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An important question that most web developers ask when developing their first mobile web site is "how do I distinguish between mobile users and desktop users?". Although this seems like a simple enough question at first, of course there's more to it than meets the eye. In fact, what do we even mean by 'distinguish'? How we distinguish their requirements? Their desires? The services they expect? The browsers they happen to be using? read more
Wireless Wanders |
Oct 04, 2008 12:15AM
These links are automatically posted daily from Magnolia, where I store all my Mobile 2.0 bookmarks. Phoload - Free mobile phone games and applications Here’s another site to aggregate mobile apps. If you want to spread you app, then take a look. Discover, discuss and download free mobile phone games and applications. Find the best free software for your phone, uploaded by mobile Java developers. Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tags: mobile 2.0, mobile apps, paulgolding View all my [...]
Open Gardens |
Oct 03, 2008 11:30PM
For all the emphasis on Open systems, the OpenGardens blog has always been a pragmatic voice in the Open debate .. specifically that - as we continue to open up and liberalise, there are certain threats which we have to acknowledge and combat - for instance I said a while ago that while I support open APIs, uncontrolled access to APIs is an invitation to scammers and paedophiles. - especially because the mobile device is a personal device and unlike the [...]
A New Mobile Website Every Day |
Oct 03, 2008 09:30PM
After much resistance and many headaches with our rather inexpensive hosting provider, we have decided to open up applications for advertising on MobileMammoth.com. For our readers, we take your loyalty seriously, and will maintain a policy of ensuring the ads are relevant, appropriate, and hopefully interesting. We welcome any feedback you have going forward. For the many interested sponsors we have turned away previously, we’re now open for business. For more information, see our advertising page. That’s it. Thank you again [...]
Welcome to Found on the Mobile Web, a semi-regular feature at WapReview where we list, describe and link to sites recently added to the WapReview Mobile Directory and YesWap.mobi mobile portal. With these latest additions the directory and portal now contain 1209 mobile sites. In Search/Directions wap.geocaching.com - Geo-caching is a sort of geek treasure hunt where players search for hidden caches using Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS). The GPS coordinates of caches are published on the Internet. Each cache is a [...]
Mobile Messaging 2.0 |
Oct 03, 2008 04:45PM
You have to hand it to the US Democrat campaign. Their recently released phone book application for the iPhone is a master-stroke for the Obama campaign. The message of change that he is promoting to the electorate now has a delightfully new mobile component. Writing a new phonebook application is a popular past-time for developers on PDA platforms (just count the number of alternatives on the Palm Pilots), this app has a different message to deliver – Vote For Me. And [...]
Wireless Wanders |
Oct 03, 2008 02:30PM
It seems that we’re all going mobile marketplace crazy. It’s an old idea of course, but the iPhone app store has reinvigorated our appetite for developing mobile apps and for spreading their mobile goodness. I doubt if there’s a good payback for most small developers, but at least their apps are in a sales funnel with sizable traffic - you’re only in the long tail if someone can see you! T-Mobile (US) are getting ready to launch their store, followed closely [...]
A New Mobile Website Every Day |
Oct 03, 2008 02:01PM
If you are a frequent traveler and use a BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device, then you’ll want to check out today’s mobile application. “Wait a minute!”, you might be thinking. “Didn’t you just profile a mobile website that essentially does the same thing?” The answer is yes, we did. About two weeks ago, we profiled TripIt Mobile. And since some people much prefer mobile apps they can download once and run anytime, we’re showing you this one too. Today’s mobile application [...]
2d code |
Oct 03, 2008 01:30PM
DevLearn 2008 Conference & Expo in San Jose in November is the e-Learning industry event of the year. This year attendees will have a personalised QR Code to use as business cards and for networking. View the explanatory videos for more information. Post from: 2d code QR Codes at e-Learning Conference
Got an email in from James over at mjelly this week, letting me know they’ve launched a new directory of “mobile 2.0″ services and applications, both on the PC web and on mobile at m.mjelly.com. While it’s just getting started, it looks like a useful tool to find some great mobile sites and services, so be sure to go and take a look.
I had the chance recently to catch up with John Poisson, the head of Tiny Pictures, the company behind the Radar mobile service. I first met John a couple of years ago, and I came away from that meeting impressed both with him and Radar. John really gets mobile, and gets how people use it and how it can enrich their lives (plus, like me, he has cool glasses ). Radar was always cool, but in 2006, it was way [...]
Open Gardens |
Oct 03, 2008 10:31AM
Following my post on better than free .. and extrapolating those ideas to the mobile domain Apart from games, which mobile software do you pay for .. and why? For example: Opera mobile is $24 USD. But I dont know number of downloads .. So, I am looking for a benchmark of .. Price point .. why you pay for it .. and Number of overall downloads of that product. Thoughts? kind rgds Ajit
MEX |
Oct 03, 2008 08:30AM
Yesterday was a big day for Nokia: it announced the 5800, its first touchscreen handset for the consumer mainstream, launched the ‘Comes with music’ unlimited download offering and revealed the 5th edition of the Series 60 platform, along with a new SDK for developers. There has been no shortage of hype, analysis and blogging from the industry already, but what does all this news actually mean for the end customer and how does it sit in the wider picture of Nokia’s [...]
