With all the buzz about Web runtimes, the new Sybase runtime, AOL open platform and Nokia/Trolltech/Qt it’s easy to assume that runtimes and frameworks reduce development fragmentation. However, if you look at history, it’s possible to see that runtimes can actually make the situation worse.
Take a few examples involving Windows Mobile and Nokia S60.
Windows Mobile. […]

Symbian Developer Network has a great new booklet on ‘Getting To Market‘. Even if you don’t develop for Symbian there are plenty of hints and tips on how to go about releasing your application.
One thing I am curious about is why Symbian included the following chart…
 
The placement of the chart not only seems out of […]

In February, I commented on Michael Mace’s observation that Mobile Applications were dead.
I explained how mobile applications have changed. It’s no longer about selling an application - which I would say is in retirement rather than dead. It’s more about providing an application free of charge to either promote a brand, tie in with a […]

There’s an interesting press release at Gartner on Q1/08 global smartphone sales…

Of particular interest…

Smartphone sales grew by 29% year on year
Nokia lost market share to RIM and Apple
Nokia still has over 45% of the global market

There’s further commentary at Bloomberg.
It’s also interesting what isn’t mentioned in the press release: Windows Mobile. I think this […]

I recently came across an innovative Digital Thermometer Module for Nokia s60…

It describes an interesting way to get data into a S60 phone via the pop-port connector.
Another interesting aspect of the project is the use of mShell to program the s60 that removed the need for complicated c++.
This makes me wonder what else could […]

There are some serious usability issues for developers using the new Symbian Open Signed Online.
I have just gone from working on a project that has Publisher ID to a new project where the company has just applied for one. Hence, I have to work without a publisher ID until it is granted. This can take […]

Dean Bubley talks about extended mobile presence…
"In theory, mobile phones ought to be good platforms for presence information - both rudimentary connection details (online, offline, idle etc) and some personalised state or emotional content as well ("Dean is currently thinking about lunch" and so on).
But at the same time, I think the mobile presence industry […]