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Developing Applications for the iPhone

Photo Source: GIZMODO UK …and the winner is… the carrier, yes, the network provider… or maybe not? I was going to wait until the release of the iPhone, and wait and see, but I just can't hold this after reading today's newspaper… but…

Summary — MobileMonday Austin — Mobile Banking and Payments

We had another great and informative MobileMonday Austin last night – the topic was Mobile Banking and Payments. We started the night with some food, followed by industry metrics on mobile commerce, banking and payment courtesy of David Gill of Telephia. Great data…

2008 SXSW Interactive Festival – Call for Mobility Panelists

Planning for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival has already begun… “Scheduled March 7-11 2008 at the Austin Convention Center, the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival brings together digital creatives from across the United State and around the world. The event features more…

Article: Implementing a Local Cache on Java ME (MIDP) to Manage Resources

“Smaller applications mean faster installs, caching enables the updating of resources after installation – two wins for the consumer. Read Enrique Ortiz's latest on improving the application experience.” The article Implementing a Local Cache to Manage Resources builds upon previous articles Externalizing Resources…

Successful launch of Atlantis STS-117 Mission to the Space Station

A great, successful launch of STS-117. Awesome. I'm glad. The first Shuttle launch of 2007. Mission STS-117, on board Atlantis, is the 21st Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station… this one is taking 7 astronauts to the station. It has been…

Reminder – MobileMonday Austin event: Mobile Banking and Payments, Next Monday June 11, 2007

Reminder of our next MobileMonday Austin meeting, next Monday June 11th… We will have great industry data from Telephia (thanks to David Gill), and learn about mobile banking and related challenges from Amplify and M-Shift… and if time permits I might even talk…

Article – Managing Personal Information for Java ME, Summary of PIM Fields

The final installment of the six-part series on the Personal Information Management API (JSR 75), Summary of PIM Fields, provides a reference on the PIM fields and pointers to related on-line resources. Below is a summary of all six-parts on Using the PIM…

Final release of Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1 for CLDC, now available for Linux

The final release of Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1 for CLDC is now available for download. This version includes: bug fixes USB tokens for MIDlet signing support on Ubuntu Linux Plus the following JSRs: * Mobile Service Architecture (JSR 248) * Java Technology…

Mobile AJAX FAQ @ Horizon Channel

Earlier this week, Rocco Georgi, Bryan Rieger, and Ajit Jaokar published their Mobile AJAX FAQ at the Horizon Channel. There has been a number of reactions to it that you can find in the blogosphere, Ander's response is here, and Mike Rowehl's response…

Carnival #76 at Twofones

The latest Carnival of the Mobilists, #76, is at Twofones — the week’s best blogging about mobiles. Go check it out… My entry on OSGi Mobile / JSR 232 was included – cool… ceo