BARCELONA, Spain - Nokia Corp. used its S60 Summit '08 to tout the reach of its smartphone platform, woo low-profile developers and - like just about everybody else in mobile - crow about its openness.The show opened with a flashy video that demonstrated Series...
Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android "Android", including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google.
Google I/O Google will offer an iPhone-like app store ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/iphone_sdk_debuts/ ) for Android, giving developers a central means of distributing applications on its soon-to-be-open-source mobile platform. At least, it looks that way.
As its BREW developer conference kicks into high gear today, Qualcomm Inc. announced a handful of efforts designed to entice a broader array of players into the mobile content field.--Qualcomm took the wraps off its new "Plaza" effort, which the company said is a...
Qualcomm Inc.'s annual BREW developer's conference got underway this morning, and the obligatory stream of news from the company's home base in San Diego has kicked into high gear:--Qualcomm and Adobe Systems Inc. announced a new BREW Mobile Platform with integrated Adobe Flash technology,...
While a tiny handful of entrenched mobile game makers cement their place at the top of the industry, a small army of startups are throwing all sorts of ideas against the wall to see what sticks. And community may be the stickiest feature yet.Community...
PARIS - The world's top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its internet-focused devices grows, company officials said.
Opera's latest release is an SDK that makes widgets specs widely available to third-party developers. The development kit supports major languages for creating advanced Web applications, and completes the package with an emulator and a debugging tool.
Traditional Web sites are often lost in translation on mobile phones. So developers are hoping to bridge the disconnect between wireless phones and the Internet by building a "middle Web."The emergence of Apple Inc.'s iPhone has spawned a flurry of activity by developers looking...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to spur creation of innovative applications with a new Java platform, a resurrected developer program and an upgraded toolkit.The carrier used the opening day of JavaOne in San Francisco to tout Titan, a platform aimed at "open(ing) the door...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced plans to offer a new technology to bridge the Adobe Flash Lite and Java ME development platforms.Project Capuchin, as the effort is dubbed, allows developers to leverage the best attributes of both software stacks to create content-rich mobile applications,...
The Starter Kit provides the flexibility to develop wireless capability by using Jennic JN5139 microcontrollers and modules as wireless processors or co-processors.Jennic has released a low-cost starter kit which allows developers with little or no wireless experience to develop products.
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced its newly launched Java.com Internet site will feature wireless Java games for Vodafone Live! subscribers. The effort is aimed at promoting Sun's wireless Java push, as well as Vodafone's Live! wireless data offering."We're delighted to have our consumer game...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-One-third of wireless application developers in the People's Republic of China are now deploying wireless applications, according to results from Evans Data Corp.'s Fall Chinese Wireless Development Survey, which polled 600 wireless developers in China. Meanwhile, 37 percent said they will deploy...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-One-third of wireless application developers in the People's Republic of China are now deploying wireless applications, according to results from Evans Data Corp.'s Fall Chinese Wireless Development Survey, which polled 600 wireless developers in China. Meanwhile, 37 percent said they will deploy...
ATLANTA—Arizon Corp. announced AirDoc Platform J, the Java version of its carrier-grade AirDoc Platform, is now available.AirDoc Platform J can read and convert corporate document formats into XML-structured wireless content. It also includes real-time search and creation of content summaries, reducing the amount of...
The vast layout of the CTIA Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas was a little dizzying, with meetings and conferences spread out across the city's famous strip. One company, making its official debut at the show last week, offered a new technology...
AnywhereYouGo.com, an online community Web site dedicated to wireless application developers with physical testing labs in the United Kingdom and the United States, may not make it to its first anniversary.The wireless developer organization that launched at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Associations Wireless...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group made its Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol available free to wireless application developers on the World Wide Web. The arrangement was made in cooperation with the Personal Communications Industry Association.The protocol allows wireless applications and product developers to...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group, in cooperation with the Personal Communications Industry Association, has made the Telocator Data Paging suite of protocols available free of charge to wireless application developers on the World Wide Web.The TDP protocol suite allows wireless product...
