http://www.dzone.com/links/tag/mobile.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Fri, 16 May 2008 10:26:58 GMT The DZone community 2008-05-16T10:26:58Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/mobile/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/adobe_open_screen_project_is_java_me_dead_in_the.html I read Schalk’s “Adobe announces Open Screen Project” at DZone today. Quite amazing what Adobe is doing here. They skip the licensing of the most important protocols and file formats. These are free to use now, independent from the platform, context, whatever you like. flash-flex java mobile opinion Wed, 14 May 2008 18:33:31 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80931.html bloid 2008-05-14T18:33:31Z I read Schalk’s “Adobe announces Open Screen Project” at DZone today. Quite amazing what Adobe is doing here. They skip the licensing of the most important protocols and file formats. These are free to use now, independent from the platform, context, whatever you like.]]> 80931 2008-05-14T12:01:57Z 2008-05-14T18:33:31Z 6 0 486 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80931.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/android_handset.html Android handset in the wild - E28 java mobile news open source Mon, 12 May 2008 15:06:10 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80243.html screamingtoaster 2008-05-12T15:06:10Z Android handset in the wild - E28]]> 80243 2008-05-10T04:30:28Z 2008-05-12T15:06:10Z 12 0 555 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80243.jpg screamingtoaster http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/260404.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_coolest_thing_i_saw_at_javaone_2008_was.html ...the Livescribe Smartpen, which comes with a Java-based development kit. The pen is cool: it's a pen with ink, but it also has a tiny camera in the pen-tip that is watching what you write, 72 times a second. It records all of your writing strokes, and also has a microphone built into it so it can record what you hear, too. It's great for taking notes, in ways that is much easier to understand when you try it yourself. But I'll try to explain just part of it here. hardware java mobile opinion Sun, 11 May 2008 06:24:20 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/80296.html bloid 2008-05-11T06:24:20Z ...the Livescribe Smartpen, which comes with a Java-based development kit. The pen is cool: it's a pen with ink, but it also has a tiny camera in the pen-tip that is watching what you write, 72 times a second. It records all of your writing strokes, and also has a microphone built into it so it can record what you hear, too. It's great for taking notes, in ways that is much easier to understand when you try it yourself. But I'll try to explain just part of it here.]]> 80296 2008-05-10T08:09:35Z 2008-05-11T06:24:20Z 21 0 725 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/80296.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/javaone_geert_bevin_on_java_as_api.html Actually Geert’s talk was called “Boldly Go Where Java Has Never Gone Before” but to me it was really centered on the idea of Java-the-language as interface. java javascript mobile Fri, 09 May 2008 11:29:46 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79994.html puredanger 2008-05-09T11:29:46Z Actually Geert’s talk was called “Boldly Go Where Java Has Never Gone Before” but to me it was really centered on the idea of Java-the-language as interface.]]> 79994 2008-05-08T17:45:53Z 2008-05-09T11:29:46Z 12 0 180 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79994.jpg puredanger http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/214988.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/rails_development_for_iphone_with_railsiui.html I was using the iUI toolkit, which contains a number of CSS styles and JavaScript event handlers to make iPhone Web apps look and feel somewhat like native iPhone applications. As I was working with iUI, I realized I was building up a library, so I converted everything to a Rails plugin: rails_iui. apple frameworks mobile ruby Tue, 06 May 2008 17:40:11 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/79395.html bloid 2008-05-06T17:40:11Z I was using the iUI toolkit, which contains a number of CSS styles and JavaScript event handlers to make iPhone Web apps look and feel somewhat like native iPhone applications. As I was working with iUI, I realized I was building up a library, so I converted everything to a Rails plugin: rails_iui.]]> 79395 2008-05-05T21:20:59Z 2008-05-06T17:40:11Z 8 0 199 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/79395.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/adobe_open_screen_where_the_hell_is_apple.html Adobe's announcement of the open screen project is the biggest announcement for the world of RIA today. Pretty much every player in the mobile market, with the exception of Apple, seems to be supporting this effort. flash-flex mobile Fri, 02 May 2008 21:37:12 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78852.html sandbox 2008-05-02T21:37:12Z Adobe's announcement of the open screen project is the biggest announcement for the world of RIA today. Pretty much every player in the mobile market, with the exception of Apple, seems to be supporting this effort.]]> 78852 2008-05-01T23:45:31Z 2008-05-02T21:37:12Z 4 0 517 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78852.jpg sandbox http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/164334.