The Mobile Services Architecture (JSR-248) or MSA is almost final. The MSA expert group has published the Proposed Final Draft Specification: “This JSR creates a mobile service architecture and platform definition for the high volume wireless handsets continuing the work started in JSR-185…
InvenSense has released their Integrated Dual-Axis Gyroscope… Very neat, great potential. More than half a year ago I was immersed in a thinking session, when the idea of using the dimension of space for mobile applications and presence came about – and with…
Perimeter: The distance around a figure. The other day I read via Textually/Ringtonia about a fight that broke out in the Iraqi parliament after a mobile phone ringtone played a Shia Muslim chant – see Shia ringtone sparks scuffle in Iraqi parliament. Later…
Due to recent circumstances, we have been forced to write the following disclaimer… DISCLAIMER – HANDSET AND HANDSET USAGE WARNING – Handsets and its software can be unpredictable and unsafe. Handsets can be dangerous. It has been reported all around the Internet about…
Mobile Monday Global Summit and Peer Awards – May 8-9, Helsinki, Finland. We are happy to announce the Mobile Monday Austin nominees for the Global Peer Awards: B2C Category: Bones in Motion B2B Category: Opera Software Congratulations to the nominees! Meet the organizers…
John Carmack of id Software understands what mobile software development is all about…he really does. I am going to quote to pieces from an interview of him by GameSpot titled “Carmack bitten, smitten by mobile bug“, that tells a lot about his understanding…
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Mechanical Turks, Amazon's Mechanical Turk, web services, blog aggregators, web searches, screen scraping, data and information, copyright and attribution… With the rise of “easy access to information” comes a relatively new, still untapped solution vertical: Answers… Amazon offers its Mechanical Turk API, Google…
The return of "Embedded Java"? Or, where have I been? I just noticed this: Java Standard Edition for Embedded Use I understand the differences from Java ME (licensing, platform, development, deployment), but I thought all Java for…
This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is at Judy Breck's Golden Swamp. Visit the Carnival to read some of the best mobility blogging. If you are a mobility blogger, you can join future Carnivals by submitting your entry… Enjoy the Carnival! ceo