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Global Peer Awards go to Switzerland, France and US

The Global Peer Awards have been awarded. And the honors go to Plazes, Realy Eyes 3D and Mobile Complete… Congrats to all. And it is pretty cool to see Mobile Complete win – three months ago I wrote about Mobile Complete, and what…

3GSM World Congress, Mobile Video, and Hype

At techdirt, Carlo writes 3GSM World Congress: What Happened To The Hype?, where he wrote something that caught my eye: “What's interesting, though, is to see non-broadcast video getting a growing amount of attention as smart companies cotton on to the idea that…

Telephony Mashup Contest, and The Programmable Web hits 1,500 Mashups

O'Reilly Media and StrikeIron are organizing a Telephony Mashup Contest – see the rules of the contest. “This new contest provides a stage for developers to demonstrate their creative skills using emerging telephony technologies such as PBX, IVR, and Web Service APIs.” I…

Mobile Monday Austin — The Mobile Lifestyle, February 19, 2007

Mobile Monday Austin — The Mobile Lifestyle, February 19, 2007 Mobile Monday Austin, in partnership with the Austin Wireless Alliance presents The Mobile Lifestyle – metrics, trends and technologies. Topic: The Mobile Lifestyle – metrics, trends and technologies Join us to learn about…

The Problem with Symbian OS

Bruce Stewart points out the Problems with Symbian. This follows concerns voiced by Mike Rowehl when he wrote S60 Platform Dying. Developing for the Symbian OS is no “walk in the park”; Java development truly is a breeze when compared to the Symbian…

3GSM World Congress 2007, Mobile Monday Peer Awards

This week is the biggest mobile/wireless industry show… Unfortunately I won't be attending this year :-(. During 3GSM also is the MobileMonday Peer Awards… (on another unfortunate, I wasn't able to get around to submitting finalists for the Austin Chapter – busy, busy,…

UIQ Technology releases UIQ 3.1 for Symbian OS 9.2

UIQ Technology has released its new version of UIQ, version 3.1: For the latest version of the Symbian OS, version 9.2 Improved graphics API with SVG Tiny, Scalable Vector Graphic API Enhanced softkey configurations and management Enhanced task list for enhanced user navigation…

Carnival of the Mobilists #61

If you haven't yet, see this week's Carnival of the Mobilist #61 hosted by Jan Kuczynski at Wireless World Japan – as usual the best writing from mobility bloggers from all around the world. ceo

Paxmodept Java ME Graphical User Interface Library

Jason and his team at Paxmodept have released their Java ME Graphical User Interface Library. Jason writes in his blog: …most Java ME applications unfortunately look like they have been built by amateurs and it ruins the user experience. It is our belief…

Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5 for CLDC Release Download

The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5 for CLDC final version is now available for download, and is it is packed with lots of good stuff, including supported for all the JSRs under the Mobile Services Architecture Specification (MSA): * Java Technology for the…