Thinking of creating a mobile application? I have previously posted about programming complexity and commonly missed requirements. Well, I forgot to add piracy prevention.
Most mobile developers ignore piracy as it often hinders legitimate users in some shape or form. Also, many developers are of the opinion that people who use pirate copies are unlikely […]

I came across an interesting post at ABI Research today on the need to differentiate phone OS netbooks (always connected to carrier, instant on, long battery life) from today’s netbooks.
ARM vendors, starting with Qualcomm are starting to use the term Smartbook.
I can also see Smartbooks creating confusion among analysts (Garner, IDC et al) who have […]

There’s an interesting recent article at the Guardian on app stores. I found one part, taking about Ovi, particularly interesting…
"The store will combine its legacy software distribution channels such as the Download! service, which has been pre-installed on more than 200 million phones. However, only a fraction of those phones have ever been used […]

Ovi launches today. I thought I’d give it a go on a N95. I downloaded via the Download! app and it told me the download was a massive 2984Kb… best use WiFi then!
After downloading and starting the install (v1.05 (212)) I got "Item Open Failed" but the install continued. At the end I got […]

If you are thinking of creating your own prototype or custom phone or GSM module-based project you might like to take a look at GizmoForYou. They provide modules, circuit boards and information how to create your own phone. What’s more interesting is the ability to run Android on their Flow platform.

Gartner has just published their worldwide mobile phone sales statistics for Q109. The smartphone numbers will be of most interest for developers… Also… "Symbian accounted for 49.3 per cent of worldwide smartphone operating systems (OS) market share in the first quarter of 2009, down from 56.9 per cent share in the first quarter of 2008. RIM’s smartphone […]

I was interested to read that Apple might look to software to differentiate multiple iPhone models…
"Selling models differentiated by hardware seems unlikely. Different iPhones with very different physical specs could have far-reaching implications for Apple’s production methods, volumes and costs."
While I find this very surprising, I can see it makes sense from a 3rd party […]