft Azure.”

DataSnap Server

Server Container

DSServer manages the creation and
lifetime of transports and server
classes

Transport (socket)
manages the creation and
lifetime of the threads

Server that publishes the server
methods for dynamic invocation of
methods

Object

Pooling

Memory Management
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Life Cicle


Server (Singleton) : All clients share a single instance of the
server.

Session (Statefull) : Each client has its own instance of the
server

Invocation (Stateless) : New instances of server class is created
for each call a server method.

Server Module contains server
methods, functions as a
TRemoteDataModule

DataSnap Client

DBXClient

Client

Win32/NET

Performs server methods through
Component TSQLServerMethod similar
TSQLStoredProc

Generation proxy server to execute
methods from the client

TDSProviderConnection subistitutes
TDCOMConnection, TSocketConnection, etc

Desktop

Web

DBX ADO.NET

Server Container

Demos

Mobile Development

Mobile

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RadPHP XE2

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JQuery Mobile

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PhoneGap

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Demo

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DataSnap Mobile Connectors

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iOS
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Objective C

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Android
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Java

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BlackBerry
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Java

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Windows Phone 7
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C#, Delphi Prism

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Demo

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FireMonkey iOS

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FireMonkey Project

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XCode + FPC

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Demo


Mobile choices for you and your users

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N
ative mobile apps for
DataSnap

–
iOS
, Android, Blackberry,


and Windows Phone 7

–
Delphi and C++Builder
DataSnap

Servers

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M
obile
-
optimized PHP web apps

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Web apps that look great

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Web apps that work great on mobile
devices

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Package applications for distribution

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Sell on Apple App Store and Android
Marketplace

Create native iOS apps

•
Use the RAD Studio XE2 IDE

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Create a Delphi FireMonkey application

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Compile for iOS

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Run on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

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Your rich app, your rich data, everywhere




Multi
-
platform
-

Windows, Mac & iOS

Write an application
once and compile for
both Windows and Mac

Create iOS applications
for
iPhone

and
iPad

Demos

Delphi XE2








The fastest way to build native Windows, Mac and
iOS applications


New in Delphi XE2

64
-
bit Windows
development

Target Windows,

Mac, and iOS

Create visually
stunning applications

VCL Styles

Connect with more
data and services

New and updated tools
including Fast Report and
Documentation Insight

Project Delphi “X”

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Cross
-
platform Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

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emphasis on creating GUI applications with dbExpress and
DataSnapX connectivity.

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Other features under consideration for Delphi “X”
include:

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Cross
-
platform component library

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Limited backward compatibility

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DataSnapX the ability to create both Server and
Clients on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Web

Project “Chromium”

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The main thrust of Chromium will be quality,
quality and quality…

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Focus on developer productivity by:

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Enhancing usability

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Remove long
-
standing issues

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Focus on closing as many bugs as possible

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Setting a new standard of reliability

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Lightweight O/R mapping

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Documentation of the OTA

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A new Databinding model allowing binding to
almost any property on a control.

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More integration with the database tools



Project “Commodore”

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Commodore project is bringing 64
-
bit native
development to Delphi, C++Builder, and the VCL.

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Features under consideration for Commodore:

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Full compiler, RTL, and VCL support for 64
-
bit
native compilation

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An option in the IDE to compile an application either as a 32
-
bit or
a 64
-
bit application

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Multi
-
core/Multi
-
threaded applications

•
Support for parallelization in the RTL

In the future and in parallel

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Cloud computing

•
Web 3.0++

•
Beyond RIA

•
Devices

•
Software Appliances

•
Security

•
Compliance


Summary

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Fast Native applications for Windows,
Macintosh, Web and Mobile

•
Visually Stunning Business Applications

•
Applications that Connect Everywhere

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Mobile choices for you and your users