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Latest Articles by Ronan_Mandel
Verizon Wireless opens up to the mobile developer community (for real)!
August 18, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Late last month, Verizon Wireless held an open developer conference down here in San Jose. The conference was notable, important, and relevant to you for a number of reasons... Read More
Mobile Web 2.0 “Dramatic Developments” from AT&T Really not all that dramatic….
July 14, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Well, I'm sad to report that the folks over/up/down at AT&T wireless appear to not quite have their act together when it comes to what is the 'next big thing' in wireless. I had really been hoping/anticipating that the webinar they hosted on June 30 entitled "Dramatic Developments in Mobile Web Technology" was going to provide something concrete and actionable for you (and I), alas, that was not to be the case... Read More
Convergence still ‘coming soon’ for mobile web platforms
July 2, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
So honestly, when I went into writing the last couple of postings about widget platforms I did not know about the webinars that had been scheduled by the folks at FierceWireless or AT&T about browsing platforms, but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one trying to get my head around exactly what is and what isn't possible (and where things are headed) in the browser container and beyond... Read More
Are Widgets ready for me?
June 18, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
OK, so getting back to the widget reality here. I'd like to take a look at what the platforms are, what your options are and if it's really even worth it to go there. I know that last time I got a bit distracted with the whole 'sprite' thing, but I promise to stay on track here... Read More
Widget Investigation leads to a ‘Worst Practice’ Discovery
May 18, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Nokia just wrapped up their Developer Conference in Monaco last week. Sadly, I didn't have the budget to go. Maybe you were lucky and did (or maybe you live there, lucky you!). Anyhow, one of the technologies that they're pushing these days is their WRT (Web Run Time) or Widgets for the lay person out there. This whole mobile widget thing is nothing new, but what does appear to be new is that they're gathering a steam this time... Read More
Accesskeys: Thinking about them in a QWERTY world
April 29, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Interestingly enough, in this time of excitement and interest in building apps for mobile phones, Google did a refresh on their [i]web[/i] apps for iPhone and Android. Go figure, seems like the mobile web isn't dead even on high end, high power devices. Even more, it would appear to make sense to build mobile specific web interfaces even for fully functional WebKit browser based devices. Imagine that!... Read More
Handset Market Share Data (why it matters)
April 20, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
With Mobile World Congress and CTIA now behind us, it's difficult to not get hot bothered and drooly about what new handsets are going to be on the market. Don't get me wrong, hot, new, fully functional and super sexy are all good things to have in a handset, especially in these otherwise gloomy times. However, as a developer it's important to remember to not get too carried away in the excitement, and here's why. The handset sales figures for November and December in the US were recently released, and a look at them reveals something telling for how one might (or might not) target content development... Read More
AT&T Gateway address updates
February 17, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Well our friends at AT&T are up to changes in the network again. Happily they were kind enough to send out a message with a heads up about new network addresses that are coming from devices on their network... Read More
Going Native (or you had me at ‘hello’) Part I
January 14, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
So I’ve got a confession to make here, I’ve been working on this bit for the better part of a month now in fits and starts, and having a hard time getting my head around it all. I started out with the notion of a quick primer comparing what it would take to knock out a quick ‘hello world’ on the various native platforms out there if you were to decide to do something other than a web app... Read More
It’s Open if We Tell You It Is
November 3, 2008, by Ronan_Mandel
I'd like to come back to a topic that I touched on a few months ago: open. In case you weren't paying attention to CTIA in San Francisco last month (and I won't fault you if you weren't), you may have missed the clarification that the major operators in the States provided to the definition of an ‘open’ network. Sitting together on a stage the bigwigs from Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile each found ways to describe why an 'open' network is not really what the end user wants. Given some of what was said, it's a wonder that any of us are ever able to get apps out there at all... Read More
