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Join Mobilists Group on Facebook

Paul Golding has created a new Mobilists group on Facebook: A group for leading thinkers, entrepreneurs and technologists within the mobile/wireless space, hoping to drive innovation within the industry. I created a Mobilists group on Facebook to try and assemble the best people…

On Mobile Apps, Dead or Dying? — part 2

The discussions about the death of mobile applications continues on the blogosphere. At ForumOxford, a couple of discussion threads on the same topic have appeared, with the last one discussing if Mobile Apps, Dead or Dying? If you know me, you know that…

On Mobile applications, RIP

An interesting perspective by Michael Mace on Mobile applications, RIP, and Mike Rowehl’s response/follow-up to it. Also see David Beers’ response; welcome back David! I would love to see the actual (empirical) data that feeds the two graphs “attractiveness of the platforms to…

Is Local faster, fresher, better? Many say Yes…

Is Local faster, fresher, better? It all depends on what we want to get out of the mobile handset, and the application. But it short, it is. And I’m not making this up. We have Google, who likes (prefers?) Local for mobile applications.…

Mobile Patterns Wiki

A great resource on mobile design and pattern’s is Barbara Ballard’s / Little Springs Design Mobile Patterns Wiki… We just re-launched our mobile UI patterns library into a mobile design resources center including UI patterns. It’s a Wiki, and we’d like as much…

Technology Review: The 10 Emerging Technologies of 2008 (and Offline Web Applications)

TR writes their 10 Emerging Technologies of 2008. One of them is Offline Web Applications. Kevin Lynch (chief software architect at Adobe Systems) believes that computing applications will become more powerful when they take advantage of both the browser and the desktop. While…

Barbara on “Java ME is dead. Long live Java ME.” (and indirectly on the future of mobile apps.)

Barbara writes “Java ME is dead. Long live Java ME.“, about how the word out there is about mobile web, but what her customers are ordering are Java mobile applications… Why local applications? Barbara explains it well on her blog post. Indirectly, this…

eZee at JavaOne — Michael Yuan, senior developer at eZee inc to present at JavaOne 2008

I am proud to have Michael Yuan, senior developer and mobility expert at eZee, inc., present at JavaOne 2008: Austin, TX.–(WIRE) February 7, 2008 – eZee, inc. the Interactive Mobile Marketing Platform company is proud to announce its senior Java developer, Dr. Michael…

Cisco defines ‘mobility’ — too narrowly

Cisco’s CEO John Chambers defines ‘mobility’ at Mobile World Congress 2008. Their definition is way to narrow, and it reveals their true nature (still), which is “an equipment manufacturer”: “Most people talk about mobility in terms of a device,” he told analysts and…

Justifying DeviceAnywhere – On cost structure, application types and applicability

In the past I’ve written about DeviceAnywhere; in my blog, and I even got quoted about DeviceAnywhere on Wired Magazine. In this piece I’ll cover some information to help you determine if DeviceAnywhere is a good choice for you. DeviceAnywhere provides a service…