Last September, following HTC’s announcement that they had won a Windows Mobile Smartphone order from Sony Ericsson, I commented on how this tie up made sense from a market and device-creation point of view.
Today, with the announcement of the XPERIA™ X1 we can further guess why Windows Mobile has been used. The device is a […]

Thinking of adding location to your mobile application? Need a cellid based solution like Google maps cellid location? The problem is that you have to somehow generate (over time) a database of cellids vs GPS positions.
Navizon solves this problem by providing a collaborative database of not only cellids but also WiFi access points. What makes […]

zzzPhone have announced a service where you can configure your own phone. If you look closely, you will find it’s not that that configurable - form factor and OS (Windows Mobile) are the same whatever variant you specify.
Now if you could change the OS, add touch, add a keyboard… Ultimately, what if you could configure […]

‘UIQ 3 : The Complete Guide’, that I helped author, is now up on Amazon for pre-order. It’s also being gradually published free of charge online.

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I was curious as to whether Karsten Homann from Trolltech would pursue cross platform development or mobile Linux in his presentation and hence give a clue as to Nokia’s intentions in acquiring Trolltech. In the event, Karsten gave equal precedence to each.
Karsten described how Qt tools can be used to reuse UI models and functionality […]

This month’s Mobile Monday London was themed ‘Mobile Operating Systems’. There were speakers from Symbian, Trolltech, Vodafone and MMetrics. As so much was said and I believe in short blog posts, I am going to split my commentary over several instalments.
First of all, David Wood from Symbian. David gave a whirlwind presentation why he thinks […]

Today, there’s a new study by AppTrigger that shows 57 per cent of UK users have not advanced their use of mobile phones in five years. While the study just covers the UK, I am sure this is true for many other countries.
This doesn’t surprise me. When I happen to meet non-computing professionals I often […]