“Simply by sending an invisible and unnoticeable SMS message to a particular cell phone, spying on cell phone users has become child's play.” Note sure the validity of this, but it's important to be aware of this security exposure… I won't be surprised…
Jason at the Paxmodept Blog points out an article at ZDNet UK about Google and its struggles with operators who want to block Google applications. Oh boy… not even Google can be saved from this one… that says a whole lot about the…
Mike Rowehl writes about something that has me perplexed, upset, and furious – see All traffic to US handsets require a valid short code registered with the different networks. This is a very big deal. And is no good… Closed systems, over-control by…
Visit Judy Breck’s Golden Swamp for this week's Carnival of the Mobilists… A number of great and varied entries by Mobilists from around the world… I have to admit folks that I totally forgot to submit my entry — I've been heads down…
Terrence (and his team?) was kind enough to spend some time clarifying the concerns related to Java ME and the new GPL licensing model… read Interpreting Java under GPL — does it force applications to be GPL as well? Awesome. Terrence's answer is…
It is all over the web…. Network operator 3 is 1) opening up, and 2) offering flat access fees for their mobile broadband services on top of their basic subscription. Flat rates and open gardens, including support for Skype, Sling remote home TV…
Mobile Complete is a company offering a very useful service. Their DeviceAnywhere service addresses a real (and expensive) pain that any company/developer creating mobile software has to endure… testing on real handsets. Once you are ready to test your mobile solution, use their…
I've been playing with the Nokia 3220. The 3220 is a S40 handset targeted at the mass consumer market. I would add that it is targeted at the youth population with its embedded camera, and support for EDGE, SMS, MMS, Java, and light…
The Mobile Developer’s Manifesto is a very good set of guidelines by Demetri Detsaridis, Creative Director at Massively Mobile. While written with the mobile game developer in mind, the guidelines are applicable to mobile developers in general. Good read. ceo
The illustration above depicts a (over-simplified) mobile convergence meme, where the user creates and consumes services/data on the web in different ways, and the user is right at the center, depicting the user (mobile context) is what really matters. For the sake of…
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