The GSMA 3rd Party Access Project aims to simplify access to network operators’ proprietary APIs. At the moment such APIs are either not available, only available to large companies who can negotiate access or where available are different for each operator.
The goal of the GSMA Access API project is for operators to present a common, […]

Are you a web developer trying to get into mobile development? Are you concerned about Java ME fragmentation and the need to create and distribute multiple versions of your Java application?
Cascada Mobile has just launched a beta of their Breeze mobile application development and distribution platform. Breeze takes applications that are written in HTML, JavaScript […]

Last January, AMF Ventures conducted a survey of 400 mobile professionals…
"to delve deeper into the technical environment of mobile devices, the policies and behaviours around them, and the impact that this has on the further development of the industry as a whole."

The results of the survey are available on slideshare.

I personally think […]

Up until now, I haven’t been that interested in Nokia’s widgets/web runtime as I saw it as currently having a very small user audience. Only the very latest (S60 3rd FP2) phones were to carry the runtime and I had been told by several people at Nokia that retro-fitting older devices via an additional install […]

There’s a very dramatic post at MobileOpportunity entitled Mobile Applications: RIP. Michael Mace’s observations are based on a company that has been trying to sell applications.
While I agree that creating a mobile application for sale is now a dead end (and had been for many years), the smart people have since moved on to […]

Netsize have just published their (free to download) Netsize guide…
"The Netsize Guide is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. Drawing on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with industry executives and opinion-makers, it provides professionals an essential snapshot of the developments that have taken place and […]

The final MoMo London presentation I am going  to post about is that by David Pollington of Vodafone R&D on web runtimes. David explained how a Javascript based runtime can be used to host mobile applications and services. The advantages are lower barriers to entry, reduced development time, decoupled application development and dynamic update.
David described […]