http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com It’s the Application, Stupid! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted by Rudy de Waele at the m-trends blog: Looking back at the many contributions done by so many mobilists till now, this is still what’s it’s all about! The Carnival stays probably the best online resource to read about different views and opinions ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/carnivalofthemobilists/2009/07/02/carnival-of-the-mobilists-180/ Feature vs. the Smart-phone. There is no straight answer; the lines are blurring too fast. At the end, your definition will be different from mine. Nevertheless, this is how I'm defining it (to be included in an upcoming article): Both Feature and Smart-phones support voice and data capabilities, including multimedia audio ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/handsets/2009/06/28/feature-vs-smart-phone/ When browsing on your mobile, do you call it browsing "the Internet", "the Web" or browsing "the Mobile Web"? After an interesting discussion at ForumOxford on one vs. many webs, I'm curious (keeping in mind that the majority of the readers of this blog are mobile techies) on how folks ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/polls/2009/06/25/poll-browsing-the-internet-the-web-or-the-mobile-web/ By now you probably have already seen the video on Layar augmented reality (AR) browser, embedded below: Layar is a location-based, context-aware product by SPRXmobile, a group of very smart folks in Amsterdam that I have been following for a long time; because they get it. I got the pleasure to ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/augmentedreality/2009/06/19/sprxmobile-launches-layar-mobile-augmented-reality-browser/ VentureBeat is looking to recognize Mobile innovation at the second annual MobileBeat Top Startup Competition. Last year the awards went to firms such as AdMob and Loopt. This year the competition shifts to mobile applications and services, with 50 finalists to be determined and a final 14 to present live at ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2009/06/17/call-for-submissions-venturebeat-announces-the-it%e2%80%99s-the-application-stupid-competition-for-outstanding-mobile-apps/ Below is a nice illustration on Radio Spectrum Allocations (Yankee Group): …and those with the spectrum, the spectrum-rich players, are in the driver’s seat for Mobile Broadband economics. Radio spectrum is a scarce resource that is critical for mobile communications. The expansion of mobile broadband services places tremendous pressure on available spectrum ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/spectrum/2009/06/17/radio-spectrum-allocations/ Internal vs. external pressures impact the (potential for) success of your startup in different ways. I'll argue that internal pressures are the worst... how do I know? I've learned this the *hard way*. But remember that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; never forget that. When building a startup, external forces ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/entrepreneurship/2009/06/14/on-startups-internal-vs-external-pressures/ As some of you may already know, MIDP 3.0 is going public. While smartphones have taken their own route with respect to the runtime environment, I expect feature phones to adopt MIDP 3.0; to be seen is the adoption by device manufacturers. But that said, FYI, the list of new ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/mobility/2009/06/01/what-is-new-in-midp-30-a-quick-summary/ 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 own way with their own platforms and environments, MIDP3 is relevant ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/midp3/2009/05/29/jsr-271-mobile-information-device-profile-3-proposed-final-draft/ 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; mount the device Copy update.zip to your microSD card (the root directory) Shutdown the G1 Start it ... http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/android/2009/05/26/android-15-cupcake-install-instructions/