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May 2004

Friday 28 May

  • Samsung A-650 Available on Verizon (11:08) - Verizon Wireless is now offering the Samsung A650 for sale. This is a new BREW color phone with a basic feature set and no camera. More information here. Buy this phone at Amazon: Samsung A650 Phone (Verizon Wireless)... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
  • France Mobile Gamer Trends study (10:40) - A recent study by IN-FUSIO in France has new statistics about mobile gamers. 60% of those questioned would like to be a member of a mobile game community Female gamers are loyal regular consumers of mobile games but aren't sufficiently... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • QUALCOMM opens R&D center in India (10:32) - QUALCOMM is opening an R&D center in India to help the growth of its wireless technology. The center is based in Hyderabad, and Qualcomm said it hopes to have about 50 employees by the end of the year. Dunphy... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 27 May

  • Spotcode beta for Symbian Phones (15:15) - Specifically, it's available for Series 60 handsets. What is a spotcode? It's a code that the phone can use to send information back to the computer via bluetooth. The use is to turn the phone into an interface device to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Tata Indicom Launches PTT (09:31) - Tata Indicom is the first carrier in India to provide Push-to-Talk services to their users. Built on Qualcomm’s BrewChat technology, Tata Indicom’s service has been specially designed for CDMA200 1X networks and will go live, for the first time ever... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Security for Sony Ericsson Symbian OS 2.0 Phones (09:21) - Pointsec for Symbian OS 2.0 offers extensive data protection solutions for the Symbian operating system. Files and folders are automatically encrypted in real time, with no user intervention required. Email and SMS data can also be encrypted and decrypted on... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Wednesday 26 May

  • Nokia on Using C++ and/or Java (15:55) - Borland Mobile Studio and Borland Enterprise Studio for Mobile allow developers of mobile applications to combine C++ and Java™ programming in the same development environment. The purpose of this document is to assist the developer in deciding which development tasks... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 25 May

  • "Webinar" for CodeWarrior Tools for Series 60 (19:43) - Nokia has published a "webinar" here that introduces developers to the CodeWarrior Tools for Series 60 development. You can get it here. It is a direct link to a wmv file. Forum Nokia - Developer resources... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia Update Developer Platform 2.0 Known Issues (11:56) - Now on version 1.5, Nokia has updated their Developer Platform 2.0 SDK beta known issues document. Developer Platform 2.0: Known Issues v1.5... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Finalists for QUALCOMM's BREW(tm) Awards (08:48) - QUALCOMM has announced three finalists in each of six categories for this year's Annual BREW Developer Awards to be presented at the BREW 2004 Developer Conference in San Diego in June. BREW 2004 Developer Awards finalists: * Best Entertainment Application:... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 24 May

  • X-Files coming to mobile phones (13:54) - elkware Inc., a leading developer of mobile games, today announced that it has secured a license from Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising to create games based on the hit television series "The X-Files." Although elkware Inc., currently only has... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Point of Sale on Nextel Phones (12:35) - Electronic check conversion converts a paper check to an electronic transaction at the point of sale. The check information is transmitted via the Nextel data network, through eProcessingNetwork's payment gateway to a national verification database where it is evaluated against... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • SCMAD Exam Simulator (09:38) - The simulator is designed to help those with a Java 2 Platform certificate get their Mobile Application Developer certificate. Whizlabs, the developer, is a specialist in certification program training. Wireless Developer Network... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Polycom(R) provides group calling for Symbian (09:32) - MobileMeeting is an innovative instant group calling application for mobile carriers that offers a fast and convenient way to connect and collaborate on mobile phones and devices, enabling people to work efficiently and effectively while on the go. By pressing... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 23 May

  • So many J2ME devices, so many variations (19:33) - JavaWorld brings us an article about the fragmentation of the hundreds of available J2ME devices and how developers can cope with it. With a market that will reach 1 billion devices by 2006, coping with it is the only... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 22 May

