RIM’s first conference exclusively for the developers of the BlackBerry platform begins tomorrow, and yours truly is on scene getting ready for the big day. The show will run until Wednesday night, and we’ll be having an extra-special BB DevCon edition of The Signal podcast at the end of the week. So, what’s the big…
BlackBerry Developer Challenge finalists
As you may have heard, the BlackBerry Developer Conference is coming up next week, and the Partners Fund venture capital firm will be scoping out some talent at the show, primarily by way of their Developer Challenge. Finalists have been named for each of the five categories… Personal Productivity and Lifestyle AP Mobile News Network…
Windows Mobile on the iPhone?
Norwegian developer Erik Kristiansen has apparently developed a beta software that allows a user to run Windows Mobile on the iPhone. It looks to function a lot like Boot Camp. Turn on the phone, select your OS and go. The most interesting exchange in the video below for me was when interviewer Jessica Young asked…
BlackBerry Storm and friends get development tools
Alongside the launch of their first touchscreen device, the BlackBerry Storm, RIM has let loose some development tools to get started on the new device. Fresh APIs will allow programmers to mess around with the accelerometer, rotation, camera, touch screen, and home screen backgrounds. These should provide lots of opportunity for programmers to make some…
LG starts its developer network
Every handset maker and their mama are building websites for developers. Why would LG be any different? Really, there’s no reason not to support developers to make your phones even better. That being said, we’re glad to report that Korean electronics giant is joining the wave and has recently set up the LG Mobile Developer…
PwnPlayer – The iPod alternative for jailbroken iPhone
If, for whatever reason, your iPhone or iPhone 3G’s iPod music player just isn’t cutting it for you, PwnPlayer could be just the thing to cure your music-blues. The PwnPlayer jailbreak application allows the user to play back music from a directory on the iPhone, search through music libraries, supports Coverflow view, and has screen…
iPhone 2.2 OS to feature Google Maps Street View and other goodies?
When it comes to “openness” there are few tech companies (if any) more secretive than Apple. With their iPhone developer NDA recently lifted, however, Apple might be turning a new leaf – “might” being the operative word here. For now, things are business as usual for the locked-down iPhone maker. The latest iPhone 2.2 OS…
Use web-apps without Safari on iPhone 2.1 OS
Web-apps promised to make native mobile applications a dying breed. But, with web-apps requiring a constant wireless connection and the need to run within a mobile web browser, native applications are still running strong. But, with the iPhone 2.1 OS, Apple has taken the first step to making web-applications just as powerful and convenient as…
Adobe confirms Flash for iPhone is ready to rock – Ball is in Apple’s court now
iPhone owners have been lamenting the absence of full Flash support on their web-savvy handsets since Apple launched the original iPhone with the promise of full web browsing functionality. iPhone detractors have pointed out the iPhone and iPhone 3G’s lack of Flash support as a critical flaw in the handset. Whatever the case, it’s sad…
Windows Mobile Internet Explorer 6 screenshots – Full HTML browsing on Windows Mobile 6.1
Now this is what we’re talking about. The mobile ecosystem is entrenched in a mobile browser war that would have all mobile phone users around the world surfing all those internets in full HTML glory, directly on their mobile phones. Regardless of computing power, data connection speed, or handset form-factor, the likes of Mozilla, Skyfire,…