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In its short lifespan, the Android OS has gone from a tiny blip on the radar to the most used mobile operating system in the world. The OS itself is growing like wildfire and while iOS still holds the largest amount of applications in the mobile space, Android certainly isn’t in short supply. I’ve owned…
And while we still have our doubts on the prospects of bada platform, Samsung doesn’t seem to give up on it. Quite the contrary, version 2.0 should be released later this year and in the meantime the Korean giant will be providing select developers with early access to the next-gen SDK. We don’t know what…
While I love the uber-popular custom Android ROM, CyanogenMod, I loved the option to easily take a screenshot with my G2X before I jumped out of the stock software. Well, the CM7 team is finally bringing native screenshots to the next build of the ROM and you can grab it now from the nightly builds…
The research company research2guidance has some interesting figures to report on the mobile app market. According to them, the development service market today is currently twice as big as the app download market. What’s more, this market — which includes application creation, management, distribution and extension services — will grow in value to $100 billion…
Unfulfilled promises are Motorola’s specialty. From never mentioning the name MotoBlur again to shipping handsets with unlocked bootloaders, Motorola’s wrap isn’t the shiniest of Android’s manufacturers. Case in point, the Motorola Droid 3 that launched yesterday does indeed ship with a locked bootloader, making custom ROMs a no go for the time being. Although Motorola…
WebWorks, RIM’s development environment for folks who prefer to use CSS, JavaScript, and HTML, was recently updated for the BlackBerry PlayBook, but they aren’t about to leave their smartphone devs in the dust. WebWorks 2.1 has been released recently, with a few new capabilities. The main one is access to the notification area, so whenever…
RIM has sent out a mass e-mail to BlackBerry developers to help them prepare App World 3.0. At the same time, they’ve given their web portal a significant visual upgrade, presumably the first step in the transition process. The e-mail instructs developers to update their app profiles to include a short one-sentence description, as well…
We’ve already talked about Fortumo’s in-app purchasing service in the past. Notably we mentioned they teamed-up with Rovio to launch the so called “Bad Piggy Bank.” Now they announced expansion of the service (and update to the Android SDK) to include support for mobile operator billing. Mentioned payment method is becoming a viable alternative to…
After going through a public beta for the last couple of months, the BlackBerry Social software development kit has graduated to full 1.0 status, which means we’ll now start seeing apps launching with BlackBerry Messenger integration. App World submissions received by July 8 will be available for the eventual release of BBM 6.0. Now that…
The most popular custom Android ROM has just received an update, bringing CyanogenMod to version 7.1. It’s been a while since we’ve seen the ROM get an update, and this time around you’ll find support for more devices, bug fixes, and new features on the table. Users who download and install the CyanogenMod Nightly builds…