Appcelerator has launched version 1.0 of Titanium, the development environment for creating native applications for iPhone, Blackberry or Android, and PC operating systems.

Titanium vs Adobe AIR
Titanium tent to shade in Adobe AIR by proposing a system that greatly facilitates the development of applications for computer and mobile platforms.Titanium can create programs that have an interface and features similar to native programs, which is not always the case of AIR. It is therefore a serious competitor to the potential.

Web Developer
Titanium uses web languages such as HTML, PHP, JavaScript or Ruby. The intent is to prevent web developers having to learn to program for each system like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPhone OS, Blackberry or Android since it is the translator who is responsible for creating an application native Objective-C or Java for example.

Unlike other environments likes Rhomobile Rhodes, programs written in Titanium can access device ability likes device files or database management and push. In all, more than 100 native functions that are available to the developer.
Performance and price
The new version has load times below 3 seconds, against 10 to 20 seconds before. The transitions between pages are immediate and processing data was multiplied by five.

Appcelerator offers two: Titanium Community is free and Titanium Professional, which costs $ 199 per month and adds technical assistance, six months of analytical solutions and the capacity to take advantage of new platforms. The editor should also manage the iPad within a week.