  • Nokia updates their Series 60 IDE Choices document (15:56) - This document is aimed primarily at individual developers and company development strategists who are considering creating or porting applications to the Series 60 Developer Platform. It gives a snapshot of the commercial development environment options available at the time of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • List of J2ME Tools (15:40) - ShareMe posts a list of J2ME tools. The list includes testing, development, environment, and preperation tools. Recommended for those getting starting in J2ME for ideas on what to use and where to find it. ShareMe Technologies LLC-The Mobile Future... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 21 May

  • QUALCOMM Updates BREW Tools to 3.0.0 (15:51) - In order to access these new tools, you'll need to be an authenticated developer. If the following link doesn't work, find it from here. QUALCOMM | Developer Resources... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • QUALCOMM provides Patch 3 to the BREW 2.1.x SDK (14:32) - IPosdet Update: Allows the IPOSDET API to return an error code when stale base station information prevents the mobile from getting a position fix. QUALCOMM | Developer Resources... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Mobility: Are we there yet? (07:27) - This new article discusses mobility from the eyes of enterprise usage. As part of this, RIM's J2ME is bashed and Microsoft's .NET Compact Framework is praised: The development environment uses a proprietary flavor of J2ME that requires a learning curve... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Curitel to use QUALCOMM's BREWChat(tm) (07:17) - BREWChat enables one-to-one and one-to-many communication between subscribers at the push of a button. BREWChat is commercially available today and is designed to seamlessly upgrade to and interoperate with QChat®. Curitel plans to make an array of push-to-chat-enabled handsets available... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Updated BREW statistics, >120M downloads (00:14) - QUALCOMM has updated their BREW statistics. The new statistics can be found here. The statistics now show over 120 million application downloads, up 20 million from less than two months ago. Since there are over 25 million BREW devices in... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Series 60 and the CodeWarrior IDE (00:10) - This document describes the settings available in the CodeWarrior IDE for customizing its behavior and presents practical advice on the settings developers might wish to consider making. Series 60 Developer Platform: Customizing The CodeWarrior IDE... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • C++ Idioms in BREW (00:00) - A new developer.com Wireless article talks about C++ Idioms in BREW, covering stack, static variables, and the new & delete operators. Discovering C++ Idioms in BREW... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 20 May

  • JSR 185 - Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (16:06) - Java Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) will have a huge impact on Java applications, enabling them to have much greater functionality. Here we look at some of the capabilities we can expect to see in the next generation of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • on Trust and Mobile Applications (15:54) - Everyone is looking for our trust at the moment. Schemes for digitally signing applications seem to be popping up like gophers across the mobile landscape, each of them confident that we'll place our trust in their authority. Microsoft, of course,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Summus to offer multiplayer Poker on Verizon (10:13) - Summus will be offering Phil Hellmuth's labelled Texas Hold 'Em multiplayer poker game. Users can play against each other across the wireless network or solo, which is playing a virtual Phil Hellmuth. The game is available on Verizon Wireless's Get... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • SmartServ reports Q1 results (07:15) - SmartServ, a mobile company with distributions on BREW, J2ME, WAP, SMS, and other mobile platforms including Pocket PC and RIM Blackberry. Revenues were down to $73, 711 from $230,987 same time last year. Highlights: Completion of Private Placement. SmartServ raised... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 19 May

  • kCommand J2ME->J2EE remote command calling (15:46) - kCommand is an ultra-lightweight generic command architecture that provides a simple and effective mechanism for J2ME clients to execute remote commands on J2EE servers over HTTP. Besides providing what any RPC thing can do, kCommand sends commands over the wire... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia Tutorial on Signing MIDP 2.0 Midlets (11:57) - This article by Nokia goes in to the details of MIDP 2.0 security, talking about trusted and untrusted midlets and giving instructions on how to sign them. A good read for anyone thinking about MIDP 2.0 development as I could... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • GPL J2ME and Gaming book (09:06) - Jason Lam has a free open source J2ME and gaming book available through SourceForge. This book is about programming with J2ME on wireless devices with focus on developing games. It is assumed you have some knowledge and programming experience with... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Zapp launches BREW-based Zapp Me in Romania (07:28) - In addition to being the only carrier in Europe to now offer BREW, Zapp is the only mobile operator in Romania. They use CDMA2000 on CDMA450, which is a 450MHz band variant. Functionality is the same, but range is improved... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 18 May

