LG have recently announced the Android based GW620. What sets this phone apart for developers is that it will run both Android’s Dalvik version of Java AND Sun’s Java ME (MIDP 2.1). My first question was as to the quality of the Java ME implementation. The Java ME pro...

I had some fun in experimenting with the Guarana UI Library, and wrote a couple of articles that will hopefully help to create custom components for Guarana UI. A first article describes the general steps involved in creating a new Guarana UI Component: How to create a new Compo...

If you've got Android 1.6 (have a look in Settings->About Phone->Firmware version) and you're in the US then you can now get the new version of Google Maps, complete with the navigation system we saw launch in version 2.0. There's already a hack to get it working outside of America, but we'd like to see Google getting the 1.5 version out (for the Hero) too. If you're lucky enough to be in the US with Android 1.6, head to the Market to grab the app. Link - Google Maps Navigation Credit - Mike Scofield Read on and add your comments

http://www.spbsoftware.com/press/pr...2009/nov17.html"SPB Software, world's leading mobile software developer, invites all mobile users to participate in its sixth annual SPB Survey (http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/support/survey.html). The SPB Survey is a questionnaire that captures user preferences and builds up a combined report that identifies the changing user profiles, mobile device expectations and the handset use cases. This report is expected to be released in early December 2009."If you want to help SPB gather information so they can better understand the user, take the survey and you'll have a chance to win a mobile device.

Previously, there were rumours that Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE)’s X1 would get an update to Windows Mobile 6.5 after a supposed leaked ROM hit xda-developers. Well, sources close to the matter are apparently dashing those hopes, saying that no official update is actually in the...

I came across an article ‘Operators call for unified apps environment’… "Operator keynotes at this morning’s GSMA Mobile Asia Congress called for an end to disparate application environments and hailed the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) initiative as a p...

Wow. Either Palm are a lot further along with that much lusted-after Pre GPU support than we all thought, or PreCentral forum member casperstar is laughing his butt off as he perpetuates one of the greatest Palm hoaxes of all time. The aforementioned poster has published a video (s...

There is an hidden entry in the HTC HD2's Registry that proves that this device supports the latest Draft N Wireless standard! Going to HKLM\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms and changing the value of 11nModeDisable from the default 1 to 0 will activate this support which seems t...

There is an hidden entry in the HTC HD2's Registry that proves that this device supports the latest Draft N Wireless standard! Going to HKLM\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms and changing the value of 11nModeDisable from the default 1 to 0 will activate this support which seems t...

Noticed a pink splodge on your HTC HD2 pictures? This xda-devs post probably shows it best - there's a feint pink "hue" to the centre of the image. Some have assumed this to be white balance, with people aiming their HD2 camera at the nearest light-bulb to try and reset it. The is...

Provider of IP multimedia processing solutions, Global IP Solutions (GIPS), announced its Android offering, allowing developers to build VoIP-enabled clients with GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile. And they already have the first customer — the folks behind the popular mobile social me...

One thing we appreciate on Symbian-Guru is software and hardware companies that are constantly seeking their user feedback and looking for ways to improve their products. Epocware, the well known software developer, have taken this to another level with their new contest that we...

Just a few days back we published information on a software bug in the HTC HD2 Sense Calendar. Well that could be fixed by a software/ROM update which HTC could release, but much more worrying is this new issue.It has been established that the HTC HD2 Camera has a hardware defect. All pictures taken with the device exhibited a Pink/Purple hue. Several users have contacted HTC's support and received following answer:QUOTEDear valued HTC customer, Thank you for your enquiry about your handset. This is a hardware issue and you can contact your re-seller to exchange the device for another one or contact us and we will send this device to be repair. If these steps have not helped, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check again for you.An ongoing discussion is under way over at xda-developers.A quote from that thread:QUOTEHi Mike, Thats not a software problem, our apologies. I can now confirm we have established this being a hardware fault. Unfortunately at this stage it is too early to determine exactly where the fault lays but it most certainly is not a software related issue. If you can ask CLove to swap it, please do so, if not we will come and collect it for repair. You can arrange this by calling 08458900079. Best RegardsThis seems like a serious issue. Can you replicate this problem? It would be interesting to see if all HD2's in the marketplace currently suffer from this issue. If you have a HD2, please post your ROM versions, build dates and whether you have this issue or not.If you have the issue it is recommended you contact the re-seller and/or HTC. Let us know your experiences.[Via MobileTechWord and Xda-Developers]

