One of the guys from navxs.com has emailed me about their new Cross Platform Development Framework for Mobile Applications…
 
They can deploy to Android, Java ME, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. They started on a Symbian port but later decided to put their (limited) time on the other ports. Their first reference implementation is a […]

O2 have kindly sent me their new Windows Mobile 6 based Orbit 2 as part of their blogger seeding programme. It’s very timely as I am currently doing some Windows Mobile work every other week (and Nokia N95/S60 in intervening weeks).
This has given me the opportunity to compare the current top of the range (WiFi, […]

The latest IDC press release tells us that the handheld (non telephony) device market continues to fall…
"For the full year, vendors shipped a total of 3.0 million units worldwide, down 44.3% from the 5.5 million units shipped during all of 2006."
"Handheld devices do not include telephony but may include wireless capabilities (like Bluetooth and […]

Netsize have just published their (free to download) Netsize guide…
"The Netsize Guide is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. Drawing on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with industry executives and opinion-makers, it provides professionals an essential snapshot of the developments that have taken place and […]

One of the lesser publicised things to come out of MWC is AOL’s announcement that they have created an Open Mobile Software Platform. Unlike Google’s Android, this is not a new OS but provides..
"..ready access to the tools and source code they need to build and distribute applications across all major mobile device platforms and […]

The final MoMo London presentation I am going  to post about is that by David Pollington of Vodafone R&D on web runtimes. David explained how a Javascript based runtime can be used to host mobile applications and services. The advantages are lower barriers to entry, reduced development time, decoupled application development and dynamic update.
David described […]

I have been holding off commenting on the M:Metrics MoMo London presentation last week until the presentation came online. There were so many facts and figures I wanted to be sure I got them correct.
 
 
Here are the statistics that particularly interested me…

Smartphones are mainly owned by males
Italy has a much higher percentage (20%) of Smartphone […]