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Java-based Facebook for Every Phone is now running on 100 million feature phones across the world. That figure doesn’t include smartphone apps which are available for all major platforms, but those devices that usually cost $20-$100 sans any strings attached and are mostly used in emerging markets of the world like India, Indonesia and the…
There’s a new Twitter app for Nokia Series 40 feature phones waiting in the Nokia Store and it looks pretty cool. The “cool” part comes from the fact that you’ll think it’s a smartphone app, allowing you to access key Twitter functions like posting your own Tweets and following others’ Tweets. Moreover, there’s also the…
Bitstream unveiled BOLT SDK, a suite of technology and tools that enable mobile app developers to build feature rich Java ME applications for feature phones. BOLT‘s WebKit-based HTML5 engine will make sure pretty much any web content will work on basic feature phones, potentially opening a floodgate for new Java apps. Bitstream goes on suggesting…
After promising to launch new versions of both Opera Mini and Opera Mobile at CTIA last week, we’re happy to say that the Norwegians have kept their word. While the user interface hasn’t changed with Opera Mini, performance has gone up. Scrolling and panning speeds have improved considerably since version 5, and there’s also now…
Opera, Stefan’s favouritest mobile browser in the whole wide world, has launched a broad app store for BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, and Java apps. Helping Opera out with this store is Appia, previously known as PocketGear as of a month ago. The Opera Mini and Mobile browsers will offer a shortcut to the store for easy…
Just because you don’t own a high-end smartphone, that doesn’t mean you can’t play some cool games too. To be fair, modern smartphone games are way more powerful than their feature phone counterparts, but still – there are few good titles available for Java ME-enabled handsets as well. One such game is about to hit…
Last month, I visited Namco Games in New York City to get some hands-on time with some of their upcoming mobile games. One game in particular that I was impressed with was the mobile port of Splatterhouse. Namco is going to be releasing Splatterhouse on the iPhone, JAVA, BREW, and Windows Mobile this week, and…
EA is bringing the new Medal of Honor game to the Java ME-enabled feature phone users. Apparently, the game is already available on various Java mobile portals, most likely including the major carrier decks. If you still haven’t downloaded Medal of Honor, you should know it comes with a nice graphics with some real-time lighting,…
Vodafone has launched an all-you-can-eat mobile gaming service in Europe, allowing feature phone owners to download and play as many Java ME games as they like for just 5 EUR (3.5 GBP) per month. In terms of handsets supported, the new service works on the Nokia E65, N85, N95 8GB, N95, N78, N81, N97 Mini,…
Last week, I left the safe confines of my office to New York City on what had to have been the rainiest day I’ve ever experienced in order to meet with Namco to see first-hand some of its upcoming iPhone, iPad, Android, and mobile games. I know, I know – walking through New York in…