With Apple making bank on their not-even-a-year-old iPhone AppStore, Microsoft is readying their own Windows Mobile applications store, known as the Windows Marketplace, to cash in on the rush. The Windows Marketplace launch is still several months out, but Microsoft has already announced its fee structure for Windows Mobile developers looking to peddle their wares…
Google updates Android Dev Phone 1 to work with some paid apps
It’s not often that anyone accuses Google of launching a half-baked idea, but the Google Android Dev Phone 1 has certainly become a sticking point in Google’s handling of the Android Market and paid Android applications. A new firmware update for the Android Dev Phone 1 finally gives users access to premium Android applications in…
Cydia developer planning Cydia App Store for jailbroken iPhones!
Talk about taking matters into his own hands. Soured by Apple’s restrictive iPhone SDK and increasingly delayed turn-around times for new iPhone developer contracts, one iPhone developer is preparing to take Apple’s venerable iPhone App Store head-on with an AppStore alternative. Dubbed the “Cydia Store,” in reference to the jailbreak application repository “Cydia” that comes…
Apple’s slow iPhone app turn-around discouraging new iPhone developers
A double-edged sword. That’s what the iPhone AppStore is fast becoming for Apple’s PR team. On the one edge, we have an incredibly popular and lucrative iPhone App Store that has seen something like 25,000 applications (6,000 of which are games) being offered to iPhone owners. Surely, that’s a pretty sharp edge. Unfortunately, there’s this…
Apple iPhone developers running out of time?
With iPhone developer contracts only outlined for a one-year period, iPhone developers who jumped on board the good-ship iPhone App Store in its earliest days are now facing a dilemma – they’re contracts are set to expire within the month and Apple has yet to announce an official contract-renewal mechanism. Apple previously told iPhone developers…
S60 5th Edition SDK 1.0 now available!
Nokia has released the full version, 1.0, of the S60 5th Edition SDK (previously available was version 0.9). Available through Forum Nokia, the new version adds support for keypad-off display in the emulator, additional languages, a start-up progress indicator for the emulator. In addition, a number of bugs, issues and deficiencies have been fixed, and…
Android OS Running on a Dell Axim x51v
I have to admit, I’ve never wondered or wanted to see this, but it is very cool nonetheless. Above is a video of the Android OS running on a Dell Axim x51v. A guy named Ertan D. over at AxDroid has managed to port Android to his Axim x51v device. You’ll notice that there is…
Windows 98 running on Nokia N95!
Seeing Windows 3.1 running on an already-aged Nokia N95 reminded us just how far we’ve come in the past decade, or so. Then there was that iPhone running Mac OS 7 (System 7). Mobile phones these days, smartphones especially, are jam-packed with more computing power than we would have thought possible before the turn of…
BlackBerry App World Pricing Structure Revealed
Last night, blackberry.com/appworld went live, including notification page so you can get e-mailed when their new on-device software distribution channel goes live, as well as a handy FAQ answering a lot of questions. The one that’s garnering the most attention is their pricing structure, above, which, after free, starts at $2.99. Yep, no dollar-bin apps,…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM firmware update to fix US 3G problems
Nokia’s US-launch of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and its S60 5th Edition-powered touchscreen has been anything but smooth. Following on rumors that some Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM handsets were failing to lock down a 3G wireless signal, Nokia pulled all 5800 XM NAM units from flagship store shelves and replaced them wtih European models. The…