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The Programmable Web – Mashups last 6 months: Wow, it's awesome to see the growth of services on the web for the last six months… this says a whole lot about the state of affairs, about the Web… successful or not, there is a lot of innovation happening: research, development, and collaboration. As of this … Read more
Michael writes about a very important issue that needs clarification… In his blog, he writes Confusion over open source Java ME . The concern has to do with the effects of GPL on applications. By not using LGPL -or- not applying the GPL linking exception to Java ME, as was done for Java SE, we … Read more
Neat, a new community web site for mobile and embedded Java… From the Mobile & Embedded Community web site: The Mobile & Embedded Community is a gathering place that enables and empowers developers to collaborate and innovate, driving the evolution and adoption of the Java(TM) Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) for mobile and embedded devices. … Read more
The Java platform is now officially open source, including Java ME. A new era for Java technology. Let's all now get involved. For more information see the Open Source Java web site. ceo
Welcome. It is a great pleasure to once again host the Carnival of the Mobilists, today Volume #53. The Carnival has grown to become a great weekly event, with the best writing from Mobilists from all around the world. And this week is no exception. That said, enjoy the carnival! And congratulations to our fellow … Read more
It's not about AJAX, or Widgets… it is about the mobile web “runtime”. The “runtime” is what makes thin clients dynamic and exciting. The “runtime” is what allows for client-side scripting, and AJAX, Widgets, and other methods not invented yet. The “runtime” and consistency across (mobile web) “runtimes” is what is going to make mobile … Read more
Very good write-up by Paddy summarizing the Mobile 2.0 event. Paddy makes a very good summary on the current issues/themes in mobility. I will say that the key themes or issues found today are for the most part the same from 5 years ago… really: Platform diversity Thick vs. thin application environments Browser fragmentation User … Read more
Now that I'm using Nokia handsets (for personal use vs. dev) more than what I used to do, I cracked open Michael Yuan's book Nokia Smartphone Hacks. Michael and the rest of the contributors did a good job compiling a large number of tips into a single volume. The book is full of tips (hacks) … Read more
Very interesting… the W3C has taken a stab at a Widgets spec for packaging and scripting and other! Awesome! Exactly what is needed — order, consistency, a common technical approach. From the W3C web site: 2006-11-09: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Widgets 1.0. Also known as … Read more
Infrared continues to be an important point-to-point secure communications technology… The Infrared Data Association recently made some announcements, including the following: “…its newly published Market Report which shows IrDA has crossed the 1 Billion Mark, with the unprecedented growth of 297 million IrDA enabled devices shipped in the year 2005.” ceo