Archive for November, 2009
App Developers Not Happy With Android
Om Malik, GigaOM, 11/30/2009 With dozens of Android-based smartphones likely to be sold by global brands such as Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Dell and Motorola, it’s no surprise that 2010 is shaping up to be a big year for Google’s upstart mobile OS. But increasing skepticism in the developer community over Android and its marketplace masks [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, T-Mobile
GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
David Twiddy, Yahoo! Tech, 11/28/2009 The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. Manufacturers of standalone GPS products will have to move quickly and smartly to transform their dumb map readers into [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, GPS, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon
Microsoft ‘worked with Apple’ for Silverlight on iPhone, says Goldfarb
Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews, 11/27/2009 It was an impressive demonstration, once they got it working: H.264 video streaming wirelessly (and slowly, at least during the caching sequence) using Microsoft’s Silverlight video streaming, to an Apple iPhone. It’s all the more impressive when you realize that Flash video still has not made its way (permanently) [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash
Brin: Google’s OSes likely to converge
Tom Krazit, CNet News, 11/27/2009 Google’s dual-pronged operating-system strategy will likely produce a single OS down the road, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Many Google observers were puzzled when the company announced plans for Chrome OS in July, coming amid growing acceptance of the company’s Android operating-system project as a smartphone and Netbook OS. [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Linux
Palm Pre users suffer cloud computing data loss
Daniel Eran Dilger, AppleInsider, 11/27/2009 Palm is investigating why its Palm Pre users are suffering data loss after resetting or replacing their WebOS phones and attempting to restore their personal data from the company’s online cloud backup service. Pre contacts, calendar items, memos and tasks are supposed to be backed up by automatic sync to [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: Bluetooth, Cloud, Motorola, Nokia, Push, T-Mobile, Verizon
Mobile Web traffic increasing rapidly for non-smartphones
Chris Foresman, ArsTechnica, 11/25/2009 Data from Opera’s mobile Web proxy servers suggest mobile Web browsing is exploding among users of standard cell phones, thanks in part to demand driven by consumers that expect smartphone-like browsing as well the more advanced capabilities of mobile browsers like Opera Mini. Apple’s iPhone changed the way we think about [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Push
Mobile Web Applications
Frank Ableson, Linux Magazine, 11/25/2009 The mobile web is maturing — but be careful to not stuff your application chock-full of “features.” The Maturing Mobile Web The term “mobile web” has evolved significantly over time. What started as barely-text-only web applications has matured to a very capable and satisfying mobile experience for many users. As [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: Ajax
What’s stopping mobile apps from taking the next step?
Tom Kaneshige, CIO.com, 11/25/2009 Spotty 3G networks and the potential for app burnout are significant obstacles to the mobile app revolution With the arrival of the Motorola Droid and the Apple App Store milestone of surpassing 100,000 apps, the buzz around mobile apps has never been louder — all of this, mind you, in a [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Motorola, Verizon
3G wireless still holds promise
Marguerite Reardon, CNET News, 11/25/2009 There’s been a lot of talk in 2009 about the next generation of wireless technology, known as 4G wireless broadband, but the current generation of 3G wireless technology is far from dead. For many wireless operators, especially those that have built their networks using the global standard GSM, the current [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, Comcast, CTIA, GSM, HSPA, LTE, Nokia, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiMax
So how do iPhone apps save files?
Jason Snell, Macworld.com, 11/25/2009 One of the problems with viewing iPhone software from the perspective of being a Mac (or PC) user is that sometimes you make assumptions that can guide you far off course. Take files, for example. Our computers have hard drives full of files. But on the iPhone, files don’t exist. (Okay, [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: WiFi