Well, is landing. We're just about ready to start beta testing on ready.mobi v2.2 aka API release. We've been planning this for a while, and a few of you have already had a sneak preview, but before we launch it fully, we invite any interested parties to try out the beta. read more
MOVISTAR Chile and SpinVox have announced the launch of the first voice-to-text service in Latin America, available to all MOVISTAR Chile subscribers on contract. Movistar has 6.6 million subscribers in Chile. Its parent company, Telefónica Latin America, also offers mobile, landline and broadband services in several other Latin American countries.SpinVox converts voice messages into text and delivers them directly to the recipient as a text message on their mobile. Subscribers see the message content, and the caller ID, so they can [...]
textually |
Oct 03, 2008 06:30AM
Interesting thought from Gagdet Lab. "According to Actress Kristin Scott Thomas, the ubiquity of text messaging means that subtitled movies could gain acceptance. Granted, this is an extrapolation of one throwaway comment in a New York Times interview, but it does make an interesting point. People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. Theyre not afraid of them. Its one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it. ... The [...]
Mobile marketing firm 2ergo has announced a number of new appointments. Adrian Smith and Colin McCaffery have been appointed to the roles of Head of Business Development and Head of Products and Marketing, respectively with Stuart Williams being promoted to Business Solutions Sales Manager. Smith was previously Vice President of Business Development at TMNG Global, a provider of convergent media and entertainment communications. In his new role Mr Smith will be responsible for evolving and developing business opportunities for the Business, [...]
Open Gardens |
Oct 03, 2008 05:00AM
Help: I need some help in testing an iPhone application .. Hello I need some help in testing an iPhone application. If you have an iPhone can you please contact me at ajit.jaokar at futuretext.com (Ideally based in Europe or USA). Many thanks kind rgds Ajit
Mobile content retailer FoneStarz Media has signed a deal to provide content to LG users in 22 countries around the world, including the UK, China, India and Australia. FoneStarz will provide a range of wallpapers and animations from its portfolio that LG users can access via their phones or by visiting lgmobile.com. FoneStarz says it will update its offering on a regular basis. The content will be added to the LG portals and independently managed by Electronic Arts. LG mobile is [...]
Zoombak has officially launched in the UK. The company makes three versions of a GPS-assisted tracking device, one intended for pets, one for in-car use, and a universal version that can be used to track just about anything that moves, though usage patterns in the US, where the devices launched in April, suggest that tracking kids and elderly relatives will be the most common applications. “The reassurance factor associated with teenage drivers has been phenomenal in the States,” says Zoombak President, [...]
Lighter manufacturer Zippo, and Moderati, which develops on-portal content services and ringtone applications, have announced the launch of the Virtual Zippo Lighter, a free, branded application available in Apple’s iTunes App Store for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The Virtual Zippo Lighter brings the look and feel of the Zippo’s lighter to the iPhone. It opens with a flick of the wrist and lights with a turn of the flint wheel and the flame sways as the device is moved [...]
Market research conducted by e-business solutions company Globo has found that 65% of European business users of mobile phones aren’t ready to replace their handsets in order to access emails on the phone. The research also found that although almost half (47%) of the sample surveyed wanted Internet access through their mobile phones, the majority weren’t willing to replace their phones just to get this. The Globo research was conducted on the habits of business and corporate users in 49 companies [...]
textually |
Oct 03, 2008 12:00AM
Shortly after Sen. Herb Kohl asked wireless carriers to justify rising SMS prices, lawyers began filing antitrust suits, RCR Wireless News reports via The Dallas Morning News. "The wireless industry trade magazine uncovered five suits in just the first few days after Kohl began asking carriers why they've doubled the price of text messages over the past few years. Text messages, when paid for individually, generally cost about 20 cents apiece these days -- even though many analysts think they cost [...]
dw2-0 |
Oct 02, 2008 04:46PM
Roger Nolan, my long-time former colleague from both Psion and Symbian, raised some challenging points in his recent piece "Symbian’s open source challenge" on the VisionMobile blog. As Roger sees it, the challenge for Symbian is to get the best out of open source without becoming so fixated by the idea of open source that we fail to address the burning requirement for improved user experience. The worry is that technological or process considerations will get in the way of creating [...]
2d code |
Oct 02, 2008 01:15PM
Nokia has added vCard support for its mobile code creater. Automatic transfer to ‘Contacts’ is supported by Nokia E66, E71, N78, 6210 Navigator, 6220 Classic and the N96. Demonstration in this video. Post from: 2d code Nokia Mobile Code Creator Adds vCard Support
