In an effort to help developers make more widgets for its platform, Nokia unveiled three tools for existing developers’ applications: Nokia Web Runtime Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver, Nokia WRT plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio, and the updated version of WRT plug-in 2.0 for Aptana Studio. Moreover, the Finnish giant announced that within the next 30…
Live Coverage from Apple’s WWDC 2009
Touchdown in San Francisco, CA and live from the Moscone Center (barring any technical difficulties). Stay tuned! [Update] Well, that’s the show. See you next year at WWDC 2010! For the full live-blog of WWDC 2009, continue reading below.
Microsoft releases Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK to devs
Windows Mobile devs have just gotten the veritable green light to start serious development on Windows Mobile 6.5 applications. We missed the SDK at Microsoft’s TechEd 2009, but we’re glad to see that Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK is now ready to add “documentation, sample code, header and library files, emulator images and tools” to…
BlackBerry Java Development Environment 5.0 Beta Now Available
Look out BlackBerry developers, the BlackBerry Java Development Environment 5.0 is now available! It’s in Beta, and is available from BlackBerry.com right now. With this news, we can start looking forward to OS 5.0 goodness coming to our BlackBerry handsets in the not-so-distant future. The official description from RIM: The latest release of the BlackBerry®…
Google launches second Android Developer Challenge
Roughly a year ago, Google launched the first Android Developer Challenge to spur the application development for its mobile platform. Now they’re doing it again with ADC 2, to bring more apps to all those upcoming phones. Full terms and conditions are still not available (coming in June), but we have the list of 10…
Microsoft working on Windows Mobile 7’s answer to Pre’s Synergy?
The Palm Pre is as innovative as it is sleekly designed. One of the Pre’s many headlining features is its “Synergy” contact management software. As part of the Palm Pre’s WebOS operating system, Synergy automatically aggregates contact information from all your social networks – essentially making manual updates to your address book obsolete. And, by…
Mozilla releases Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile!
Mozilla’s forging ahead with their Mobile Firefox (Fennec) browser. Following on the company’s Fennec Milestone release, which proved to be more of a mistake than a publicity coup, Mozilla has released Fennec Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile smartphones! Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 brings with it a ton of bug-fixes over the previous Milestone 1…
Microsoft opens Marketplace for dev registration
The Windows Marketplace is now officially open to developers. Microsoft had previously announced Marketplace guidelines and welcomed developers to start coding WinMo apps for the Marketplace, but it was this past Monday that developers were allowed to officially register for Windows Marketplace for Mobile. WinMo developers will find all the tools they need to develop…
Web-Based BlackBerry Widgets En Route
The most eye-catching of the many sessions at RIM’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium was the introduction of BlackBerry widgets, which are built entirely on web-based languages. This is the horn Palm is busy tooting for WebOS, but RIM’s take will be a little different. They’re essentially working on a hybrid system which will allow developers to…
New iPhone OS 3.0 beta reveals iPhone compass and parental controls for apps
The iPhone OS 3.0 is coming along quite nicely. With each new beta release, the iPhone development community finds new and exciting features for the upcoming iPhone OS update. The latest iPhone OS 3.0 beta release has confirmed that a magnetometer (compass) will indeed be integrated into the new iPhone. And, presumably in response to…