I have only been on twitter since the beginning of April. At first I didn’t get the point and didn’t like the number of people just re-tweeting the same links and news. I get much less of this now that I have pruned the people I follow.
The other day, now that I have a reasonable […]

Handango have just released their Yardstick for the first half of 2009. The Yardstick gives some valuable statistics for mobile developers wondering which platform(s) to support.
In an email Handango sent (and their press releases), Handango say…
"BlackBerry surfaced as the dominant platform within the Handango smartphone content catalog, surpassing Windows Mobile and representing 44% of all […]

Yesterday evening’s MoMo London gave an upbeat view of the current state of mobile Java. It was panel event with Simon Nicholson Sun Market Development Manager (and on the board of Java Verified), Sergio Falletti of Future Platforms, Andy Milloy from SurfKitchen, Kieran Gutteridge from Intohand and Adam Cohan-Rose from Kizoom.
Here are the […]

I went to the London Android Meetup this evening. There was a presentation by Robert Munroe on lessons learnt building a podcast application, followed by Leslie Drewery who talked about accessing large databases on mobile and finally Reto Meier, author of the book Professional Android Application Development, who now works for Google as an Android […]

There’s an entertaining piece at GetDegrees.com on the "Top 60 Jobs That Will Rock the Future". Most of the jobs are in future technologies but the ones that are also ‘here and now’ probably offer the most realistic opportunities in the future.
At number 49 is ‘Mobile Application Developer’ …
"Progress in mobile technology […]

Canalys have just released their Q2/09 smartphone sales research. Beyond the headline that smartphones are defying the economic slowdown, of most interest to mobile developers will be the current platform share…
 
So, for what platforms are people choosing to develop? If my leads and recent work are anything to go by then…

Symbian […]

I have been tracking down some difficult connection problems with a BlackBerry application I have written. The main problem is that there are so many ways that a BlackBerry application can connect (TCP, WAP2, BIS, BES) and different ways that the BlackBerry can be configured (via the Service Book) that it can be difficult to […]