AT&T Mobility supports new HTML5 API's

AT&T Mobility has launched a new API platform with tools intended to help developers create HTML5 mobile apps that will run more efficiently and save battery life. In addition, the API platform will make in-app billing possible so that developers can receive payment for their apps through AT&T's customer bill.

AT&T is promoting HTML5 as a strategy to support apps that operate in a cross platform manner.

The new API platform, which is powered by Apigee, will give developers access to all the company's APIs in one place, allowing them to write applications quickly instead of having to access the APIs separately and develop different business arrangements for each API.  In addition, the API platform will allow developers to incorporate the APIs and other network services directly into their HTML5 apps and let customers access them across multiple operating systems and even different devices such as smartphones or e-readers.