I have been talking to Rhomobile about their new cross platform Ruby-based mobile application framework. Rhomobile is different in that it’s open source.  As I will explain later in this post, being open source solves some problems associated with mobile cross platform frameworks.
I tend to assess cross platform frameworks (and widget frameworks) against the following […]

Microsoft have just published a very useful 144 page Mobile Application Architecture Guide. While the guide "provides an overview and prescriptive guidance for designing mobile applications on the .NET platform" if you look at the content, most of it is generic and equally applicable to all mobile projects.
The aim of the guide is to […]

There are just four more days left to enter the Sony Ericsson Content Awards for which I will be one of the judges. This year the awards are open to anyone, not just Sony Ericsson partners.
There are seven categories that will be evaluated in terms of ease of use, entertainment factor, innovation, look […]

One of Symbian’s PR companies has suggested I might like to mention the forthcoming Symbian Partner Event on December 4 2008 at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. I don’t usually mention PR originated stuff unless the subject matter especially relevant or different. So what’s particularly interesting about this event?
Notably, this will be the first partner […]

The Economist published an article last week on ‘The battle for the smart-phone’s soul‘. Most of it was regurgitating what can be found on many mobile sites at the moment. However, one chart in particular, sparked my interest…
 
"…for the first time, more will be spent this year on such intangibles than on the handsets themselves" […]

I think the Android Market is in need of some work. First of all, the statistics reported to Android developers are broken. Here are the statistics for the two applications I have on the market… ASpell is still showing zero installs and WordNet has been stuck at 1377 for over a week now. I […]

Even if people are not particularly into green issues, the credit crunch and rising energy costs will probably make them consider how much electricity they use.
There was a post on Nokia Conversations yesterday on Nokia’s new energy star rating system…
"indicates how much energy each charger uses when left plugged into the wall socket after charging […]