I have been asked a few times now how it’s possible for an individual to develop for mobile when phones and tariffs are so expensive. This problem is particularly pertinent to multi-platform development.
The obvious answer is to charge enough for your application or to your end customer to cover phone costs. As an indication, about […]

Digitimes has some rumours on HTC’s future plans. First of all they are going to start using Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform (BMP).
"The BMP-based handset will come with a touchsreeen, HTC’s in-house developed TouchFlo 3D technology and HTC Sense interface as found in the HTC touch-enabled smartphone lineup, and yet the device will be available as […]

There’s an interesting yet contentious post at TechCrunch on Brian Modoff’s (Deutsche Bank analyst) report on handset operating profit share. While many of the post comments question the numbers, I think the overall message is probably valid. Apple and RIM are taking an increasing large share of handset profits.
The bigger question is whether this is […]

If you are thinking of creating your own prototype or custom phone or GSM module-based project you might like to take a look at GizmoForYou. They provide modules, circuit boards and information how to create your own phone. What’s more interesting is the ability to run Android on their Flow platform.

There’s a thought provoking article by Andrew Seybold on how he thinks pushing information to phones will help phone battery life and make applications more acceptable to users.
"Today’s breed of smart applications knows what information you want and periodically wakes up your device to send a query out over the data channel to see if […]

There’s a thought provoking article in the UK’s Guardian today regarding Sony Ericsson’s triple software bet. Several analysts are quoted as saying that using three different operating systems (Symbian OS, Windows Mobile and Android) could prove a costly mistake.
The Guardian article cites technical and subsequent cost reasons why it’s risky to offer phones with three […]

There’s a thought provoking article at TechCrunch written by Vic Gundotra, Vice President of Engineering for Google’s mobile and developer products. It presents some opinions, facts and figures that you may find surprising.
For example, we are told that… "users of the T-Mobile G1 and its newer WebKit browser search Google 20 times more often than […]