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I have been very impressed with what the folks at Tricastmedia have been doing….Those guys are enablers of a great mobile experience via their UI technologies for Java ME… They have a number of products such as a very sexy mail client, and other, all based on their UI technology, but it is their UI … Read more
When I look at the Zune interface that supposedly is getting patented, my first reaction is that it too convoluted or busy, and is taking widgets to the extreme. The whole idea about widgets is to simplify the user experience. It is not about shoving more information into the tiny screen (all at once), but … Read more
The GNOME Mobile Platform is a subset of the GNOME Platform. It goal is to “advance the use, development and commercialization of GNOME components as a mobile and embedded user experience platform”. Founding organizations today include GNOME Foundation supporters ACCESS, Canonical, Debian, Igalia, Imendio, Intel, Nokia, OLPC, OpenedHand and Red Hat, and GMAE contributors CodeThink, … Read more
The BlackBerry outage… reports here and reports there, this and that… …speculations, leaks, cover ups… Or is it just plain inconvenience? Shit happens. It is just email. Don't put all your communication “eggs” in one basket… Life goes on… ceo
My buddies @ Paxmodept Jason and Steve have released a Java ME-based front-end to Twitter called Twitlet; cool name… Check it out… These guys are building very cool stuff, front and back — keep an eye on them… You can try it by pointing your mobile browser at the following URL: mobile.paxmodept.com Read more: > … Read more
Good set of posts from Ajit and Paul on Mobile Web 2.0: Of Web 2.0, Mobile Web 2.0 , Blue chairs, Blind men and Elephants Does Mobile Web 1.0 really exist Is Mobile Web 2.0 more Hype Sticking to the definition of Mobile Web 2.0 Ajit writes about Mobile Web 2.0, and what it is … Read more
Paul Golding, on his piece Is Mobile Web 2.0 more Hype? wrote: “Now, is there a different approach that might cause the mobile to become viewed by users as something different or more widely usable other than a device to make calls and send texts? I tend to think that there is if we bring … Read more
A very nice post by David Beers titled Is the network the (mobile) computer? in response to another nice post by Marek Pawlowski MEX blog entry titled Latency kills the mobile experience; both of these essays were triggered by Yahoo! Go mobile application, which is a neat, eye-candy, functional application, but it's latency kills its … Read more
From the press release – RIM Opens New BlackBerry APIs to Support Growth in Mobile Applications: “We are now opening the BlackBerry platform further with the release of additional APIs that can help fuel the next wave of mobile applications in areas such as Social Networking, Multi-Media, eCommerce, News and Information Services, and Location-Based Services.” … Read more
Z750 HSDPA phone I was expecting the first MSA phones to come out around the summer time, but SE's announcement of the Z750 beat that. Awesome. The first MSA phone on the market… The SE Z750, a tri-band HSDPA and quad-band EDGE handset clamshell, is based on SE's JP8 platform: From the SE press release: … Read more