Just came across the new Google Code Search. It works very much like my popular Symbian Codex and J2ME Codex which I produced about a year ago.
I thought I would see how useful the Google Code Search will be for mobile developers. I typed in ‘extends midlet’ to get all J2ME applications. I got ‘about’ 700 references. Wow. Next […]

There’s a relatively new Wiki on Mobile Development. It gives a fair indication of the pros and cons of various mobile development platforms and the tools required to develop for them. In practice, you will need a bit more than the Wiki to choose a platform. Deeper technical, marketing and political issues usually pervade a given project […]

The IBM web site contains an article by Mikko Kontio comparing six mobile development technologies. He makes a brave effort of comparing SMS/MMS, MIDP, Symbian, Pocket PC, Smartphone, and Palm OS.
I find that the most important factor, not featured in the article, is whether what you want to do is actually possible under each technology. […]

Looking through the shared links on a bookmarking service, I came across a site that saddened me. A site with lots of pirated Nokia Series 60 and UIQ Symbian software. I am not including the link here as I don’t really want to everyone going there. If you are from Adobe, contact me and I’ll give you […]

Adobe will release Flash Lite 2.0 this month which should solve some of the limitations inherent in Flash 1.1. Announced improvements include better device integration (for example vibration support), performance improvements, dynamic media loading and most importantly persistent data.

Other than the Nokia N90 mentioned in the Flash Lite 2.0 Introduction seminar, there’s no official word yet on […]

Opera have released a beta version of a new Platform SDK that allows mobile applications to be developed using AJAX (a mixture of HTML, CSS and Javascript). Applications run in the Opera web browser. The SDK is currently only for the Series 60 but a Microsoft Windows Mobile version is coming soon.
Opera applications can be […]

I have just taken a look at Flash Pro 8. This improves authoring of Flash Lite content by providing a dedicated Flash Player (emulator) for mobile. The emulator is now Flash Lite itself running on the PC. Hence, it’s possible to accurately target and test specific device types.
Unfortunately, accuracy and testing of device types weren’t […]