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The Mobile Services Architecture (Proposed) Final Specification

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…

Gyros on Mobile Handsets – A Very Powerful Tool

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…

The Mobile Perimeter

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…

DISCLAIMER – HANDSET AND HANDSET USAGE WARNING

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

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 on Mobile – He Really Gets It

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…

Mechanical Turks, Answers, and the Attribution Problem

The permalink for article Mechanical Turks, Answers, and the Attribution Problem has changed to: http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/general/2006/05/01/mechanical-turks-answers-and-the-attribution-problem-2 This was due to change in category from “/” to “General”… Sorry for the inconvenience – Blojsom doesn't handle category changes that great :-)

Mechanical Turks, Answers, and the Attribution Problem

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?

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…

Carnival #25 is at Golden Swamp

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