Just a few days back we published information on a software bug in the HTC HD2 Sense Calendar. Well that could be fixed by a software/ROM update which HTC could release, but much more worrying is this new issue.It has been established that the HTC HD2 Camera has a hardware defect. All pictures taken with the device exhibited a Pink/Purple hue. Several users have contacted HTC's support and received following answer:QUOTEDear valued HTC customer, Thank you for your enquiry about your handset. This is a hardware issue and you can contact your re-seller to exchange the device for another one or contact us and we will send this device to be repair. If these steps have not helped, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check again for you.An ongoing discussion is under way over at xda-developers.A quote from that thread:QUOTEHi Mike, Thats not a software problem, our apologies. I can now confirm we have established this being a hardware fault. Unfortunately at this stage it is too early to determine exactly where the fault lays but it most certainly is not a software related issue. If you can ask CLove to swap it, please do so, if not we will come and collect it for repair. You can arrange this by calling 08458900079. Best RegardsThis seems like a serious issue. Can you replicate this problem? It would be interesting to see if all HD2's in the marketplace currently suffer from this issue. If you have a HD2, please post your ROM versions, build dates and whether you have this issue or not.If you have the issue it is recommended you contact the re-seller and/or HTC. Let us know your experiences.[Via MobileTechWord and Xda-Developers]

Just a few days back we published information on a software bug in the HTC HD2 Sense Calendar. Well that could be fixed by a software/ROM update which HTC could release, but much more worrying is this new issue.It has been established that the HTC HD2 Camera has a hardware defect. All pictures taken with the device exhibited a Pink/Purple hue. Several users have contacted HTC's support and received following answer:QUOTEDear valued HTC customer, Thank you for your enquiry about your handset. This is a hardware issue and you can contact your re-seller to exchange the device for another one or contact us and we will send this device to be repair. If these steps have not helped, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check again for you.An ongoing discussion is under way over at xda-developers.A quote from that thread:QUOTEHi Mike, Thats not a software problem, our apologies. I can now confirm we have established this being a hardware fault. Unfortunately at this stage it is too early to determine exactly where the fault lays but it most certainly is not a software related issue. If you can ask CLove to swap it, please do so, if not we will come and collect it for repair. You can arrange this by calling 08458900079. Best RegardsThis seems like a serious issue. Can you replicate this problem? It would be interesting to see if all HD2's in the marketplace currently suffer from this issue. If you have a HD2, please post your ROM versions, build dates and whether you have this issue or not.If you have the issue it is recommended you contact the re-seller and/or HTC. Let us know your experiences.Update 24th Nov 2009: HTC have now stated this is a software issue, and it will be addressed with a hotfix. We will await the release of this Hotfix, and user testing, before updating further.[Via MobileTechWord and Xda-Developers]

We just got an interesting email in to MobHappy Towers: Russel & Carlo, [company we thought was reputable, and which you've definitely heard of]’s partner and developer team is interested in purchasing email lists from MobHappy. Could you please provide me with the foll...

Winners of GSMA's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Asia Tournament also announced in Hong Kong

Remember all the fun developers had (still have) with certification and Symbian Signed to get an application through testing? Lots of automatic tests as well as a human eye checking for compatibility and compliance in the name creating dependable applications? It's going to be inte...

There’s a thought provoking article at Datamation on Why Android Could Fail. One of the arguments is that there’s no one brand. The ‘Android’ brand won’t be recognisable to consumers and phones will be sold under phone OEM or operator branding. I am ...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, an entertainment hub that combines mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), social networking, music and gaming in one compact 3G device. With mobile broadcast TV consumption on the rise - by 2012 there will be over 300 millio...

The Consumer Telematics Show (CTS),January 6, 2010, Las Vegas, NV (strategically placed 1 day prior to the International CES) is the most hotly anticipated and innovative conference for the consumer electronics and telematics industry!

This posts describes how to start the development using GuaranaUI Framework.

Hi All,My name is Allan Bezerra. Since 2003 I am SW Engineer working on Nokia tecnologies in INDT, Nokia Technology Institute in Brazil. I have been working in Nokia Open Source Projects like: Linux Kernel SMAPS, Linux Compressed Cache for Maemo, Metatracker for Maem...

