Over the holiday period, I read an article in the paper version of Mobile Today examining why cases of faults are rising as more smartphones and touch-screen devices hit the market.
Here are the parts that I particularly found interesting…

So endemic is the problem that many consumers almost expect a new phone to have errors
Some retail […]

Paul Golding presented at last week’s O2 Litmus event. The topic was the ‘Mobile Developer’s Dilemma - What Should I Build?’. I just came across his presentation on slideshare and it brought back how interesting I found this presentation.

The presentation on slideshare includes lots of information for people considering mobile development including thinking about…

The […]

It has has been pointed out to me that there’s a Vodafone BlackBerry Storm Developer Competition…
"…the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win 50,000 euros – the three best software applications will be provided as downloads for all users in the BlackBerry Application Center"
However, beware. The dark side of this is the Terms & […]

I came across TagsMe for the first time yesterday. It’s a way of creating Java ME applications without writing any Java. You define the application in a similar way as a web page - using XML and the TagsMe scripting language.
The TagsMe client application is actually a browser that interprets the XML and script. Separating […]

On his blog, David Wood, Executive Vice President of Research at Symbian, explains why he thinks there’s a need for signing mobile applications.
David takes the recent example of rogue Android applications racking up hidden charges. Unfortunately, this can happen on any platform, including Symbian - even with 3rd party tested Symbian Signed applications. Symbian Signed […]

O2 launched Litmus today. I attended the launch this morning. We were told Litmus was thought up about a year ago. It’s aim is to address the challenge developers have in engaging network operators such as O2. It also aims to get end users involved with testing and assessing pre-release applications. Release applications can also […]

Yesterday, I mentioned that the presentations from the Symbian Smartphone were now online. Taking a look at them, I’d single out at least two that are particularly worth looking at if you are interested in market statistics…
Mr Adolfo Galindo González’s Senior Expert, Handsets and Smartcards, Telefonica.  The role of applications in the network operator business. […]