Archive for June, 2007

Nokia Hardware Internals

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

I came across this site that has lots of Nokia hardware related information. For example, if you need the Nokia N95 AV pinout,  9300i PCB layout or just a list of processors used in phones, nokia-tuning.net is the place to go.
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Using the Idle Screen

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

There’s an free informative report at Vision Mobile that discusses use of the idle screen…
The main problem with this is that…
"Idle screen replacement requires integration of the AIS software with tens of relatively inaccessible APIs (application programming interfaces) which are only available to third parties subject to manufacturer approval. This implies that the AIS technology is […]

Good Source for Mobile RSS Subscriptions

Monday, June 18th, 2007

If you are interested in mobile, it can be difficult to track down the blogs with actual content and opinions rather than regurgitated news. If so, check out this week’s 78th Carnival of the Mobilists at symbian-guru.com. The weekly carnival is always a great way to enrich your RSS feeds.

Resolvr

Monday, June 18th, 2007

It’s interesting that Symbian OS libraries are starting to appear. Resolvr allows an application to acquire an IP address without the aid of a central server or static configuration. It also provides a protocol for human readable naming of devices and the advertisement and discovery of services.
Hence, it allows users to join networks on a […]

WidSets SDK

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

When WidSets was released about a year ago I must admit I wasn’t that impressed. Why? Well, most of the widgets were just RSS feeds and all WidSets gave you was a way to read them from within a Java ME application - something you could already do in easier ways. There were a few smarter widgets […]

PayPal Mobile Checkout

Friday, June 15th, 2007

PayPal released it’s revolutionary PayPal Mobile Checkout this week. It’s strange the mobile community hasn’t latched onto this and even stranger that PayPal hasn’t shouted about it. 
 I believe the mobile checkout is significant because …

It leverages PayPal’s existing membership base to provide a purchase without registering and with a minimum of choices, text entry and clicks.

It provides very low transaction fees without […]

EDGELIB

Friday, June 15th, 2007

While doing some surfing related to mobile gaming, I came across a useful library that I didn’t even know existed.
EDGELIB allows you to…
"Compile and create multi-platform games smoothly through the generic interface for Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Symbian Series 60, Series 80, Series 90, Symbian UIQ, Gamepark Holdings GP2X and Windows desktop.
EDGELIB […]