Montavista has partnered with SKY MobileMedia, Bluefin Mobile and Digital Airways to demonstrate an integrated mobile Linux phone solution.
According to LinuxDevices, the Mobilinux Open Framework is being sold as being much more configurable (for network operators and phone OEMs) than Symbian or Windows Mobile…

The real question is whether this is really a good thing. Do […]

PMN are gearing up for their Mobile User Experience conference in May 2006. Mobile User Experience is all encompassing. It covers the user’s perceptions from the time of deciding to purchase a phone, using the phone, right up to the time when that phone is finally upgraded.
MEX is all about individuals networking and sharing knowledge rather than companies touting […]

IDC’s Western European Quarterly Mobile Phone Market Tracker reports double digit growth in 3Q05 as shipments increased by 16% year on year.
Geoff Blaber, research analyst, European Mobile Devices at IDC must have been to a few Symbian or Nokia analyst presentations because the press release almost reads like an advert for Series 60. This exuberance […]

Agia have developed a new RAD tool that generates Nokia Series 60 UIs. While this may be useful in the short term, I wonder what value this adds over Nokia’s Carbide.c++ coming next year which will have comprehensive UI RAD facilities for both Series 60 and UIQ.
Meanwhile for Agia (from the release notes)…
"The set of […]

Those of you that have read my previous blog entries know that I have a pragmatic view on network operators. They currently have (too great) an influence on the success of mobile projects and it’s currently best to work with them rather than against them when trying to market mobile applications.
This week I came across yet another example […]

I am deep in Symbian OS 9.1 coding at the moment and it’s proving very difficult. I suppose it’s mainly because the UIQ and Series 60 3rd Edition SDKs are still in beta. You hit a problem and it takes a day to solve rather than the usual minutes or hours. Often the error messages bare […]

There’s a chance to win $100 in Amazon vouchers if you provide feedback on your current use and satisfaction with the various types of Windows Mobile technical content.
This is a great way to feedback your thoughts to Microsoft. It’s things like this that end up making Windows Mobile development so much easier. Microsoft takes developers seriously. Symbian (and […]