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/project_capuchin_sony_ericsson_mates_javame_flash.html Sony Ericsson announced today that they are experimenting with a new technology which plans to integrate Flash inside JavaME applications. This will enable developers to show Adobe's FlashLite interfaces inside JavaME applications. The project is called Project Capuchin and will be shown to the world at the JavaOne Conference 2008. flash-flex java mobile news Thu, 01 May 2008 13:32:45 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78577.html palsforpals 2008-05-01T13:32:45Z Sony Ericsson announced today that they are experimenting with a new technology which plans to integrate Flash inside JavaME applications. This will enable developers to show Adobe's FlashLite interfaces inside JavaME applications. The project is called Project Capuchin and will be shown to the world at the JavaOne Conference 2008.]]> 78577 2008-04-30T16:30:17Z 2008-05-01T13:32:45Z 7 0 156 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78577.jpg palsforpals http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/244565.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/coming_soon_swing_for_mobile_java_but_better.html For years, Java ME developers have faced difficult choices when it comes to application UIs. Because of the multitude of platform and device features and differences there was really no common UI story - there is MIDP for CLDC and AWT for CDC, APIs like JSR 226 (SVG) and JSR 209 (AGUI), and finally a number of 3rd party toolkits such as J2ME Polish. frameworks gui java mobile Thu, 01 May 2008 09:11:54 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78623.html bloid 2008-05-01T09:11:54Z For years, Java ME developers have faced difficult choices when it comes to application UIs. Because of the multitude of platform and device features and differences there was really no common UI story - there is MIDP for CLDC and AWT for CDC, APIs like JSR 226 (SVG) and JSR 209 (AGUI), and finally a number of 3rd party toolkits such as J2ME Polish.]]> 78623 2008-04-30T19:48:04Z 2008-05-01T09:11:54Z 9 0 244 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78623.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/bigger_and_better_trends_in_mobile_screen_sizes.html An interesting couple of posts in the past week by Morten Hjerde, in which he compiles Norwegian usage data (mobile phones with color screens, support for Java and a web browser). mobile trends web design Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:36:25 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78258.html bloid 2008-04-30T15:36:25Z An interesting couple of posts in the past week by Morten Hjerde, in which he compiles Norwegian usage data (mobile phones with color screens, support for Java and a web browser).]]> 78258 2008-04-29T08:02:25Z 2008-04-30T15:36:25Z 8 0 112 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/78258.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/sun_continues_pursuit_of_java_for_iphone.html Sun continues to pursue talks with Apple to have Java applications run on the iPhone while acknowledging a third party's efforts toward the same goal. apple java mobile news Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:45:51 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/77967.html bloid 2008-04-28T16:45:51Z Sun continues to pursue talks with Apple to have Java applications run on the iPhone while acknowledging a third party's efforts toward the same goal.]]> 77967 2008-04-27T21:36:46Z 2008-04-28T16:45:51Z 7 0 270 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/77967.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/alive_and_kickin_java_on_windows_mobile.html Recently on the Java Champions alias some people were surprised to learn that Java has been available on WIndows Mobile for some time now. Obviously we aren't publicizing that fact enough ;-) so here we go: java mobile windows Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:30:45 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/77625.html bloid 2008-04-25T23:30:45Z Recently on the Java Champions alias some people were surprised to learn that Java has been available on WIndows Mobile for some time now. Obviously we aren't publicizing that fact enough ;-) so here we go:]]> 77625 2008-04-25T10:16:32Z 2008-04-25T23:30:45Z 6 0 214 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/77625.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/7_android_applications_that_will_make_your_friend.html 7 of the most invasive and best mobile social networking applications in development for Android mobile open source web services Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:45:50 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76372.html heyhey 2008-04-19T18:45:50Z 7 of the most invasive and best mobile social networking applications in development for Android]]> 76372 2008-04-17T14:19:38Z 2008-04-19T18:45:50Z 6 0 563 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76372.jpg heyhey http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/277142.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_mobile_market_that_isnt_russ_closes_mowser.html For years we have heard about the huge opportunity the mobile web offers developers. With billions of handsets in service, if even just one percent of them use your service you can potentially make millions! java mobile opinion trends Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:14:39 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/76333.html rick 2008-04-19T00:14:39Z For years we have heard about the huge opportunity the mobile web offers developers. With billions of handsets in service, if even just one percent of them use your service you can potentially make millions!]]> 76333 2008-04-17T11:48:10Z 2008-04-19T00:14:39Z 10 0 116 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/76333.