Archive for September, 2010
WordPress for iOS Mobile App Updated
James Huff, WeBlogTollsCollection, 9/30/2010 The WordPress for iOS mobile app has received a significant update with a slew of bug fixes and the following new features: Video: “record video within the app and then upload it directly to a blog.” Local Drafts: “save posts locally before they’re published or saved online.” Autosaves: “If something happens [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology
RIM Releases Java Plug-In for Eclipse on Mac OS X
Matt Cameron, BlackBerryCool, 9/29/2010 Yesterday, RIM released a Java plug-in for Eclipse for Mac OS X enabling developers to develop Java apps for the BlackBerry on a Mac. BlackBerry Java development on the Macintosh has been absent and developers have been asking for a solution for a long time. The initial beta will focus on [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Tether
LightSpeed Mobile brings Mac POS system to iOS
David Chartier, Macworld.com, 9/29/2010 Xsilva Systems’s LightSpeed is a point of sale (POS) system built for the Mac, allowing retailers to turn Apple computers into the most attractive cash registers your customers have ever seen. Now the company has released LightSpeed Mobile, a mobile companion that turns an iPhone or iPod touch into one of [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology
Apple to create new HTML5 content for website
Dave Caolo, TUAW, 9/29/2010 Apple has published a new job posting for a Creative Technology Manager, tasked in part with creating new HTML5 content at Apple.com, with support for iOS devices. The listing seeks an individual who “…will be responsible for driving web-standard (HTML5) innovation that enhances and redefines the marketing of Apple’s products and [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTML5
Open Source Twitter Alternative StatusNet Releases iPhone App
Audrey Watters, ReadWriteWeb, 9/27/2010 The open source microblogging service StatusNet – the power behind identi.ca – announced today the release of its iPhone app. The app makes it easy to connect via mobile to a StatusNet site, and it supports posting from an iPhone, sending attachments, as well as following public, profile and friends’ timelines. [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology
Sprint Lures AT&T’s IPad Users With Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots
Greg Bensinger, Bloomberg, 9/28/2010 When Apple Inc. began selling a version of its iPad tablet this year that could connect exclusively to AT&T Inc.’s third-generation wireless network, Sprint Nextel Corp. saw an opportunity. Touting the unlimited data on its portable Wi-Fi devices — AT&T stopped offering unlimited plans in June — Sprint has been luring [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, MiFi, Sprint, Verizon, WiFi
Remotely wiping mobile phones
Jake Edge, LWN.net, 9/26/2010 A mobile phone “feature” that is touted as a way to remove data from stolen phones is also being used in far less reasonable ways. It is, or could be seen as, an anti-feature added for the benefit of companies, but without taking users’ needs into consideration. The “remote wipe” available [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP)
Oracle finally outlines roadmap for mobile Java
Wireless Watch, The Register, 9/26/2010 There has been considerable criticism of Oracle since it acquired Sun Microsystems, and with it, the Java technology. In particular, the database giant has been accused, by Google and others, of failing to provide clear direction and leadership for the mobile version of the open source software, which underpins a [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, API, AT&T, Verizon
HTML5 Transfers Application Power from Server to Browser
Michael Mullany, GigaOM, 9/26/2010 So far, the talk about HTML5 has focused on whether and when it will “kill Flash.” Because of that, the pretty eye candy that CSS3 provides — complex color gradients, animations, 3-D transformations and more — have received most of the attention. But however much CSS3 matters to Adobe and to [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
No tethering for Windows Phone 7
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 9/24/2010 Forthcoming Windows Phone 7 devices are expected to have most of the required features of today’s smartphones — an application store, a 5-megapixel or better camera, a touchscreen, gaming — but there’s one it won’t have, and that’s tethering. This week, phone enthusiasts were abuzz with news that the [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Tether