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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
JSR 271: Mobile Information Device Profile 3 — Proposed Final Draft
It is good to see this. After a long time, hard work, lots of discussions, MIDP3 final draft has been submitted to the JCP… MIDP3 includes a number of new APIs and functionality. And while the smartphones have gone their … Continue reading
Android 1.5 Cupcake Install Instructions
Below are modified instructions for Android 1.5 update/install: (Make sure the G1 is fully powered or connected to power) For Android 1.5 Cupcake download the update from: http://android-dls.com/files/ota/signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip Rename the downloaded file to “update.zip” Connect your G1 to your PC; … Continue reading
A New (close to the family) TXT Messages Record
As I have written here before, a couple of texting “records” have happened in my family; at one point my oldest daughter had more than 3K text messages in one month, and more recently my youngest daughter had around 1,300. … Continue reading
Top 5 smartphones and MNOs – Q1 2009 (USA)
Via @hametner, a couple of handset and Mobile Network Operators (MNO) metrics of interest (USA). Top 5 U.S. smartphones sold in Q1 2009 BlackBerry Curve Apple iPhone 3G BlackBerry Storm BlackBerry Pearl T-Mobile G1 Note that 3 out of 5 … Continue reading
Android Widgets coming soon and they look fantastic
Android Widgets, which will be made available with the release of Android 1.5 (Cupcake) is a great addition to the platform; I’ve been waiting for such widget API for a while now. Android Widgets is an example of Local widgets … Continue reading
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This one is for you, Bubbles!
It is said that dogs are man’s best friend… And after 15 years, I’ve lost mine… Bubbles was his name. Always happy, always on-guard, obedient, playful and friendly, always waiting and wanting to be with one. Today we’ve lost him, … Continue reading
Mobile Social Contextual Applications & Services
A very nice slide-deck by Rudy de Waele (@mtrends) — love it. I totally agree with this vision, which is one that has great potential, and is one that I’ve been passionately promoting for some time now: “The mobile handset … Continue reading
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Carnival of the Mobilists #172
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists #172 is at MobileStance.com and is packed with great essays from bloggers from around the world. A must read. Thanks to Jamie Well who selected my blog entry as the post of the week! … Continue reading
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