News & Comment
Secret DeviceAtlas feature: Analytics
May 13, 2008, by James Pearce
We always thought of DeviceAtlas as being more about device 'intelligence' than merely device 'data'. Being able to see and interpret patterns in the data helps developers make really smart design decisions, rather than just react, at run-time, to whatever turns up at their site. So we've been putting a lot of effort into the analytics features of the platform. Currently we're trying out one- and two-dimensional analysis of device model populations... Read More
Server-side predictive text
May 13, 2008, by ronan
We've decided to try an experiment on find.mobi: server-side T9: if you type in a purely numeric query we will try to see if it maps to any common words in the English language, and offer you a link to the search. Thus searching for 46835 will ask you if you meant "hotel" and "7464 8663 " will suggest "ring tone"... Read More
dotMobi Loves Mowser
May 9, 2008, by James Pearce
At long last we can announce some great news! dotMobi is acquiring the well-known Mowser service that provides content adaptation services for mobile. We're very excited about this. Russell Beattie and Mike Rowehl are both very talented mobile gurus and they'll be joining the dotMobi team to help us do cool things with their technology. We did this deal because Mowser fits really well into lots of our current projects. Firstly, the Mowser directory, search and listings will be integrated straight into our newly launched find.mobi service... Read More
DeviceAtlas: proposed new properties
May 5, 2008, by atrasatti
We have prepared a list of proposed properties for addition to DeviceAtlas. The list was built based on the requests we received in the last couple of months. Your feedback and suggestion is requested. See our forums: Proposed new properties... Read More
Mobile Internet User Experience
Having Internet access on mobile devices is about the freedom to utilize Internet anywhere, anytime. The more our daily lives are interlinked with the Internet, the more important it is to have Internet access whenever you need it. So far, the user experience has not been good enough to encourage the masses to start using the Internet on mobile devices... Read More
