Mobility

Tom announces the official launch of Webwag mobile. If you have a recent Java ME phone you can experiment with their mobile widgets, which are authored using an XML for the UI, and a simple scripting language for behavior. Congrats to Tom and his team! ceo

Photo Source: GIZMODO UK …and the winner is… the carrier, yes, the network provider… or maybe not? I was going to wait until the release of the iPhone, and wait and see, but I just can't hold this after reading today's newspaper… but before I continue, I will tell you that the looser though, is … Read more

Planning for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival has already begun… “Scheduled March 7-11 2008 at the Austin Convention Center, the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival brings together digital creatives from across the United State and around the world. The event features more than 100 panel sessions on topics ranging from web design to new … Read more

The OSGi Framework The JSR 232 Mobile Operational Management Java specification caught the attention of many at JavaOne 2007. A great set of blog post/essays by David Beers on this topic: Is OSGi the Solution for Mobile Java? OSGi and the real This is followed by Anders Borg: OSGi to the rescue for mobile developers? … Read more

If you are commissioning mobile software design and development work for your product, read below… It is great (ideal) to have UI designers design the ideal user experience and related assets. And it is important to have these UI designers be in touch with the realities, especially with respect to time-frames… It concerns me when … Read more

Michal Skvor describes how to use the End-to-End Connection Bridge technology in the NetBeans Mobility Pack to create a mobile client application that consumes a Web service to retrieve the Dilbert daily comic strip, and places it in a LCDUI Canvas on the handset. ceo

From Java Mobility Podcasts #5: C. Enrique Ortiz, a recognized mobility expert, renowned blogger, developer, and author, touches on a range of mobility topics in this interview, including: moving to CDC; the latest JSRs that are important to mobile developers; mobile AJAX; and the issue of device fragmentation. Right-click or Control-click to download this MP3 … Read more

Above: Intercasting's Anthem Platform in action… I want to congratulate Intercasting Corp., and Derrick Oien (who last year presented at Mobile Monday Austin) and Shawn Conahan, and their teams, on their recent round of funding earlier this month; good times. Shawn and Derrick are two individuals who get what mobility is about… They understand mobility, … Read more

There has been some speculation about a possible Dell-branded mobile phone, speculations that were further fueled when the company hired Motorola executive Ron Garriques earlier this year. More recently, Mr. Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Inc., said that the company won't be rolling out any mobile phones any time soon… And on a … Read more

I've been at JavaOne part of this week and not able to blog much… Before I get on the plane back to Austin, I wanted to write something quick about the past 2 days… It was good to be back at JavaOne. Very neat to meet Padmasree Warrior, CTO at Motorola, Christy Wyatt, VP of … Read more