Oct 21, 2009

iphone - fresh news by plazoo.com A lot of people hold up Apple's iPhone App Store as the perfect solution to app distribution, but that's not always the case. Long term app developer Gedeon Maheux of Iconfactory (behind apps such as Twitterific) has a detailed post on why he believes the store has failed him. It's worth a ... (Read More)

Oct 05, 2009

Submitted by Bas from Google Reader: 9 to 5 Mac is reporting on the NPD Group’s newest figures on Mac ownership in the U.S., which say that twelve percent of households with computers have a Mac–up from nine percent in 2008. But the really interesting factoid is that the overwhelming majority of that twelve percent of Mac-owning homes also have a Windows machi (Read More)

Sep 18, 2009

Submitted by Bas from Google Reader: Thinking of creating an app or widget for the Nokia N900? The official Maemo 5 User Interface docs are now at forum.nokia.com detailing usability principles, device orientation, controls, icons, dialogs, etc. There is also a GUI design interface template in PSD format, so User Interface / Experience designers out there can (Read More)

Aug 24, 2009

The Boy Genius Report If there is still doubt in anyone’s mind that Nokia plans to officially unveil its next-generation Maemo 5 handset at the modestly named Nokia World show next week, behold: The first official press render of the N900 has leaked. Call it the Rover, call it the RX-51 or call it whatever else you want — the bottom line is that (Read More)

Aug 21, 2009

Submitted by Bas from Google Reader: I’m not really big on themes, but I like to change my wallpapers frequently. Here’s a quick tip: head over to Interfacelift for awesome wallpapers on your Nokia phones. You might even like it for your desktop too. Several resolution options on interfaceliftI like that Interfacelift provides several resolution sizes. They cu (Read More)

Aug 19, 2009

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Aug 18, 2009

Submitted by Bas from Google Reader: The Nokia N97 v12 firmware update became available on Tuesday so I made a video to show you how the phone now performs. I did not notice any new features, but it seems the Nokia N97 runs faster and is more stable. I show the web browser, Nokia Messaging, Facebook, and the photo gallery. Take a look.You can also watch this v (Read More)

Aug 12, 2009

Submitted by Bas from Google Reader: Microsoft and Nokia have entered into an alliance that is "set to deliver a groundbreaking, enterprise-grade solution for mobile productivity". They will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development and marketing of productivity solutions, bringing Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft business communications (Read More)

Aug 12, 2009

Submitted by Bas from Google Reader: Well my sources tell me for sure for sure the Nokia N97 Mini but then again we kind off already knew that but just in cased you’ve missed the news, its that.Another new comer will be the Nokia RX51 Mobile Internet Device and still there may be others lurking around could it be the XM 5900 as well hmm we’ll just have to wait (Read More)

Aug 12, 2009

Technologizer Certain pundits have opined that Nokia may be doomed, because its Symbian operating system and Ovi Store application store provide a far poorer user experience than Apple’s iPhone. I’m not one of the doom-and-gloomers. Nokia is betting that Web applications will catch on in the long run, and it could be right.The long histo (Read More)

Jul 07, 2009

Submitted by Bas from Google Reader: So, it has been announced that Nokia is to adopt QT as its preferred toolkit for the next-but-one iteration of the Maemo platform, Harmattan. This has stirred up a little developer concern as GTK and C developers contemplate switching to QT and C++ but is this really warranted? and what are Nokia's reasons for the switch? W (Read More)

Jun 23, 2009

Official Google Blog From building data centers in different parts of the world to designing highly efficient user interfaces, we at Google always strive to make our services faster. We focus on speed as a key requirement in product and infrastructure development, because our research indicates that people prefer faster, more responsive apps. O (Read More)

Jun 23, 2009

TechCrunch Socialtext offers a compelling package of Enterprise 2.0 services, but it has a problem. While it can talk all it wants about how great its products are, the real selling point is getting customers to use them for themselves. While free-trials work somewhat, the time constraints are limiting. So that’s why Socialtext is mov (Read More)

Jun 13, 2009

The Boy Genius Report Holy. Crap. So, umm, have you been wondering what the Symbian foundation has been up to since revealing the mother of all development schedules? A whole lot, is what it’s been up to. Long story short, the team has cooperated with ST-Ericsson and ARM to build the first working example of multi-core goodness running on produc (Read More)

Jun 04, 2009

Submitted by Komakino from blog: One more really good mega-review of the Pre: Dieter Bohn’s at PreCentral. He’s got the best run-down I’ve seen of the Pre’s various gesture shortcuts, and his 10-minute introduction video offers a great overview of what the Pre user experience is like.  ★  . (Read More)

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