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/wpf_meets_the_iphone.html The iPhone is one of the most compelling and exciting user interfaces to appear on any consumer electronic device, with many innovations that make it a pleasure to use. This article demonstrates how you can implement these features in your .NET applications in a step-by-step format as you recreate the iPhone interface using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology with both Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression Blend. frameworks microsoft mobile Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:06:42 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/74917.html mswatcher 2008-04-11T16:06:42Z The iPhone is one of the most compelling and exciting user interfaces to appear on any consumer electronic device, with many innovations that make it a pleasure to use. This article demonstrates how you can implement these features in your .NET applications in a step-by-step format as you recreate the iPhone interface using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology with both Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression Blend.]]> 74917 2008-04-08T16:18:23Z 2008-04-11T16:06:42Z 6 0 247 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/74917.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/nokia_iphone_killer_to_have_java_inside.html Speaking at a recent conference, Forum Nokia VP Tom Libretto, confirmed that the Finnish telecom giant has a new touchscreen device in the pipeline, tentatively called "Tube" (details and pics at symbian-freak.com.) In marked contrast to Apple, it appears that Nokia is embracing standards, and the Nokia Tube will likely have Java inside from the start! Even though Sun VP, Eric Klein, announced officially that Sun intends to support Java on the iPhone, Apple's cooperation (or lack thereof) could still be a problem for Java on the iPhone. java mobile news Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:13:52 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/75295.html bloid 2008-04-11T15:13:52Z Speaking at a recent conference, Forum Nokia VP Tom Libretto, confirmed that the Finnish telecom giant has a new touchscreen device in the pipeline, tentatively called "Tube" (details and pics at symbian-freak.com.) In marked contrast to Apple, it appears that Nokia is embracing standards, and the Nokia Tube will likely have Java inside from the start! Even though Sun VP, Eric Klein, announced officially that Sun intends to support Java on the iPhone, Apple's cooperation (or lack thereof) could still be a problem for Java on the iPhone.]]> 75295 2008-04-10T13:50:39Z 2008-04-11T15:13:52Z 11 0 462 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/75295.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/googles_android_is_this_what_fragmentation_means.html Sanjay Jha, COO of Qualcomm's chipset division, had strong words about Google's open source Android platform. According to Jha, Google's Android is designed to drive fragmentation and ensure that there's no equivalent of Microsoft Office in the mobile phone world. java mobile open source opinion Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:45:00 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/75205.html rick 2008-04-10T08:45:00Z Sanjay Jha, COO of Qualcomm's chipset division, had strong words about Google's open source Android platform. According to Jha, Google's Android is designed to drive fragmentation and ensure that there's no equivalent of Microsoft Office in the mobile phone world.]]> 75205 2008-04-10T02:39:56Z 2008-04-10T08:45:00Z 13 0 494 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/75205.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_iphone_sdk_apis_apple_didnt_want_you_to_know.html With the release of Apple's SDK for building iPhone applications, many have plunged head-first into this new platform for the first time, with the new-found excitement that comes in discovering something entirely new and innovative. The energy surrounding the iPhone has been building steadily since its release last June, and Apple's initial "beta" offering of their SDK gave developers many of the tools they needed to get engaged. apple frameworks mobile Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:36:36 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/72609.html bloid 2008-03-26T17:36:36Z With the release of Apple's SDK for building iPhone applications, many have plunged head-first into this new platform for the first time, with the new-found excitement that comes in discovering something entirely new and innovative. The energy surrounding the iPhone has been building steadily since its release last June, and Apple's initial "beta" offering of their SDK gave developers many of the tools they needed to get engaged.]]> 72609 2008-03-25T19:12:30Z 2008-03-26T17:36:36Z 10 0 439 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/72609.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/apples_iphone_sdk_prohibits_real_mobile_innovation.html Last week Apple opened up the iPhone and introduced a software developer’s kit (SDK) to allow third parties to develop software for the iPhone. This was a great step forward in that Apple had, for some significant period of time, suggested that writing software within the browser environment was sufficient, and that no native developer platform was needed at all. apple mobile opinion Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:02:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/71080.html bloid 2008-03-16T21:02:40Z Last week Apple opened up the iPhone and introduced a software developer’s kit (SDK) to allow third parties to develop software for the iPhone. This was a great step forward in that Apple had, for some significant period of time, suggested that writing software within the browser environment was sufficient, and that no native developer platform was needed at all.]]