The UK has just seen the launch of a national search for designers to develop new ways of securing mobile phones against thieves and fraudsters, as statistics show that 80% of phones contain data which can be used by criminals to access bank accounts, steal identity, or sell on personal data. The Mobile Phone Security…
Google explains Android OS 1.5 and homescreen widget support
The thing about Android OS is that it launched in a sort of half-baked form. The Android OS feature-set wasn’t yet complete, lacking support for homescreen widgets and an on-screen keyboard. T-Mobile G1 users were forced to flip open the QWERTY keyboard for even the simplest of text entries, and were limited to the homescreen…
Wapple Architect enables developers to quickly mobilise existing PC web apps
A company called Wapple recently announced its new product called Wapple Architect. Basically, the new application is designed to enable developers to easily mobilise existing PC web apps and create new mobile services that integrate existing data and content. Wapple Architect uses XML-based language making called WAPL, and the resulting applications should automatically work on…
App Incubator from MEDL Mobile Urges App Ideas, Originality and Fun
Have a great idea for an iPhone app but don’t know where to get started? Worried that if you share your idea, some developer may take the idea and run? Now, thanks to the folks at MEDL Mobile, you can become an iPhone app developer, right from the comfort of your own home… and if…
New ‘WM7 Titanium’ skin for Windows Mobile 6.5 – Not WM7, but damn cool!
Don’t let this particular Windows Mobile skin’s name fool you. The “WM7 Titanium Project” isn’t going to turn your Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone into a true-blue WinMo 7.0 handset, but it’s sure to inject it with some UI-freshness! xda-developers forum member ibrythill has posted his newly crafted “WM7 Titanium Project” theme/skin for Windows Mobile 6.5…
Vodafone prepping HTC Magic pre-order for April 18?
Fans of the second-generation Android handset from HTC will be glad to hear that Vodafone is now rumored to start accepting pre-orders on the HTC Magic starting tomorrow, April 18. Word on the street has it that Voda was expected to kick off Magic pre-orders today, but will now be pushing back the pre-order date…
Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK to be Released May 11th.?
Carriers will have the final say as to when devices with Windows Mobile 6.5 go out to the masses, but based on some vague wording in the official WinMo blog, we’re thinking the software development kit will be available as of May 11th. “Kick off launch presentation of Windows Mobile 6.5” can be taken a…
Developers Excited About WebOS
Preliminary studies have shown that software developers working with location-based services weren’t all that keen on the Palm Pre’s operating system, WebOS, but anecdotal evidence suggests other types of devs are actually really excited about the platform. “It’s a completely new way of thinking about an OS on mobile devices,” says Christian Sepulveda, vice president…
University of Saskatchewan Students Develop Auto Anti-Theft System Using Cellphones, GPS
Car theft has long been a nagging problem in many parts of the world, and even with anti-theft devices and systems, it seems as though the cars just keep disappearing. With that in mind, students over at the University of Saskatchewan have developed a prototype that aims to solve the problem (or at least deter…
Attention BlackBerry Theme Developers: Plazmic 4.7 CDK Patch Now Available
BlackBerry Theme Developers will be tickled about this one. Looks like the Plazmic 4.7 CDK Patch is now available! The patch addresses some nagging issues that were present with the release of the 4.7 CDK. The official description of the patch from Plazmic: A new CDK 4.7 bundle is available that fixes a few issues…