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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 carriers is the top reason mobility is moving so slow here in … Read more
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 writing S/W, and writing a pretty comprehensive technical article on managing PIM … Read more
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 what I was expecting/hoping to get – but it was important to … Read more
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 and MSN and Google? Sounds great… Flat rates and open gardens are … Read more
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 service to (remotely) test on a plethora of handsets and networks from … Read more
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 and sound effects, and robust construction — see Nokia 3220 spec web … Read more
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 promoting advancement and minimizing confusion, and setting the right expectations (what is … Read more
Evolved EDGE has surfaced as an alternative to 3G – when the technology delivers 3G data rates using existing GSM spectrum licenses, it all sounds good. Maybe. Read Martin Sauter informative piece Evolved EDGE – The New Kid On the Block. I would like to add Cost and Timeframes as other factors to consider… would … Read more
From the W3C web site: …The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0. This document defines the tests that provide the basis for making a claim to be W3C mobileOK Basic compliant and are based upon W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices. Read about … Read more