  • Nokia Developers's Suite 2.1 for J2ME™ released (23:54) - Nokia Developer's Suite for the Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Version 2.1 provides developers with utilities for creating and deploying MIDP 1.0 and MIDP 2.0 applications. New features in this version include a UI Designer for building user interface... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Handling HTTP Redirect on Nokie Series 40 devices (23:49) - Nokia has changed the behavior of the HTTP redirection between MIDP 1.0 Series 40 devices and MIDP 2.0 Series 40 devices. This document explains the differences and gives examples. Technical Note: Handling HTTP Redirecting In Nokia Series 40 Devices... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia on Series 40 J2ME Command Mapping (23:44) - This article explains in full detail exactly how the Nokia Series 40 J2ME devices map commands onto softkeys and menus. Series 40 devices have either 2 or 3 soft keys. Some even have flip down keyboards and can rotate their... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Nokia on Usability (22:29) - Applying to all mobile developers (and all developers, really), this article dives into emphasis on usability throughout a project, including frequent interactions with users. Tip Of The Month Usability Is The Heart Of Develop... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • IBM's Workplace Client gaining partners (07:37) - The partners that have signed on include Adobe Systems, Binary Tree, Blue Martini Software, Cisco Systems, Colligo Networks, e-office, Genius Inside, Intellisync, PalmOne, PeopleSoft, PSC Group, PureEdge Solutions, Relavis, Research In Motion, Siebel Systems, Symbol Technologies, Synchrony and Wily Technology.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • WIPI not mandatory in South Korea until next year (07:30) - The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) said on Tuesday that the government will oblige the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI) to new cell phone models from next year. In addition, manufacturers will be allowed to use other... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Symbian formally launches Symbian Signed certification program (07:24) - Over 300 applications have already passed the certification program, but Symbian is now formally launching the Symbian Signed certification program. This program is designed to make certification cheaper and easier for developers allowing broader distribution options. In addition, it provides... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Auto-build BREW™ Resource Files (00:17) - This article explains how to configure a Visual Studio project file to automatically build BREW resource files and place them where you want. It's quite a time saver! Configuring BREW™ Resource Files to Build with Applet Source - Mamlambo Articles... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 17 May

  • Inca X ME for J2ME -- free download (08:52) - Inca X ME enhances the Inca X product range by adding a new tool set to create and deploy J2ME™ MIDP applications that access Jini™ 2.0 services running in the enterprise. Inca X requires JDK 1.4.x, Jini 2.0, and J2ME... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Southern LINC Introduces i830 (08:04) - Although this bronze colored handset has a feature set similar to the i730, leaving on wondering if it isn't just a different name for the same phone, the i830 is much smaller and lighter than the i730. Supporting MIDP 2.0... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 16 May

  • Indonesian review of the Motorola V600 J2ME handset (21:22) - All in all, however, the V600 is a joy to use. I like its sturdiness and the user interface is not that difficult to learn, even for a first-time user of a Motorola cell phone. The style is up to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • SceneMachines brings 3D messaging to Symbian (12:05) - LivingPictures delivers next generation messaging to smartphones based on Symbian OS. The consumer takes a photo of the desired subject -- human, animal or even an inanimate object such as a cuddly toy or a pint of beer. The photo... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 15 May

  • Hashtable interface to MIDP RecordStore (01:09) - Complete with code, this blog entry discusses creating an adapter to the J2ME RMS classes. I have created a special adaptor to the RMS. It doesnot cover all the RMS capabilities but allows us to use RMS as a backend... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • BlackBerry Development with J2ME (00:38) - This article goes over the differences of developing a J2ME application for a BlackBerry device than a standard mobile phone. A quick overview that can help bring applications to an audience of over 1 million BlackBerry devices. Currently, the RIM... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 14 May

  • IBM Article on Globalizing J2ME Apps (09:19) - Although it's from last month, this is the latest J2ME article from IBM. Since CLDC/MIDP do not have I18N or G11N classes like J2SE does, this article goes into how one can implement these using the classes that are given... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 13 May

