Archive for December, 2008

Smartphone Show Presentations

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

If you didn’t make the Symbian Smartphone Show this year or if, like me, you only spent part of a day there and didn’t get to see many of the presentations, then you can now view them online.

Android Store Complaint

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

I have received a complaint from someone called Michelle today regarding comments on applications I have on the Android Store…
"I understand that you can not control what people say about your application, but you or t mobile really need to police the comments that are posted because there are comments that are very offensive like […]

Application Store Problems

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

A while ago, I posted about the affect of $1 iPhone applications. Today, I was pointed to a post by Craig Hockenberry. It’s in the form of a letter to ‘Steve’ and explains how even well reputed iPhone developers are finding it hard to gain visibility and make a living.
I think there are lessons here […]

Retail Motivations

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Mobile Today were at the Symbian Smartphone Show this year trying to get people to sign up for their weekly newspaper. Mobile Today’s core readership is UK mobile retailers. Nevertheless, I signed up so as to gain a perspective of what drives the mobile sales channel. Is it phones, applications, services or tariffs?

Over the last […]

Android Developer Phone

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Google have just announced the availability of their Android Developer phone. Most of the sites reporting this have missed the real significance of this. They talk about how the phone is SIM and OS unlocked and how the phone might be suitable for developers in countries other than the US and UK where the G1 […]

Journalist Ignorance

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

I came across an article on ZDNet this weekend by Dana Blankenhorn that I can’t help commenting on. I started commenting on the ZDNet site itself but it insisted I register and fill in lots of personal information - so instead, I’ll comment here.
The article says…
"Symbian is a Real Time Operating System for managing […]

Xtify Location Based Platform

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Today, Xtify launches the beta version of its location based platform to software developers, free of charge, on Android, Windows, Blackberry, and Symbian phones.
The idea is that Xtify provides client software free of charge. The Android, Windows, Blackberry and Symbian software uploads location information to Xtify servers. Website developers use Xtify’s REST API […]