Tom wrote about an important topic on UI design – UIs and the Fun factor. We can't argue about the importance of providing the right balance between “features/functionality” vs. “usability” vs. “pleasure/fun to use” — very important indeed. So why is it so…
Jason writes about the buzz around Mobile 2.0, Mobile AJAX, and so on: “While the web 2.0 taxonomy came about as a result of actual and meaningful changes in the web ecosystem, mobile 2.0 is primarily about supposition, wishful thinking and making a…
There is a long-term view of Mobile AJAX, and a short/mid-term (or current view) reality about it… Let me start with a brief overview: AJAX is web-browsing (UI) technology. AJAX implies a set of technologies: it's client side scripting that uses HTTP, JavaScript,…
I'm a fan of Widgets and their potential. Widgets are going to be a very important strategy in the consumption of content on the Web, and this includes the mobile environments. But with the plethora of Widgets 'runtimes' that are popping up, developers…
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The Moller Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Skycar prototype is for sell at eBay… “Own the one and only prototype of the Moller M400 Skycar®. This test vehicle has flown repeatedly and demonstrated its hover capabilities in over a dozen flights at the…
Are you aware of the W3C Web Integration Compound Document (WICD), and its mobile version, the WICD Mobile 1.0? The WICD Mobile 1.0 specification is going to be a very important piece moving forward for Mobile Web and mobile browsing, and in the…
Sprint has decided to raise prices for both sending/receiving SMS messages and data-plans. Texting is now 15 cents per message (up from 10 cents). Sprint also decided to raise the price of data usage to 3 cents per KiloByte (up from 2 cents…
Check out a technical tip I wrote for the Java Mobility Developers website, where I cover a useful utility/technique for Java ME/MIDP to externalize resources, in this case images. If you are encountering size restrictions when OTA provisioning your MIDlet, or you need…
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