http://mobilephonedevelopment.com Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, Android, J2ME, SMS and the Mobile Web Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, I commented on how Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin might help solve the problem of creating a great UI without resorting to writing your own UI layer on the Java ME canvas. Well, Sun has also been working on a solution… "Writing appealing cross device applications today in the Java™ ME ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/598 Last night’s MoMo London, at Thomson Reuters, was on Monetisation through Advertising. There were presentations by Ray Anderson (Bango), Shan Henderson (Vodafone), Claire Valoti (Mindshare) and Russell Buckley (Admob). Here are some points I took away from the event… From an advertising agency perspective, there are currently too many layers/parties needed to ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/597 News has just broken of a new $150 Million VC fund to invest in mobile applications and services for mobile platforms. "…investing in the long term success of those that demonstrate market leadership and unique differentiation"  Coincidentally (or not), this month’s Mobile Monday London is at Thomson Reuters so I expect we ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/596 Want to experiment with 2 Way SMS free-of-charge with a chance to win £1000? Esendex have a SMS developer challenge. All successful applicants will be provided with a free Esendex virtual mobile number and business SMS account with credit to use up to 250 outbound SMS to support their entry. "By default ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/595 The latest market statistics from iSuppli show "first quarter of 2008 appeared to be unaffected by the economic slowdown".   The press release is worth a read as it gives a great summary of the latest position of Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Interestingly, it also mentions China players are emerging… "While ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/594 I came across Mob4Hire this week. A new site that provides "Crowd Sources Mobile Application Testing". The developer submits projects involving specific handsets and network operators. End users bid on projects and get paid via Paypal. It’s often the case that an application is tested but fails in real-life use due ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/593 I seem to be going through a phase where many people are emailing asking for specific market statistics. Most of the requests are very specialised and there certainly isn’t any existing information out there that I can point to. The statistics I have been asked about are required for research papers ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/592 There’s an interesting article ‘Fragmentation is the enemy of innovation‘ on the MEX blog - especially interesting for me as I am quoted in it. I also tend to think Flash Lite’s new zero cost licensing has come too late - I criticised Flash Lite licensing in 2005. As an aside, ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/591 If you live in the UK, there some some great deals on 3 at the moment. Firstly, they are offering the Skypephone for only £39.99. I reviewed this innovative phone last October. Earlier this year I spoke to someone involved with the Skypephone launch at 3 who, without specifying actual numbers, ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/590 One problem I come up against on nearly every project is the provisioning of end users’ phones with Internet access points. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola (needs registration) have online wizards that send configuration messages to your phone. With other manufacturers things get more tricky as settings often have to ... http://mobilephonedevelopment.com/archives/589