  • Handango announces 2004 Award Finalists (16:25) - Chosen from more than 50,000 applications, finalists for the awards that will be given on Jun 24th in San Diego have been announced. The platforms for the awards include: Palm OS, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphon, J2ME, Symbian,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Teleca brings Intel chips to Symbian OS (16:06) - Teleca announced today it will supply leading Symbian OS and Series 60 support for the Intel(R) PXA27x family of processors aimed at customers developing mobile phones, PDA's and other wireless devices. This new technology provides additional performance for 3D... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • New MSM7000 series chipsets do it all (15:59) - Besides being able to support any radio technology a handset OEM might need, this chips will all for full VGA video and 6.0 Megapixel cameras. But that's not all. They'll also support 802.11, Bluetooth, USB, and TV video. In addition,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Yahoo! to publish BREW Applications (15:51) - Yahoo! Mobile will be bring its Yahoo! Messenger product to BREW, in addition to other Yahoo! Mobile applications that were not named. QUALCOMM Welcomes Yahoo!(R) Mobile as New BREW(TM) Publisher... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • QUALCOMM Announces High-Speed HSDPA Solution to Drive Advanced Data Services for WCDMA (15:48) - QUALCOMM's MSM6280 chip will support data rates of 7.2 Mbps, QVGA graphics, 15 fps video telephony and recording , 30 fps playback, and 4.0 MP camera support. The MSM6280 is primarily a GSM carrier chip, as it does not support... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 12 May

  • Enough Software releases alpha of J2ME Polish (22:26) - J2ME Polish as a suite of tools to speed up J2ME development. Included in the suite are build tools using Ant, device optimization, source utilities, etc. The big feature, though, is its ability to control application look with a standard... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Digital Bridges unveils many licensed games for BREW (13:32) - Digital Bridges, a world leader in mobile entertainment solutions, today announced a range of new premium-brand cell phone game titles being developed for QUALCOMM's BREW solution. These games include Crash Bandicoot, 2Fast 2Furious, Galleon Dawn, and others. "Digital Bridges recognizes... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Rumor: Possible N-Gage 2? (11:16) - This article points to the mention of MIDP 2.0 in use for the N-Gage, but currently both N-Gage devices are MIDP 1.0. Is this implying an new N-Gage? Or an upgrade to the N-Gage OS since all new Series 60... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Wildseed launches GameSkin for Mortal Kombat (10:34) - The GameSkin featuring Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance marks the first time a Mortal Kombat game will be played on a wireless phone. This game accessory will add Game Boy Advance style controls to optimize the phone for competitive Mortal Kombat:... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • First four player mutiplayer mobile game (10:27) - MFORMA Group, Inc., a leading global provider of wireless entertainment, has released Poker Multiplayer, the first mobile J2ME game where four players can play simultaneously at the same time, in the same game. Available only to Sprint PCS Vision... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Philips Electronics a Symbian Platinum member (09:08) - Philips Electronics today announced it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program. With Philips joining the program, mobile phone manufacturers can benefit from seamlessly integrated multimedia applications for their smartphone offerings. As a result, mobile phone manufacturers can bring complete and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • QUALCOMM announces CMix (09:00) - QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced the introduction of CMix(TM), a new handset messaging technology based on the Company's market-proven Compact Media Extensions(TM) (CMX(TM)) multimedia software.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 11 May

