Mobile development isn’t always about making money from the mobile application itself. It’s often possible to use it to raise awareness of other less exciting products.
I worked for one company that had trouble selling its core products to two companies. I worked on a mobile version of one core product that hasn’t been successful in […]

London Mobile Monday was packed with people and demos this month. The greatest challenge for presenters was the switching between hardware (PCs) between presentations which created a hiccup of two. Nevertheless, they did a great job of keeping everyone entertained.
If there was one overall theme it was the ability to create mobile applications quickly and […]

The news was hot very recently with the discovery of the first J2ME virus. As usual, the media, fed by anti-virus software vendors,  tended to get it all wrong. For example, IT Week and The Register said…
"Security software house Kaspersky is warning of a new mobile virus that does not just target smartphones but any mobile capable of […]

Imagine an infinite amount of disk space accessible from home, work and your mobile phone. You could store your contacts, calendar, files and even all your music in one place. Well, according to ZD Net , Google are working on such a thing, called GDrive.
ZDNet asks how Google can monetise, or more specifically, serve adverts with […]

I have recently worked on Mobile TV under Symbian 9.2 for Philips. It’s an interesting area with competing technologies and no-one really knowing whether consumers will really take it up. However, if they do, it’s likely to be popular.  I have a growing list of links if your want to see the current situation.

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People often email me asking where they should start if they want to do Symbian development. It’s difficult for them as there are multiple SDKs, multiple phone OEMs and multiple developer specific web sites.
If you want a great overview then look at the Symbian OS Basics Workbook which has just been published on Nokia Forum.

There’s an interesting old article at ZDNet on how Bluetooth security holes were found in Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones. It makes me wonder if any thought has been given to WiFi and network security for the Series 60 and UIQ 3.0 phones that will ship this year.