I recently worked with several companies to set up a TV-centric converged services demo involving handsets, set-top boxes, various pieces of middleware and many smart people. It’s an exciting project.
Then came the crunch. Every project has one. On the day, at the big exhibition, the demo didn’t work. Now, I’ve done so many demos over […]

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When mobilizing media content, there are a variety of approaches. For the best possible user experience, it is often necessary to use a client solution, such as an On Device Portal (ODP). Various companies offer these, like Wecomm (with heavy Mobile TV focus - they provide the Sky Mobile client) and SurfKitchen. There are many […]

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I have just been writing about JavaFX in the second edition of my NGWA book, so I thought I should post a quick blog article about this interesting new development from Sun. I like the marketing term these guys have been using, which is “phonetop” technology. In other words, we have the desktop and the […]

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That could be the title for a new book, but it’s probably going to figure in the sub-title of the second edition of my current book Next Generation Wireless Applications, which I have nearly finished.
Am I jumping on the “2.0″ moniker bandwagon? Probably, but I hope you won’t be disappointed. I believe that the book […]

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The answer is unclear, but it’s probably more important on mobile. With the agility of a desktop, we can more easily search for what we’re looking for. Not so on the mobile. There’s no denying that mobile is about economy. Users simply aren’t going to spend too much time clicking (unless it’s to play a […]

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If you use a Mac, you will need two things. First, you will need a decent writing tool. You are probably a writer. A lot of Mac users seem to be writers of some sort or another. That said, in the age of blogging, who isn’t a writer? Like me, you’ve probably grown up on […]

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