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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 a handset… But, will it be available here in the U.S.? That … Read more
The JSR-271 Expert Group (EG) needs to prioritize the current list of UI features that have been proposed for MIDP 3.0. To help with this, the EG would like to leverage the MIDP developer community's expertise and input. To collect developer feedback, the EG has created an online survey. The EG will greatly appreciate your … Read more
-Updated on Oct.15.2005- We have never been so well connected and reachable, as we are today. We can reach people anytime and anywhere via voice, email and instant messaging, short messaging, and so on. Today we live in the “connected age”. The “connected” age is the age of pushed-information and with that, the age of … Read more
Google's new Personalized Home allows you to switch the traditional, simple, empty Google search home page into a more sophisticated (customizable) personalized page with things such as access to weather, stocks, GMail, and so on. If you haven't seen it yet, go to Google's main page (www.google.com) and click on the Personalized Home hyperlink on … Read more
I tried the new Google RSS reader and I'm not impressed; I don't even like it. It drives me crazy when things that should be simple are made complex. Simple is good. I started by exporting my Bloglines feeds to OPML. I then imported my feeds in OPML into the Google RSS reader. So far … Read more
The October Mobile Monday Austin event will be rescheduled to November 7 given this month's 2005 Texas Wireless Symposium on 26-28 October. Specific Mobile Monday event details will be posted here at a later date. We encourage you to register for the 2005 Texas Wireless Symposium which features global wireless industry leaders such as Steve … Read more
The much anticipated Mobile Operational Management (JSR 232) early draft has been published… Well, hm, I knew it was going to leverage OSGi, but I was not expecting for it to be 100% OSGi!!! In other words, MOM is OSGi Mobile R4!!! Not sure yet if that is a good or bad thing for mobility … Read more
I have been giving a lot of thought to the foreground-background definitions for the qualities of mobility that I initially read at Lifeblog… Today at Lifeblog is a good piece on ubiquitous technologies and the concept of foreground/background computing. The definitions of foreground-background computing are a great way to define the behavior of mobility and … Read more
Interesting post by Nivi: Between Metcalfe’s and Reed’s Laws… He has triggered on me thoughts on the measurability and effectiveness of social software & networks … Hm… ceo
For a while I have been writing that mobility and handsets is first and most about communication… And even yesterday I wrote about this, and about taking messaging to the next level – there is still a lot to innovate on this area. Today I read about BubbleTalk… and this is the kind of things … Read more