Quattro Wireless is out with a brand new SDK for Android, allowing developers to annoy their users with ads in apps. I’m kidding, as I’m aware app developers (especially those who make free apps) need some way to monetize their work, and putting an ad is one way to do it. That said, Quattro is…
Verizon announces its first-ever Developer Community Conference for July 28th; Developers rush in, and the registration is now closed to new registrants
We know Verizon is working on its mobile app store, and to support the efforts of developers to bring as many apps as they can, the carrier announced its first-ever Verizon Developer Community (VDC) Conference to be held on on July 28th at The Fairmont San Jose, focused entirely on mobile apps. The announcement was…
Chillingo’s Crystal aims to deliver social gaming to the iPhone
Chillingo has recently announced Crystal, its social gaming platform for the iPhone, which provides developers with a “fully integrated and transparent framework to include social features in their games.” The free for everyone platform, Chillingo sees it as iPhone’s answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Live. In that sense, it will enable players to create their own…
Maemo 5 Beta 2 SDK released
Nokia has released the second beta version of the Maemo 5 SDK, fixing many bugs reported by developers. Combined with the recent improvements in the Fremantle Extras repository, this release reportedly provide a solid basis to get software ready for the Maemo 5 final release. Speaking of the Extras repository, it is the main channel…
S60 .NET Compact Framework Net60 gets a free version – Net60 Explore
Folks behind the .NET Compact Framework for Symbian S60 platform, Red Five Labs, have announced a new offering. It’s called Net60 Explore, and it allows developers to use Net60 free for non-commercial use. The solution comes with a perpetual license that is linked to an individual device IMEI number, and developers can easily create licenses…
iPhone Dev: Limited WebOS SDK hinders serious app, game development
The WebOS might be as easy on the eyes as it is on your fingers, but the newest mobile operating system from Palm has a way to go before it can compete with the iPhone in graphics-heavy WebOS apps. The problem, apparently, is that WebOS Mojo SDK just isn’t robust enough for games or applications…
Palm pushes WebOS Mojo SDK to all devs!
Mobile developers have been chomping at the bit for a publicly available WebOS SDK ever since the Palm Pre was launched earlier this year. Today, Palm has finally given eager WebOS developers the means to start developing apps for the WebOS’s App Catalog – the WebOS Mojo SDK has just been released to the public!…
A new ebook teaches developers how to market their iPhone apps
With more than 50,000 games and applications in the AppStore, it is getting harder for developers to get their application noticed by users. What they need is a good marketing, to tell consumers there’s a new app/game that could be of interest to them. That said, today we’re presenting you with the first iPhone application…
iPhone SDK 3.1 beta 2 is out!
After just two weeks, Apple has released a second beta of its iPhone SDK 3.1. We’ve no full change log what’s included in the update but we’ve heard two things: Hacks that enabled tethering are out in this release; There’s a new API for manipulating live video, which should reportedly enable augmented reality apps on…
Yet another app store, this time from Verizon Wireless
It’s not enough that Stefan and your mom both have their own mobile applications store, it looks like Verizon Wireless wants in on the party. Following LG’s just-launched LG Application Store (creative, no?), Verizon Wireless is planning a July 28 event to unveil their own mobile app store. The kicker here is that Verizon has…