It seems that Symbian Signed has been hacked yet again.
Given by the number of emails I receive about signing freeware, I have concluded that many end users just don’t understand the new signing processes. Some people are asking me to sign freeware applications that I didn’t even author (which I don’t do). Others are […]

Up until now, I haven’t been that interested in Nokia’s widgets/web runtime as I saw it as currently having a very small user audience. Only the very latest (S60 3rd FP2) phones were to carry the runtime and I had been told by several people at Nokia that retro-fitting older devices via an additional install […]

There’s an enlightening post at RCR Wireless News that suggests how companies might take on RIM (BlackBerry) and Apple (iPhone).
The article suggests that owning the solution may be the key to success in that both RIM and Apple own their respective solutions end to end.
I can think of a two further examples […]

Yesterday’s M:Metrics statistics on iPhone usage show that the iPhone has become the most popular device for accessing mobile content. The figures are clear. The percentages of users accessing news, searching, watching video, visiting social network sites and listening to music are significantly higher than those for the remainder  of the mobile market and even […]

If you think up nearly any new mobile idea these days you will probably find out that it, something very similar or some technique it uses, is already covered by a Patent.
However, interestingly, Visto, the push email provider have recently lost their case against RIM regarding patent licence fees.
"the patent was invalid because […]

I am just back from holiday and reading around the fallout from the iPhone SDK release. I have also tried downloading again and I can now download even though I am in the UK.
Many people are complaining that the SDK will only allow 3rd  party applications to be developed that can be run one at […]

I actually like the Brew-like ecosystem where Apple take care of the discovery, payment and delivery. In this respect, Apple will leap-frog Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Microsoft who have tended to outsource (read lose control of) their download stores to partners who want to make a great profit - and consequently compromise this important aspect […]