Comments on: You’re a Professional Mobile Tester (you just don’t know it yet) http://blog.utest.com/youre-a-professional-mobile-tester-you-just-dont-know-it-yet/2009/11/ Software Testing Community Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amit Mhatre http://blog.utest.com/youre-a-professional-mobile-tester-you-just-dont-know-it-yet/2009/11/comment-page-1/#comment-14615 Amit Mhatre Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:06:00 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=2493#comment-14615 Great article, i will definitely like to see more of such from expert like you. Great article, i will definitely like to see more of such from expert like you.

]]> By: Natalia http://blog.utest.com/youre-a-professional-mobile-tester-you-just-dont-know-it-yet/2009/11/comment-page-1/#comment-14596 Natalia Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:56 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=2493#comment-14596 Hello Bernard. Love your post. I'm interested on learning testing mobile phone. Also, I would like to learn about testing mobile pages. Do you have some tips to share with us? Thanks. Hello Bernard. Love your post. I’m interested on learning testing mobile phone. Also, I would like to learn about testing mobile pages. Do you have some tips to share with us?
Thanks.

]]> By: tester http://blog.utest.com/youre-a-professional-mobile-tester-you-just-dont-know-it-yet/2009/11/comment-page-1/#comment-14594 tester Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:39:32 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=2493#comment-14594 Nice, I like to test Nice, I like to test

]]> By: Kunal Sehgal http://blog.utest.com/youre-a-professional-mobile-tester-you-just-dont-know-it-yet/2009/11/comment-page-1/#comment-14593 Kunal Sehgal Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:37 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=2493#comment-14593 That is a very helpful Bernard! I am a professional in testing mobile banking applications and would like to add one more item in the checklist you mentioned. USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) is becoming a very important part of GSM handsets. USSD dial codes look like *123# and are used to fetch information from your Carrier like 'Last call cost' or 'Balance in your pre-paid cards'. USSD has been gaining a lot of popularity offlate because it is handset independent and the messages are not saved in the phone memory. One of the leading banks in the world has actually implemented their Mobile banking application completely using USSD. I was fortunate enough to be the test manager for that programme and it was quite an experience. Though USSD is supported by all handsets, during our testing with different handsets we discovered that one of the handsets 'Motorola A1200' (also known as MotoMing) had issues in supporting USSD. I would not go into the details of the issue but the crux is that Bank customers with Motorola A1200 handsets could not use their handset for mobile banking. Bank had mentioned in their Mobile banking promotions and banners that their mobile banking application was universal and could be accessed from any GSM handset but it was not to be !! Conclusion: Please test USSD during the mobile testing and ensure user is able to input USSD code and receives the responses. Cheers! Kunal That is a very helpful Bernard!

I am a professional in testing mobile banking applications and would like to add one more item in the checklist you mentioned.

USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) is becoming a very important part of GSM handsets. USSD dial codes look like *123# and are used to fetch information from your Carrier like ‘Last call cost’ or ‘Balance in your pre-paid cards’.

USSD has been gaining a lot of popularity offlate because it is handset independent and the messages are not saved in the phone memory. One of the leading banks in the world has actually implemented their Mobile banking application completely using USSD. I was fortunate enough to be the test manager for that programme and it was quite an experience.

Though USSD is supported by all handsets, during our testing with different handsets we discovered that one of the handsets ‘Motorola A1200′ (also known as MotoMing) had issues in supporting USSD. I would not go into the details of the issue but the crux is that Bank customers with Motorola A1200 handsets could not use their handset for mobile banking.

Bank had mentioned in their Mobile banking promotions and banners that their mobile banking application was universal and could be accessed from any GSM handset but it was not to be !!

Conclusion: Please test USSD during the mobile testing and ensure user is able to input USSD code and receives the responses.

Cheers!

Kunal

]]> By: Peter Shih http://blog.utest.com/youre-a-professional-mobile-tester-you-just-dont-know-it-yet/2009/11/comment-page-1/#comment-14588 Peter Shih Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:13:08 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=2493#comment-14588 Great post Bernard. Your "lessons learned" and tips will inspire [and educate] many within the community, especially as we are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of mobile projects coming in. Great post Bernard. Your “lessons learned” and tips will inspire [and educate] many within the community, especially as we are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of mobile projects coming in.

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