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Mobile Applications for Smartphones like BlackBerry and iPhone will drive industry growth

Sidhartha Bezbora — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:06:13 +0000

Mobile Applications, Smartphones will drive industry growth; AppStore “miles ahead” of its rivals

Despite the economic downturn, it is expected that the latest mobile applications for smartphones like BlackBerry and iPhone will drive industry growth in the coming years, providing alternate sources of revenue for operators.

A new report by Juniper Research forecasts that smartphones will account for 23% of all new handsets sold by 2013 (Cellular News). Another report by Informa forecasts 35 percent growth in sold smartphones in 2009 and according to The Washington Post, Gartner expects smartphone sales to jump in 2009.

The common element in these reports is the potential that innovative devices and applications have to promote mobile data consumption. This has industry players scrambling to secure their place in the value chain, including content providers, handset vendors and application developers.
Handset vendors need to diversify into high-value content to offset falling margins on handset sales. On the side of content providers, Facebook is reported to be in talks with a number of mobile phone manufacturers to more tightly embed access to its services within the phone menus. RIM, who is launching BlackBerry App World later this month; Microsoft announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the launch of Windows Mobile marketplace, which will allow developers to build and sell Windows Mobile applications. Both will compete head to head with Apple’s AppStore

Read the full write up by Raul Castanon here.

There is a tremendous potential for developing such content and applications for the Arab world.

Source: VAS News & Marketing

Google announces mobile version of its Google Gears browser extension software

Sidhartha Bezbora — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:21:41 +0000

Google announced a mobile version of its Google Gears browser extension software, promising developers the tools for storing web application data on mobile devices. Initially released for Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5 and 6, Google Gears provides developers with tools to store data from browser-based applications so those apps can be run even when no network signal is available, at the same time reducing data charges by restricting traffic between the device and the operator. Google adds the ultimate goal of Google Gears is to create a standard, web-based mobile platform requiring developers to write applications only once for deployment across multiple mobile operating systems.

Source : FierceMobile

SkyFire browser for Mobile,browse the web on a mobile device like in a home computer

Sidhartha Bezbora — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:42:00 +0000

Non iPhone users will soon be able to browse the web on a mobile device as they would on a home computer. The SkyFire browser, already tipped to be one of the most important mobile software releases of the year, supports Flash video, Java and Quicktime, and features a manageable interface to make pages more readable on the small screen. Most importantly though, SkyFire claims that its software offers desktop browsing speeds on a handheld, with no restrictions over media content display and accessibility.

Here is the video for demo. Turn on your speakers.This is cool.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Source: Dialaphone

Microsoft launches Windows Mobile 6 in India

Sidhartha Bezbora — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:13:37 +0000

The local arm of Microsoft Corp. announced the India launch of Windows Mobile 6, its operating system for smart phones.India had a mobile (telephony) subscriber base in excess of 170 million on 30 June. This number is set to increase to 500 million by 2010, according to the department of telecommunications. And according to research firm IDC, 3.06 million smart phones were sold in India last year. A smart phone is one that can access email and perform basic computing tasks such as reading a spreadsheet.

The software competes with Canadian firm Research In Motion Ltd’s (RIM) BlackBerry software (and devices).

Source: LiveMint

New Mobile Web Browser Deepfish

Sidhartha Bezbora — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:49:06 +0000

There’s a new web browser that has been launched for Windows Mobile that goes by the name Deepfish. Microsoft has unveiled this new mobile technology, called Deepfish, designed to offer mobile users quick and convenient Web browsing that more closely resembles the experience of browsing the Web on desktop computers.

Source: Gamingtalkhq

Mercora tie up with Microsoft to promote its streaming music service for smart phones

Sidhartha Bezbora — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:21:15 +0000

Mercora tie up with Microsoft to promote its streaming music service for smart phones, called M.Mercora M is compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphones and PocketPC phones.

The service offers more than 100,000 channels of music for streaming directly to any Windows Mobile 5 or 6 phone, and has added more than 7,000 podcast channels.

Microsoft will offer M as a free six-month subscription to all Windows Mobile users. The application can be downloaded from the Windows Mobile site directly to phones.

Supported Devices

Source:Mercora

Resources for Windows Mobile Site Design and Development

Sidhartha Bezbora — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:03:50 +0000

For Windows Mobile Developer and Designer resources, tools check the Windows Mobile Developer center :

Link: Windows Mobile Development Center

Yahoo! takes Go 2.0 platform to Windows Mobile phones

Sidhartha Bezbora — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:43:50 +0000

Yahoo! has expanded its Yahoo! Go 2.0 internet platform to Windows Mobile devices, claiming the service will be supported by 175 different mobile models.

Yahoo! has also teamed up with Windows Mobile smartphone manufacturer High Tech Computer (HTC) to preload and distribute the Go for Mobile 2.0 on HTC devices. Yahoo! oneSearch will also be included.

Source: Mobiletoday

jB5- Mobile Browser from Jataayu Software for Symbian and Windows mobile

Sidhartha Bezbora — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:29:50 +0000

Jataayu Software has announced the launch of a community site — http://www.jataayu.net/ — for individuals interested in mobile browsing. The site offers beta versions of Symbian and Windows Mobile Smart Phone implementations of Jataayu’s browser jB5.

The Mobile Web is evolving and from being limited to specially prepared content for mobile devices is going wherever information and services can be found on the Web. jB5 connects people to the Web in a seamless manner, preserving familiar access to operator content while opening up the entire Web for them.

Source: Jataayu Press Release

Some Windows Mobile phones feature Opera

Sidhartha Bezbora — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:49:17 +0000

Some Windows Mobile devices sold in the coming months will have a software bonus on board. Opera, a free browser with a popular mobile version, will be shipped along with Windows Mobile on some devices from Motorola, HTC Asus, and Toshiba. It’s not that Internet Explorer will be missing from these devices, but that certain users will be able to choose from two browsers on their devices. Why the additional browser choice? According to Opera staff, it’s because the vendors want users of their more expensive devices to have a very good Internet experience–something that the speed-optimized Opera Mini may well deliver.

Source: Fierce Wireless