A friend of mine just pointed me to FilmLoop, a new tool to share photos – it is pretty cool indeed. FilmLoop supports elements of social networks that allows you to share your own film loops with friends and family, and even send…
On a recent post titled Microsoft Media Center vs. Apple FrontRow, Om Malik wrote: “its not being the first, or being the one with the greatest number of features that translates into market share. Instead it is helping millions of consumers ease into…
The Contactless Communication API optional package (JSR 257) is now available for Public Review. “This specification defines Contactless Communication API , Java ME optional package containing an application programming interface, that allows Java ME application developers to access information on contactless targets, such…
Shawn from Intercasting has a very nice piece where he summarizes his trip to Europe. One of the excellent points that he makes on his blog reads: “Communication and Community are the future of data apps” and “Carriers and customers want applications that…
[Via W3C] The W3C Mobile Web Initiative Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0. “The draft describes how to produce Web content and Web sites intended for delivery to mobile and small-screen devices. Writing for…
Is Research in Motion (RIM) new licensing strategy a move for survival or a move toward dominance? If you have worked with RIM before, you know this new strategy is a major change from how they used to do business. Why that “sudden”…
Earlier today I learned via Daily Wireless that Cingular will be deploying their 3G (UMTS) network on a number of U.S. cities by Q4 2005 and early 2006! That is just around the corner… Cool! Cingular had announced back in 2004 their plans…
A peer of mine sent me this. It's funny… but true! Top 10 replies by developers when their programs don't work: 10. 'That's weird…' 9. 'It's never done that before.' 8. 'It worked yesterday.' 7. 'You must have the wrong version.' 6. 'It…
With MSN and Yahoo! partnering on IM, two closed systems now make one very large, but still closed, system of 275 million users. The main issue with IM has been 1) the lack of interoperability between IM providers and 2) how closed these…
I've been patiently waiting for a killer handset for personal use – one with dual cameras, keyboard, touch-screen, with the latest set of JSRs, true 3G network, Wi-Fi enabled, large screen real-state, and many other killer features. And the SE P990 is such…
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