Archive for October, 2008

Symbian Foundation Plans

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

At the Smartphone Show, Symbian revealed their initial plans for the Symbian Foundation. These are only plans. Nothing will be done and details may change once Nokia gets regulatory approval to purchase Symbian.
There will be a new system model that includes the code, tools, SDKs and Carbide. There are ongoing discussions whether Carbide will become […]

Symbian Smartphone Show 2008

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

I had a brief visit to the Symbian Smartphone Show today. Here’s a summary of what interested me…

Samsung had a huge presence. It was a strange stand though - with topics that I thought were more oriented towards consumers than people in the Symbian ecosystem.
I couldn’t get Motorola or Sony Ericsson to commit to what […]

Mobile Tutorials

Monday, October 20th, 2008

If you are into WAP, XHTML MP or SMS there are some great free tutorials at developershome.com.
I particularly like the SMS tutorial that tells you just about everything technical you might need to know about SMS.

Sony Ericsson Content Awards

Friday, October 17th, 2008

I have been invited to be a judge for this year’s Sony Ericsson Content Awards. This year the awards are open to anyone, not just Sony Ericsson partners.
There are seven categories that will be evaluated in terms of ease of use, entertainment factor, innovation, look and feel, uniqueness, creativity and audio performance… 

Being Productive
Going […]

Bladox NFC

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

After posting about NFC at MoMo London, Bladox contacted me about their innovative new hardware that enables NFC on just about any type of mobile phone.
I wrote about Bladox a year ago. They provide hardware solutions that connect to the existing SIM. SIM Toolkit is used to create software applications. Their latest product, called Bladox […]

iBlueSky and iPhone Development

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

I recently wrote about the shortage of iPhone developers and the possible migration of developers to the iPhone. I have been communicating with Andrew Ebling for a while now. He was once a Java ME developer in a full time role and gave this up to be an independent iPhone developer. Andrew’s first application iBlueSky, […]

NFC at MoMo London

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Last night’s MoMo London was themed "NFC - Connecting the Real and Virtual Worlds for Marketing and Media".
Victoria Richardson (Proxama) and Claire Maslen (O2) presented followed by a panel session additionally including James Anderson (Mastercard Worldwide), John Hill (IBridge) and Steve Griffiths (iconmobile).
Here are a few random observations…

We are currently stuck in the trial phase […]