Last night’s MoMo London was very interesting. It was billed as…
"With the growing interest in Ajax and Widgets, and initiatives like BONDI, the choice of development platform has never been greater. How do these technologies play against or with more traditional approaches like installable J2ME and Native Apps."
Instead of the usual presentation format, the evening […]

According to new research from CompassIntelligence.com, businesses in the US will spend roughly $11.6 billion on mobile applications by 2012. This year alone, US businesses are expected to spend an estimated $4.9 billion on mobile applications.
I tend to be sceptical of predictions such as these - especially in mobile where things are […]

There are a lot of news articles currently on Yahoo’s latest release of Blueprint. The latest version allows standalone Java, Windows Mobile and Symbian applications to be built.
Marco Boerries, executive VP of Yahoo Connected Life said…
"Now with one click, you can write once and have mobile services run across a critical mass of devices and […]

Carlo Longino from MobHappy and Caroline Lewko from the Wireless Industry Partnership have created a new mobile resource called the WIP Wiki. It’s aimed at helping developers find the tools, resources and partners they need to move ahead with their work.
 
The wiki includes company listings, developer programs from handset and platform suppliers/operators and a tips […]

There are some interesting figures in the latest Gartner Q208 Smartphone sales statistics. It seems smartphone growth (as measured by its proportion of the market) is stalled at 11 per cent. This is due to…
"the current economic environment"and
"compelling touch technology mainly available on enhanced phones (based on proprietary operating systems)"

At first sight, it’s disappointing that […]

Samsung have a new mobile developer site (in beta) called Samsung Mobile Innovator. It covers Samsung specific S60 development. From October there will be facilities to allow remote testing on real devices, technical support and a business development service.
I think the Market.dev section is particularly useful as it provides a way to submit business proposals […]

One area I find companies often leave until late is provisioning of their application via their web server. It can be as simple as adding the application to your web server and adding the appropriate mime types. Some companies also set up simple SMS and WAP push mechanisms.
However, if you have more than one […]