> 71080 2008-03-15T22:42:10Z 2008-03-16T21:02:40Z 20 0 326 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/71080.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/iphone_sdk_no_joy_for_me_so_far.html Like 10 bajillion other Mac fans yesterday, I downloaded the iPhone SDK. It took me four tries to get it, but I finally got it. I installed all 5.3 GB of it, and rebooted (reboot? what is this, Windows?) and then created a sample project, just like the ADC video shows. I excitedly clicked the 'Build and Go' button and... nothing. Well, not completely nothing, but not what was supposed to happen. frameworks mobile Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:53:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69927.html bloid 2008-03-10T15:53:35Z Like 10 bajillion other Mac fans yesterday, I downloaded the iPhone SDK. It took me four tries to get it, but I finally got it. I installed all 5.3 GB of it, and rebooted (reboot? what is this, Windows?) and then created a sample project, just like the ADC video shows. I excitedly clicked the 'Build and Go' button and... nothing. Well, not completely nothing, but not what was supposed to happen.]]> 69927 2008-03-09T14:07:33Z 2008-03-10T15:53:35Z 12 0 493 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/69927.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/iphone_sdk_comparison_chart.html So with hardware accelerated 3D graphics, an integrated database API, tightly integrated performance monitoring tools, and a highly specialized version of the Cocoa framework tweaked just for the iPhone and rechristened as Cocoa Touch, the iPhone's just-announced SDK sounds like a winner. But how does it compare to its well-entrenched competitors from Microsoft, Nokia, and the iPhone community itself? Let's have a look. apple mobile tools Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:56:17 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69721.html rick 2008-03-08T22:56:17Z So with hardware accelerated 3D graphics, an integrated database API, tightly integrated performance monitoring tools, and a highly specialized version of the Cocoa framework tweaked just for the iPhone and rechristened as Cocoa Touch, the iPhone's just-announced SDK sounds like a winner. But how does it compare to its well-entrenched competitors from Microsoft, Nokia, and the iPhone community itself? Let's have a look.]]> 69721 2008-03-07T14:56:38Z 2008-03-08T22:56:17Z 15 0 446 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/69721.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/sun_bringing_java_to_iphone.html Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device. apple java mobile news Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:37:06 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69830.html Umberto Zappia 2008-03-08T17:37:06Z Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device.]]> 69830 2008-03-08T11:28:37Z 2008-03-08T17:37:06Z 20 0 321 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/69830.jpg javathreads http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/276353.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/sun_well_put_java_on_the_iphone.html Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device. java mobile news Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:13:04 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69807.html codebeach 2008-03-08T17:13:04Z Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device.]]> 69807 2008-03-08T06:02:50Z 2008-03-08T17:13:04Z 13 0 246 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/69807.jpg codebeach http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/200547.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/android_location.html Android Location will be a revolutionary social mapping service to change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends. It will facilitates real-world interaction between friends and puts an end to frustrating missed connections. frameworks java mobile Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:20:37 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/68887.html bloid 2008-03-05T13:20:37Z Android Location will be a revolutionary social mapping service to change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends. It will facilitates real-world interaction between friends and puts an end to frustrating missed connections.]]> 68887 2008-03-02T23:08:42Z 2008-03-05T13:20:37Z 7 0 194 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/68887.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/6_of_the_coolest_android_applications.html Here’s a small compilation of the coolest Android applications to date, along with a GPS based MMORPG. frameworks mobile opinion reviews Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:44:54 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69038.html heyhey 2008-03-04T13:44:54Z Here’s a small compilation of the coolest Android applications to date, along with a GPS based MMORPG.]]> 69038 2008-03-03T19:12:46Z 2008-03-04T13:44:54Z 12 0 561 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/69038.jpg heyhey http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/277142.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/mobilizing_your_blog_in_5_minutes.html It just takes 5 minutes to create mobile version of your blog (optimized for iPhone too). how-to mobile Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:03:50 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/68013.html HarrisonDRyan 2008-02-27T02:03:50Z It just takes 5 minutes to create mobile version of your blog (optimized for iPhone too).]]> 68013 2008-02-26T07:08:38Z 2008-02-27T02:03:50Z 8 0 209 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/80x60/68013.jpg HarrisonDRyan http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/275251.gif