Mobile Applications
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NBN to lead pay TV way for SingTel
News update Singapore's next-gen broadband network will play key role in boosting local carrier's competitive edge in pay TV market, says top company exec.
Tags: IPTV, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile applications, Starhub, IP Television, SingTel, CEO, network, Mobile applications, IPTV
Is Adobe replaying Sun's Java tape?
Insight commentary Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handhelds smells strongly of Sun Microsystems' attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. Will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate?
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, mobile, Mobile applications, AIR 2.0, Smart Phone, Stock
Asian mobile apps need better usability
News Developers in region hoping to bring apps to global audience should work on developing cleaner and more intuitive user interfaces, says Nokia exec.
Tags: Mobile applications, Software engineering/development, Nokia Corp., Mobile App, Phone, App, advertisement, revenue, mobile, Mobile applications
GetJar: The unknown app store leader
News Everyone knows that Apple has the largest mobile application store in the world, but who is second? A small company called GetJar.
Tags: Mobile applications, Personal applications, Business applications, Facebook, Apple iPhone, Phone, Personal applications, Mobile applications, GetJar, Web Site
Nokia N900 operating system gets official Qt port
News Nokia has released a port of its Qt graphical toolkit to Maemo 5, so developers writing applications for the Linux OS can move them to multiple platforms.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Operating System, Trolltech, mobile, Mobile applications, Qt
Yahoo stopping mobile 'Go' app in 2010
News Yahoo to pull the plug on a mobile app it cannibalized with the introduction of Yahoo Mobile, its optimized site and mobile app.
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Web Browser, product marketing, Apple iPhone, strategy, Web
Adobe brings Photoshop.com to iPhone
News Adobe introduces Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone that allows users to edit their photos on iPhone.
Tags: Mobile commerce, Mobile applications, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, App, mobile, Mobile applications, Real Estate, Tool, Adobe PhotoShop
Microsoft opens app store to more phones
News Although Microsoft has just made its mobile marketplace available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1, Microsoft will have to do more if it wants to reach Apple's 100,000 apps--and counting.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, Apple Inc., Boulder, Phone, Operating System, App, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Mobile applications
App stores unfazed by proprietary threat
News Arrival of proprietary mobile app stores such as Windows Marketplace won't topple third-party stores that can still differentiate, say MobiHand and Handango.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, Phone, App, MobiHand, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Mobile applications, Spokesperson, Developer
Nokia exec talks Ovi platform
News Niklas Savander, Nokia's top services guy, shares his thoughts on everything from lessons learned from Apple to why the Ovi store still isn't available on AT&T's network.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Phone, cell phone company, Ovi Storefront, Ovi Store, Mobile Client, Market Category
Do-it-yourself iPhone apps
News Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps. Applications to the Apple App Store are exploding.
Tags: Mobile applications, Smart phones, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Ovum, App, Tom Johnson, MEDL Mobile, mobile, Mobile applications
Symbian's Horizon app scheme goes live
News First 50 applications have been approved through the developer program, but all are for current versions of Symbian rather than future, open sourced versions.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Facebook, Symbian Inc., Operating System, CEO, mobile, Mobile applications, Video, mobile operating system
UAE issues Gulf's first mobile TV license
News EMTC group pays US$4.6 million for 10-year license to offer mobile TV services, targeted to launch fourth quarter next year, in United Arab Emirates.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile applications, Regulations, Mobile Broadband, Mobile TV, mobile, Mobile applications, TV, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
Can Android Market catch up with Apple App Store?
News commentary Increased developer hustle and bustle around Android and slew of devices based on Google's mobile operating system, signal that apps written for this platform will skyrocket.
Tags: Mobile applications, Google Android, Apple Inc., Phone, Operating System, cell-phone operating system, App, mobile, Mobile applications, Google Android
Notes pushed out to iPhones
News IBM has updated Domino to allow Notes email to be pushed to iPhones, and has released a free version of its Domino developer tools as a bonus.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Data services, Mobile platforms, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Corp., Domino Designer, software, Mobile applications, Domino 8.5.1
