Registration for the Microsoft Marketplace for Mobile opened up back in May, and now developers can mark July 27th. on their calendars as the date to submit their Windows Mobile application to the on-device store. The Marketplace will be one of the big features of Windows Mobile 6.5 due to launch this fall, offering basically…
Google Chrome OS Screenshots Emerge
I’ve heard much mixed reaction surrounding Google’s new venture into the personal computing market with Chrome OS. Me, I’m still kind of torn on the idea. Keeping my opinions on the matter to myself (at least for now), some so-called ‘spy shots’ of Google Chrome OS running in full-force have emerged via engadget. The tipster…
European App World List Expands
On top of France, Germany, Italy and Spain getting the go-ahead for BlackBerry’s on-device software store, App World, we just got word from the horse’s mouth that Ireland, Austria, Luxemburg, Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium will also be privy to the service. An updated web portal will allow developers to localize their apps in one…
Samsung gives WinMo devs free access to virtual device testing
Samsung is apparently embracing the Windows Mobile development community with a new virtual device laboratory, appropriately dubbed Lab.dev, through the company’s Samsung Mobile Innovator development portal. Lab.dev’s goal is to give Windows Mobile developers a virtual testing environment where they can install and test WinMo apps on any Windows Mobile-powered Samsung smartphone – all over…
Palm cooking up WebOS 1.1 update with added Exchange features and more apps
Palm isn’t just looking to capture a slice of the consumer smartphone market, they’ve got their sights set on pushing the Palm Pre onto business users as well. Word on the street has Palm preparing a WebOS 1.1 update that will bring added Exchange Active Sync features. The 1.1 update is also expected to launch…
Upcoming Webcast: Automated Unit Testing with the Palm Mojo SDK
If you’re a developer wanting like mad to develop apps on webOS, I stumbled across a webcast you might want to sign yourself up for. The folks at O’Reilly are hosting a live webcast on webOS development, lead and hosted by Christian Sepulveda. Christian is the Principal and Vice President of Pivotal Labs. The webcast…
iPhone Dev Team goes live with redsn0w jailbreak for iPhone 3GS!
It’s the battle for the iPhone 3GS jailbreak! With iPhone hacker Geohot’s purplera1n iPhone 3GS jailbreak utility already live and in the wild, the iPhone Dev Team has decided to go ahead and release their redsn0w iPhone 3GS jailbreak solution early. The Team had initially intended to wait until Apple pushed out the iPhone 3.1…
Jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 3GS with purplera1n and ultrasn0w!
The original iPhone hacker has returned to work his magic on the iPhone 3GS and its iPhone 3.0 OS. Thanks to George Hotz, the iPhone 3GS is now officially jailbroken and ready to take full advantage of its faster processor and boosted RAM stores! That also means the iPhone 3GS can now be unlocked to…
Offerpal Media, Tapjoy team-up to better serve iPhone developers, help them monetize their apps
Another day, another “monetize your iPhone apps” news. This time, it’s Offerpal Media — the company behind the popular monetization platform for social networks, online games, virtual worlds and mobile applications — and Tapjoy — developers of the Tapjoy SDK and such popular iPhone games as TapDefense, TapSudoku and TapWord — which announced partnership designed…
Apple looses iPhone OS 3.1 beta on devs
The iPhone OS 3.0 is a bit buggy. With stories of bugs and general instability floating around, the inevitable iPhone OS 3.1 update is looking pretty nice. Thankfully, we may not have to wait too long for Apple to go public with the iPhone OS 3.0 update. Apple has today seeded an iPhone OS 3.1…