  • KDDI BREW Downloads (10:26) - KDDI, in Japan, saw more than 1.5 million BREW downloads in March alone. By late April, they had 284 applications available for download. Most of the application downloads were around entertainment, likely including ring tone, wallpaper, and game applications. KDDI... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Companies spend >25% of time on Wireless (07:32) - DevX has teamed up with the Evans Data Corp. to bring you the results of their comprehensive Wireless Developer Survey. In this installment, find out how much time your fellow developers are spending on wireless development. Also, what sorts of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • QUALCOMMs BREW Developer Conference, June 7-9 (07:14) - QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced its line-up of keynote speakers and business and technical track presenters from around the globe for its BREW 2004 Developers... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • AtlasTrack brings LBS to Nextel (07:08) - Networks In Motion(TM), a wireless software solutions provider for mobile workforce management and location-based services (LBS), today announced that AtlasTrack(TM), a powerful, easy-to-use location-enabled application for managing mobile workers, operates on Nextel's nationwide packet data network using a Nextel... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Sonim PTT for Symbian OS (07:01) - Sonim Technologies, the leader in enabling wireless data networks to deliver services including the Push-to-Talk (PTT) capability, today announced the addition of Symbian OS support for its Sonim PoC Client™ product line. This addition enables PTT functionality on Symbian OS... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Hasbro MICRO MACHINES for J2ME (06:57) - Under license from Atari, Inc., and Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), the MICRO MACHINES mobile game allows gamers to burn tires in single player races. The games are developed in J2ME and offer players all the fun, excitement and challenging gameplay associated... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 10 May

  • IBM Websphere and Openwave (23:20) - IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, part of IBM's Workplace Client Technology, Micro Edition family, features a certified implementation of the J2ME(TM) specifications, specifically the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), which are core market requirements... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • IBM's Workplace Client (10:58) - PalmOne stressed the compatibility of Workplace Client with J2ME, a version of Java designed for mobile devices. "With the growth of wireless computing, embedded Java will be increasingly important in allowing disparate devices to access different networks and types of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 7 May

  • Visual Studio Project Setup for BREW (13:11) - This article will describe how to manually configure a simple Microsoft Visual Studio Project for a QUALCOMM BREW™ Application. The QUALCOMM BREW™ Addins for Visual Studio does some of this for you now. Microsoft Visual Studio Project Setup for QUALCOMM... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Using GCC ARM cross compiler with BREW (13:08) - It's now easier than ever to develop for BREW. This article clearly shows how to install GCC for use with BREW and you no longer need to go through all of the steps of compiling and bootstrapping your own GCC... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Phone sales up 29% worldwide (11:45) - Mobile phone sales increased in 04Q1 from 03Q1 by 29%, moving up to 152.7 million. That more the 50 million phones purchased each month, world wide. And most new phones have some sort of application platform available. What is interesting... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • JSR 177 - Security and Trust Services API for J2ME (10:50) - Sun Microsystems has published a proposed final draft for JSR 177 - Security and Trust Services API for J2ME. "The purpose of this JSR is to define a collection of APIs that provide security services to J2ME enabled devices. These... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Units up, Sales down (10:05) - Symbian sales fell from 2.76 million in the last quarter of 2003 to 2.4 million in the first of this year.Because handset sales are seasonal, this translates into a flat market share of 1.9 percent, but is disappointing in a... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Wireless Game Design Presentations 2000/2002 (09:19) - Here are some wireless game development powerpoint presentations from presenter Greg Costikyan, a game industry consultant of Unplugged, Inc, a wireless game and service provider. IIR London Online Games Conference, 2000 Wireless Games: Mass-market gaming through Internet-enabled mobile devices. Game... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Mophun games to be distributed in Beijing (09:16) - Through the partnership with Synergenix, Beijing Etone will provide mophun games to Beijing Mobile subscribers through Beijing Mobile OTA services “Beijing-In-Hand”. Wireless Developer Network... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Superscape developing 3D games for GWE (09:12) - Superscape Group plc (LSE: SPS), leaders in revolutionary entertainment for mobile phones, announces today that it has won a contract, with a value of $1.2m, to develop a new portfolio of mobile games for Californian-based Global Wireless Entertainment Inc, (GWE).... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME revenue growing rapidly in next few years (09:02) - A new report from the ARC Group estimates the Java market to have earned operators almost US$1.4 billion in 2003, which is forecast to dramatically increase to over US$15.5 billion by 2008. This equates to around 3% of all... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 6 May

