If you’re in America you probably have no clue what Jaiku or Widsets actually are. Jaiku is the Finnish version of Twitter. Main differences are the fact that it has some location based services embedded and it is an application that sits on your phone as opposed to SMS powered. Widsets is what happens when…
Google Maps mobile goes UK; Adds GPS support
Google has launched the UK-specific version of its popular Java mobile app – Google Maps mobile. Users in Britain can now see Tube stations, and use the local search. If you have a Java-enabled handset (almost all new phones support Java), you can download the UK version of Google Maps mobile from google.co.uk/gmm. In the…
Opera Mini, the most popular mobile Java app, looking for beta testers
Usage of Opera Mini, the free Java-based Web browser for mobile phones, continues to grow worldwide. With more than 15 million cumulative users and with 5,2 billion Web pages viewed, Opera Mini is the most popular downloadable Java software for mobile phones. And Opera wants to go even further. At the moment they are inviting…
Sun Microsystems debuts the jPhone, Linux-based Java Mobile FX OS
Sun Microsystem’s recent acquisition of SavaJe’s intellectual property has finally borne some mobile-OS fruit. As if to celebrate the merger’s finalization, last Friday, Sun debuted it’s Java phone (jPhone, anyone?) at JavaOne. The jPhone is powered by Java Mobile FX software, which is based on the SavaJe code that Sun acquired. The Java Mobile FX…
Swedish Industry magazine “Mobil” praises Mobispine
Two months ago I wrote about Mobispine, the free Java-based mobile RSS reader. I’ve argued that Mobispine is not just a yet-another feed reader — they are also aggregating and filtering feeds, thus saving the still expensive mobile bandwidth. Well, it seems I’m not the only one who agrees with it… Swedish Industry Magazine “Mobil”…
Sun Acquires SavaJe’s Intellectual Property – Open Source Java-based OS To Follow?
SavaJe Technologies Inc., rushed onto the scene about three years ago with bold statements about its Java-based mobile operating system. Sun Microsystems just bought the rights to all of SavaJe’s intellectual property, including the rights to SavaJe’s java-based mobile OS. We don’t really know what Sun plans to do with their SavaJe IP acquisition, but…
RIM Opens Up Blackberry API’s
The infamous Blackberry line of mobile phones from Research In Motion, commonly referred to as the “Crackberry,” is getting a development push from RIM. With the mobile phones industry redefining itself with more features and computing power, RIM wants to ensure that their mobiles can compete on the same playing field.
NewsGator adds Java, BlackBerry mobile clients
Following the release of NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile last year, NewsGator announced the NewsGator Go! for BlackBerry and NewsGator Go! for Java mobile devices. The idea is obvious, to give users the ability to read RSS feeds through virtually any mobile device. Key features of NewsGator Go! include optimal, auto-formating of content to accommodate…
Nokia at GDC: New games, publishers and tools
At the GDC 2007, Nokia announced the latest games and publishers for its new N-Gage mobile gaming platform. The Finish giant also introduced updated software development tools for the N-Gage platform and a new testing program for SNAP Mobile’s Java platform. Among the introduced games were Gameloft’s Asphalt 3, Street Rules, Brothers In Arms, Hell’s…
Sun announces support for the next generation mobile Java platform
Sun, along with 13 other companies, participated in the development of MSA through the Java Community Process. The goal of MSA is to provide greater handset platform functionality to application developers and reduce implementation variation through the creation of standard APIs and specific component clarifications. The new MSA capabilities allow creation of compelling mobile applications…