Newsletter July 2009

Welcome to the mobiForge newsletter July 2009.

This month's goodies:

1. iPhone Programming Fundamentals
2. Understanding UI in Android
3. (Not very) Dramatic Developments from AT&T
4. Device Detection in the Cloud
5. Lastminute.com Labs Introduces DA Rails Plugin
6. MMA President Mike Wehrs Talks Tough
7. A Word from Our PR Guy

iPhone Programming Fundamentals

A must read for budding iPhone developers. We've already shown how to get a basic HelloWorld App up and running using Apple's Interface Builder. This time Wei-Meng Lee of Learn2Develop.net demonstrates the core concepts of using Outlets & Actions to tie programming logic to iPhone UI components.

Understanding UI in Android

The next in our series of Android articles explains everything you need to know to start creating user interfaces for Android devices. This article covers the various UI components that you can use, and looks at the different layouts you can use to position these components.

(Not very) Dramatic Developments from AT&T

Our resident blogger Ron Mandel reports on the not very dramatic Mobile Web 2.0 developments at the Webinar hosted by AT&T last month. Up for discussion were the OMTP's BONDI, and the GSMA's OneAPI, among other things, and wise Ron gives us his take.

Device Detection in the Cloud

Last month we mentioned we were going to launch our DeviceAtlas Personal service, and not being the types to welch on our promise, we came up with the goods. To recap - this service gives you the awesome power of a device database, but without the need to install one. Right now we're getting a feel for how developer's like you are finding the service, so do take it for a test spin and tell us what you think.

Lastminute.com Labs Introduces DA Rails plugin

And while we're on the subject of DeviceAtlas... The kind folk over at Lastminute.com Labs have created a neat Rails wrapper for the DA Ruby API. It gets better! They have released this plugin into the wild for all to use, AND, to top it all off they have written a nice and concise tutorial on how to use it. Hats off to the Lastminute.com Labs team!

MMA President Mike Wehrs talks tough

Via our sister site, mobiThinking.com, we interview MMA President Mike Wehrs. With recession and cut-backs on everyone's minds, we find out how Mike Wehrs, president of the Mobile Marketing Association, convinces brands to invest in mobile.

A Word from Our PR Guy

Want to help your agency - and your brand-name clients - to get more publicity for the .mobi sites you're developing? Just let dotMobi's PR guy, Vance Hedderel, know about the sites you're working on, and he can work with you and your clients to help get the word out. Contact Vance at .

That's all for this month. As usual, if you have any feedback, or if you want to write for mobiForge and see your name in lights please get in touch, we'd love to hear from you!

See you on mobiForge!

Ruadhan, Jo, Ronan, Andrea, Claire, and all the team at dotMobi