What’s this? Sony Ericsson, a champion of the UIQ mobile OS, has apparently seen the last days of the Symbian-based OS. Sony Ericsson’s Patrick Olsen said at the Symbian Smartphone Show that his company’s mobile OS of choice just “didn’t make it.” Olsen didn’t elaborate on the timeline for phasing out UIQ from Sony Ericsson’s…
Virtual touchscreen keyboard coming to Android OS
The Android OS is now official and ready to bring Google’s mobile platform to the world. The T-Mobile G1, with Android OS in tow, has barely left the starting gates and we’re already seeing complaints roll in. As the first-run edition of a new mobile OS, Android was bound to need a little refinement. Aside…
BBDC: Day 3 Wrap-up
The dust had settled from yesterday’s announcements at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, and everyone was ready to hit the books in the sessions today. Those many of us without the foggiest clue of what to do with a line of code were in a bit of a pickle, but some breathing room after a hectic…
DeviceAnywhere launches virtual developer lab trial for O2 devices
DeviceAnywhere and O2 have teamed up to provide up to 30 free hours to mobile developers to test their software on all the devices they want to. I had bumped DeviceAnywhere at the BlackBerry Developer Conference as they were simultaneously announcing membership with the ISV Alliance Program. In a nutshell, these guys hook up devices…
Slew of BlackBerry developer announcements
Shortly after my laptop battery died during the Day 2 BlackBerry Developer Conference keynote liveblog, a bunch of press releases went out that are good news not only for BlackBerry developers, but also you fine folks who use their apps. RIM to Launch BlackBerry Application Storefront and BlackBerry Application Center: We saw this one coming…
Apple iPhone NDA termination spurs open-source iPhone development
Despite Apple’s play to keep the iPhone development ecosystem under lock down with their iPhone SDK NDA, iPhone developers flourished and seeded the iPhone AppStore with all manner of quirky and useful iPhone applications. And, now that the iPhone NDA (non-disclosure agreement – which keeps developers from talking to anyone about their work) has been…
iPhone WiFi Router – PDA Net makes iPhone 3G tethering easier than ever
iPhone and iPhone 3G owners with the warranty-voiding fortitude to open up their handset to unofficial third-party applications – the process known as the “jailbreak” – have enjoyed the option to use their iPhone 3G as a wireless modem. By “tethering” an iPhone 3G to a laptop, users with jailbroken iPhone 3G’s could take full…
Q&A with RIM VP on the first BlackBerry Developer Conference
I had a chance to harass RIM’s VP of Global Alliances, Jeff McDowell, shortly after he was getting off the plane here in Santa Clara for the BlackBerry Developer Conference. Without remorse for his jetlag or lack of sleep, he was pummeled immediately with a barrage of questions regarding the show’s performance, its necessity, and…
BlackBerry Partners Fund launches Jump Start initiative
The boys behind the BlackBerry Developer Challenge have launched a new initiative called Jump Start. With this program, early-stage products can get up to $250,000 in venture funding to get started. The BlackBerry Developer Conference is just the place to launch this kind of program, where budding application developers can have just an idea, but…
Qik to bring live video-streaming to iPhone AppStore?
Just when we thought it would never happen, Digg founder Kevin Rose gets up on his speculation-soapbox and proclaims that the live video streaming iPhone application is due to hit the iPhone AppStore in the near future. Rose isn’t exactly the go-to source for reliable iPhone rumors, but being the founder of Digg does give…