I seem spend a disproportionate amount of time waiting for builds - especially when I tend to be only updating one source file at a time. In my case it’s currently Carbide.c++ / S60 SDK builds but what I am about to say is probably equally as applicable to JAVA ME or other build environments.
I […]

Just came across this new site. It allows you to send content to your (or another person’s) phone.
Beam it Up Scotty is not only free but also (optionally) converts and compresses media to make it more suitable for your phone.
At first, I was sceptical and thought it was just someone harvesting phone numbers and email addresses. However, the […]

While the LiPS 1.0 standards have very recently been released, a more interesting LiPS and Android/OHA FAQ has become available.
The FAQ explains how both LiPS and OHA are similar in that they attempt to seek unity. However, LiPS is doing this through open standards, while Android/OHA is approaching the problem through ad-hoc standards…

LiPS argue that […]

There’s a new interesting podcast on Small Memory Software at Software Engineering Radio…
"In this Episode we’re discussing patterns for small memory software with the authors of the like-named book by Charles Weir and James Noble. We look at various aspects of the small memory problem: How can you manage memory use across a whole system? What […]

There’s a great new free research paper on the affects of 3G (requires free sign up) at Orange Partner…
"Download this article and understand where the world 3G market is now, find out about new entrants, who are the heavyweights, the uses yet to come and predictions for the future."

There are also many more useful charts […]

If, like me, you created your first S60 3rd Edition freeware about a year ago then about now you will be getting people saying your software install has expired!
By default, you will have signed your application to have a validity of only one year. So how can you create cert/key pair that’s valid for an arbitrary […]

Symbian has just released their Symbian Market Round-up. The most interesting part is the following two graphs…
 

This appears to put mobile Linux and the Apple iPhone into perspective. Also, nearly all the vendors seem to be making yearly market gains. This looks good, but is it?
What this chart doesn’t show is that the smartphone market is […]