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Java ME User Interfaces: Do It with LWUIT!

Java ME user interfaces are about to get an exciting boost with the early release of a new library and tool from Sun called LWUIT.
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I upgraded my iPhone to 2.0 and downloaded a few of the apps. Glad to see my favourite mobile app - Shazam - now available on iPhone, including links to iTunes, which is just what I wanted.
Immediately, there are a couple of early trends to notice:
1. Many of the iPhone apps are photo and location […]

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Poll Everywhere | Simple Text Message (SMS) Voting and Polling, Audience Response System (ARS), PowerPoint Polling

Poll Everywhere is the perfect Audience Response […]

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Yesterday I was in a panel session discussing mobile social networks (I will post my slides on slideshare soon.)
I mostly covered how to ‘mobilize’ social networks - and the ways are perhaps more than we think. My opening ‘in passing’ point was to mention how mobile networks are already the biggest and most well used […]

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Mobile Videos, Free Video Clips, Daily Online Photos - on Myspace, Blogger, Friendster, Xanga with - JuiceCaster

Take videos and pictures from your mobile phone, post them for free to your JuiceCaster Media Box, and share them on your favorite […]

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For fellow spinners out there who enjoy RPM - here’s the latest tracklist. Track 7 is a real killer track with sprints on high resistance - breathless - heart and lungs on the floor!
Pack Ride: September (Kirk Franklin)
Pace: Who Knew (P!nk)
Hills: Tribal Dance (2 Unlimited)
Mixed Terrain: Amazing (Thin White Duke Edit) (Seal)
Intervals: Kickstart My Heart […]

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There are a set of requirements that are unique to mobiles that ‘desktop-to-mobile’ browser evolutions tend to overlook, as do most designed-for-mobile ones. In essence, these are capabilities that would allow the following:
1. ‘Persistent web applications’ - Web apps/content that update in the ‘background’ (i.e. a web-based standard for ‘on-device portals’) and that also […]

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There is no cooler gadget right now that the Flip Video, which is the easiest-to-use video camera on the market. What’s more, it has built-in idiot-proof software (Mac and PC) that enables you to download the clips, share them and even edit into short movies. The device plugs straight into the USB port and the […]

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I’ll be taking part in Visual Web Convention in London, speaking in the panel session “Session 3: Mobile & x-platform Social Networks,” chaired by David MacQueen, Screen Digest. Other speakers include:
Scott Weiss, Human Factors International
Tom Gordon, Alien Pants
There’s a Facebook Garage special discount for industry colleagues, with a low ticket price of £72 (+ VAT) […]

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Any RoR developer interested in working on an exciting Mobile 2.0 project, please leave a comment (I will pick it up privately in moderation) and I will put you in touch. Company is looking for RoR developer familiar with ‘Getting Real‘ approach to Rails projects, interested in iPhone, Twitter and mobile mash-ups. This is early […]

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Thanks Ajit for the favourable review of my latest book edition. I’m glad that you still like it.

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Search is still the key to accessing Web content and applications. By search, I don’t just mean typing a word in Google to find a list of pages. I include the page hopping to find what you’re looking for, the filtering of information and other cognitive processes to arrive at the final result. This takes […]

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We think of our mobile phones as mobile phones. This is the overwhelming experience for most users. With the iPhone, we are on the cusp of entering a new phase in mobile device evolution, just one of many mobile futures distinct from a single mobile past.
I tried to cover this kind of development when I […]

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The mobilists group on LinkedIn now has 588 601 846 1,034 1,127 1,178 members and is growing all the time. It is a useful group to join if you want to connect directly with other mobilists, including finding out who’s out there doing what. A few years ago, it was almost possible to name […]

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I see that the iPhone 3G has created yet another round of LBS speculation from various commentators, including Ajit Jaokar, Tomi Ahonen and Om Malik. Interestingly, this is how Ajit and I first met when he came to me with an LBS idea and I did some feasibility consulting (remember that one Ajit?)
Like all […]

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