So many mobile ideas I come across involve either an application on the phone or access to a service via the phone’s web browser.
I came across a mobile solution today that is neither of the above. Path Intelligence’s FootPath™ Technology tracks phone users’ (by IMEI) location within a specific locality, for example a shopping centre.
It’s […]

Felipe Andrade and Alessandro Pace have created Jarpa, "Java Packaging for Flash Lite Developers".
The latest S60 phones support both Java ME and Flash Lite. Jarpa allows Flash Lite Developers to deliver their content as Java ME applications. The Java and Flash Lite can communicate via either files or a custom Symbian Server.

I have had a […]

Over time, I get many people emailing me asking how to start mobile development. Some are students and some are hobbyists. There are also many companies wondering where to start. The first step is to research all the various development routes. But what are they? I have put together a quick mind map to set […]

One problem I often see in mobile is that of having too many partners. It usually goes like this. Someone has a bright mobile idea and gets a developer to implement it in return for some share or revenue share in the company. However, the product relies on some content that is too expensive to […]

Last week, I commented on how Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin might help solve the problem of creating a great UI without resorting to writing your own UI layer on the Java ME canvas.
Well, Sun has also been working on a solution…
"Writing appealing cross device applications today in the Java™ ME platform is challenging. Due to […]

Last night’s MoMo London, at Thomson Reuters, was on Monetisation through Advertising. There were presentations by Ray Anderson (Bango), Shan Henderson (Vodafone), Claire Valoti (Mindshare) and Russell Buckley (Admob).
Here are some points I took away from the event…

From an advertising agency perspective, there are currently too many layers/parties needed to get things done.
The current high […]

News has just broken of a new $150 Million VC fund to invest in mobile applications and services for mobile platforms.
"…investing in the long term success of those that demonstrate market leadership and unique differentiation" 
Coincidentally (or not), this month’s Mobile Monday London is at Thomson Reuters so I expect we will get more details this […]