Mobile Tech/Apps
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Microsoft Tag has just released a neat infographic highlighting statistics on how people are using mobile phones in 2011.
Infographic: Mobile Statistics, Stats & Facts 2011 | Digital Buzz Blog
April 28, 2011, 10:35 PM — Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Canadian maker of the BlackBerry, on Thursday warned investors that disappointing shipments of its flagship smartphone will result in lower-than-expected earnings for the current quarter. Wall Street reacted sensibly and predictably, with RIM shares falling as much as 17 percent (!) in extended trading to 46.90 from Thursday's closing price of 56.59.
RIP, RIM | ITworld
CrossPlatformMobile
With the rise of so many mobile platforms, each with a different UI, many people are looking at cross-platform toolkits.
The idea of using the Internet to parse out small jobs is not new. But a new crop of businesses has popped up that use the iPhone to help people find and perform small tasks near them.
Gigwalk Allows iPhone Owners to Stumble Into Part-Time Work | Ina Fried | Mobilized | AllThingsD
ScienceDaily (May 4, 2011) — The world's first interactive paper computer is set to revolutionize the world of interactive computing. "This is the future.
Revolutionary new paper computer shows flexible future for smartphones and tablets
HP: TouchPad's WebOS Threatens Android, Apple iOS | Fast Company
Richard Kerris, the former Apple exec, is gliding through his presentation of HP's TouchPad. As the current VP of worldwide developer relations for WebOS, the slick software giving life to HP's latest mobile devices, Kerris is giddily running through the tablet's bells and whistles: the design, the partnerships, the apps, the engineering.When it comes to app development for mobile devices, cross-platform implementation is the new hot thing. Developers have long struggled with fragmentation across operating systems, when they want to just be able to create one app and blast it out on every platform imaginable.
Native Apps Or Web Apps? Particle Code Wants You To Do Both
Tendances
Computerworld - Shooting turtles or attacking enemy warplanes with game apps on an iPad is child's play compared to the apps two military contractors are planning for use with low-cost, consumer-grade tablets and smartphones.
iPads, Android tablets and smartphones join the military - Computerworld