If you are interested in Google’s Android, the BBC has just posted an interesting video interview with Andy Rubin, Google’s director of mobile platforms. It shows Android on a 3G device running at 300MHz on a Qualcomm MSM 7200 - the same processor used by the latest HTC (Windows Mobile) Touch devices.
 
Darren Waters […]

If you have a GPS Pocket PC and have been following my comments on the O2 Orbit 2/CoPilot then you might like to know that Expansys currently have CoPilot Live 7 for Windows Mobile as a ‘one day offer’ for only £49.95. The price is usually about £83. This offer is only good for up […]

Handango seem to have alienated developers yet again. While I also feel 50% commission is too much, Handango is currently the only option if you want to distribute your applications to as great a number of people as possible.
As with most things, people like complaining but aren’t willing to do anything about it. Handango’s […]

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 […]

Gartner has an interesting press release relating to m-commerce. The key finding to come out of their research is that…
"Consumers are more likely to shop rather than to buy from a mobile phone"
People want to use the mobile phone to compare prices, find products and stores. However, most currently don’t want to pay via the […]

I have had the Xda Orbit 2 for a few days now and have used it for car navigation. I am not going to review the phone or list the specifications - other sites have already done this. Instead, here are some more thoughts…

I find the touch screen slightly insensitive. You have to press hard […]

Sometimes when thinking through new ideas for mobile, it’s difficult to get out of a certain type of thinking. A good example of this is reacting to and displaying server or PC events/data on the phone. What if you turn this around and report on the server/PC events related to a phone?
BlueProximity is one such […]