Yesterday, the Guarana UI framework has been launched, with a complete set of ready-to-use components that will definitely be useful to all Web Runtime developers.   It's now available a Guarana UI online Components Browser, that allows developers to quickly preview and u...

Pinch Media, who provide analytic software for developers on Apple's phones, are estimating that piracy rates are as high as 60% on the iPhone (reports Pocket Gamer). You can be sure that this number is matched on Symbian, Windows Mobile other mobile platforms. The level of piracy ...

Bill Perry, Senior Services Marketing Manager for Forum Nokia (NYSE: NOK), posted some statistics from the Ovi Store which has now been open for 5 months. The Ovi Store is available on over 100 devices, with users from over 180 different countries, and developers from 65 countries....

This web widget application demonstrates a thin client that connects to Nokia Beta Labs using its HTTP API and Guarana UI library components.

Enter Sony Ericsson?s Web App Challenge and you could win $4000 or get a seat in the lead boat of the Mavericks Surf Contest®.

This web widget application demonstrates a thin client that connects to Nokia Beta Labs using its HTTP API and Guarana UI library components.

The Nokia N900 is Now Available to US Consumers - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered mobile computer.

I have recently started investigating using QT since its the new Nokia hot topic! After installing carbide.c++ 2.3 beta I imported a QT project I had written for the desktop and got this error when opening anything to do with QT "org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Class ID no...

Selectively Disabling Downloaded-File Warnings in Leopard (and Snow Leopard): Note: Make sure you save your plist file with ?Western (Mac OS Roman)? encoding in 10.5.6+

In preparation for the incoming X10, Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) has opened up a new tool for developers called WebSDK. As you might imagine, it allows developers to write mobile apps in web languages like HTML, CSS and JavaScript, not unlike Palm’s webOS or BlackBerry’s ...

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware 40.0.001 is almost here according to these pictures on Smartphone Area         Both pictures are from Smartphone Area   Alessandro

A Nokia WRT UI framework has been posted in Forum Nokia Wiki page. This will accelerate current WRT widget developers to create innovative applications. Up until now a version of WRTKit UI framework has been shipped with our WRT Plug-in tools for Aptana, Dreamweaver, and MS Visual...

Microsoft?s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie has said: ?All the apps that count will be ported to every one of them,? he said. ?It?s a completely different situation from the PC market, where software?s built to run on a Windows or a Mac? he said. ?Mobile apps require very li...

Microsoft?s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie has said: ?All the apps that count will be ported to every one of them,? he said. ?It?s a completely different situation from the PC market, where software?s built to run on a Windows or a Mac? he said. ?Mobile apps require very li...

With headlines like ‘Nokia to cull Symbian in 2012′ and ‘Nokia says it will replace Symbian with its Maemo Linux by 2012′ The Register could have us believe it’s the start of the end of Symbian. Reading deeper, it’s only the N-Series that is ...

I know two reasons: Because you did not want to check the set of capabilities your application actually needs you selected all 13 that you can get through Express Signed. AND you have a DLL which you load to a system process so your applications needs All-TCB (all except TCB ...

The Sony Ericsson WebSDK, launched at the Web 2.0 EXPO, makes it possible for web and mobile developers to publish content on to mobile platforms and maximise their market access.

The Sony Ericsson WebSDK package installs the PhoneGap Framework, Packager Tool, documentation, sample code, and links to help forums.

API reference for the Sony Ericsson WebSDK

Shows you how to get started with Sony Ericsson WebSDK, using Android and Symbian examples.

The Simulator helps you to test your application using the Debug Console. Requires Adobe AIR

In this episode, Forum Nokia’s Bill Volpe speaks with Aung Kaw Moe, from 2C2P based in Singapore.  Aung discusses his most recent application development projects such as the Mobile Credit Card Reader and also provides some advice for users who are new to mobile softwar...

A bug has been identified related to the HD2 calendar. When using the Calendar tab of HTC Sense and selecting Week view, you are not able go past the week of 26th October - 1st November 2009.This means there is no way of using Week view for looking at this week's appointments (15th...

A bug has been identified related to the HD2 calendar. When using the Calendar tab of HTC Sense and selecting Week view, you are not able go past the week of 26th October - 1st November 2009.This means there is no way of using Week view for looking at this week's appointments (15th...