  • Psion sell off of 31% of Symbian to Nokia slowdown (09:57) - The UK tech firm said on Thursday that it has already received a thumbs-up from the regulators in Finland and Austria. But unless Germany's Bundeskartellamt also approves the sale, the transfer of Psion's 31 percent stake in Symbian to Nokia... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Sun Pushing to increase J2ME game development in India (09:09) - Sun Microsystems has announced that it is teaming up with Paradox Studios Pvt. Ltd, a Reliance group company to boost the market for gaming in India and further propagate the adoption of J2ME amongst the Indian gaming developer community. Clearly,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Symbian Growing in Japan (09:05) - The London-based company said it was “particularly encouraged” by its improvement in Japan, which is leading the world in third generation mobile networks. Scotsman.com Business - Latest News - Symbian Strengthens Position in Japan... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Symbian shipments up to 2.4 million in a quarter (09:03) - Symbian, the telecoms software joint venture, today said that the shipment of mobile phones based on its operating system more than doubled to 2.4 million in the first quarter. Times Online - Latest news Update: More stories related to this... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 5 May

  • Symbian - A Growing Market (14:08) - During all of 2003, 6.7 Million Symbian handsets were shipped worldwide. Of that, over 1 million were shipped in just December. Certainly the rate is increasing. Given the projected sales of the N-Gage, which wasn't doing too bad, the N-Gage... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Java faster than C? (09:16) - Well, maybe not straight C, but Obj-C on a Mac. Really cool experiment done by Sam Pullara that seems to show Java beating the cr*p out of Obj-C. This is not so farfetched as it may seem (sadly, even... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Exploring the J2ME Mobile Media APIs (08:44) - The Mobile Media APIs provide a rich and extensible framework for playing and capturing a wide variety of media on mobile devices. Find out how to add sizzle to your application using these features. This covers JSR-135, the J2ME Mobile... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • eMbience launches Indian Ring Tones (08:07) - Exotic Indian melodies, romantic strains of the sitar and driving beats now can be experienced through Get It Now(R) from Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider, with the introduction of Masttones(TM) Indian-themed polyphonic ringtones. Created by eMbience Inc.,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 4 May

  • New Series 60 Book for Developers (16:53) - Developing Series 60 Applications : A Guide for Symbian OS C++ Developers by Leigh Edwards, Richard Barker, Staff of EMCC Software Ltd - the definitive guide to Series 60 development for C++ programmers and software designers. A book that... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Introduction to J2ME Web Services API (JSR 172) (10:57) - Developed within the Java Community Process as JSR 172, the J2ME Web Services API (WSA) extends the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition to support web services. The API's two optional packages standardize two areas of functionality that are crucial... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME and Location-Based Services (09:20) - This article introduces you to the field of LBS and to the Location API for J2ME (JSR 179), a set of generic APIs that can be used for developing location-based services. In addition, the article offers guidelines for designing... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Rocket Media Server (RMS) Delivers Rich Media Content to BREW(TM)-Enabled Mobile Handsets (08:23) - Rocket Mobile(R), a leading provider of wireless software solutions and technologies, today announced the launch of the Rocket Media Server (RMS) content delivery solution for mobile handsets enabled by QUALCOMM's BREW solution. The Rocket Media Server provides content providers... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • J2ME on Set Top boxes via OnRamp (08:08) - Upon finalization of the specification (JSR 242), OnRamp to OCAP, a profile of the J2ME CLDC technology specification, will be available to all set-top box vendors, DTV application developers and service providers. Essentially what we have here is J2ME... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 3 May

  • Mobile LBS and the Motorola i730 (23:39) - This is a good article from Sun about developing an LBS applet for the i730. It covers the basics as well as providing code for download that will get the handsets current position. Java and GIS, Part 2: Mobile LBS... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments
  • Will J2ME Deliver? (10:41) - Although this is an older article from last year, it is still very timely. MIDP 2.0 phones are still rolling into the market and are becoming prevalent enough to be noticed everywhere. But the current crop of handsets still has... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • In-Fusio opens Los Angeles office (08:25) - In-Fusio, the company who recently purchase Cybiko, now has an office in Los Angeles where they are porting their proprietary game engine to BREW. In-Fusio opens Los Angeles office - News at GameSpot... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments