Posted by Teresa on 30 January 2009
We've asked our discussion leaders for WIPJam session to share their insight of the mobile developer world. This post was penned by James Parton, Head of O2 Litmus, the mobile developer programme with a twist and a sponsor of the WIP Jam Session at Mobile World Congress 2009 (#MWC09). 
Open source, crowd sourcing, app stores, open networks, Web 2.0, Mobile 2.0, co-creation, user generated content. It's clear that the future of application development is a hot industry topic.
Tip your hat to Apple. They have quickly transformed a cottage industry, struggling to find a poster child, into a serious business in a very short space of time. Through great end-to-end user experience – often overlooked by many in the area – we now have people buying apps on a regular basis. If you had asked those same people 6 months ago what kind of app they were interested in, they would have struggled to even define what an app was, let alone have a clear view on what was missing from their app life.
This...
Posted by Teresa on 30 January 2009
WIP is putting together a Developer Survivor Guide to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
I remember the first time I attended MWC in Barcelona, then called 3GSM. WOW, talk about being overwhelmed from the first time walking off the plane where my luggage got lost (yes be prepared, this is a regular occurance so pack your toothbrush and an extra pair of underwear in your carry-on), to showing up at the FIRA. The FIRA is no ordinary conference centre, it is an exhibition city! Eight different conference buildings, multi level with booths everywhere. And outside there are many booths and pavilions outside – again no ordinary booths – buildings two stories high (Yes, lots of money gets spent for sure). And then lots of events, receptions and parties – some open, a lot invitation only with guards at the door so they are very serious about who enters.
So where does a developer get started? That's what we are putting together. So you can make the best use of your time.
The Guide will...
Posted by wip_admin on 27 January 2009
This week's carnival is brought to you by Tsahi Levent-Levi from Radvision. He starts off the week with a massive list of mobile 2.0 resources from last week's carnival host, mjelly. From there we move on to an interesting article about Nokia's blunders in 2008, and why this iphone addict is frustrated.
As a side note, there's less than a month left before the MWC WIPJAM and our speaker list is piling up. Will we see you there?
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Posted by wip_admin on 20 January 2009
As one of the sponsors for our WIP Jam Sessions, Symbian has welcomed any developers out there with an exciting contest for any developers out there:
Show your S60 5th Edition app at Symbian Foundation Stand @ Mobile World Congress next month
Do you have an exciting Symbian OS application based on S60 5.x that you want to show off to the world? If so then we would like to invite you to present your solution at the Application Spotlight demo area on the Symbian Foundation stand at Mobile World Congress, 16-19 February 2009 in Barcelona.
This is a great opportunity to let the world know about your S60 5th Edition application! In addition, we'll give successful applications two free exhibition tickets to MWC (valued at €599 each).
To find out more, please click here.
Please note that the deadline for applying is January 23rd, or this Friday.
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Posted by wip_admin on 20 January 2009
This week's carnival is all the way from London, UK from mjelly. This week includes a wonderful post of the week from Tomi Ahohen on his bit on The Nokia Decade. He takes us back to the days when Nokia first took over the reigns from Motorola as the largest phone manufacturer on the planet. After that, there are some other great reads about the mobile market, business models, and the latest in mobile advertising and marketing. The folks at Radvision will end off the month next week so get your entries in!
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Posted by wip_admin on 12 January 2009
It's Carnival time again! This week's Carnival is from one of our favourites, the WAP Review. Dennis includes some predictions for 2009 (including ours), and lots of goodies about software, UI, marketing strategy and some updates on upcoming events! It's definitely a good time for mobilists. Check it out here.
Next week will be mjelly.
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Posted by Teresa on 09 January 2009
Registration is now open! Just check out the Request invitation page and sign up now. We limit registration to only 200 of the best mobile developers and key members of the mobile ecosystem!
All attendees are required to affirm the Declaration of Attendance:
- I will be an active participant showing up to share informati on and support my fellow attendees;
- There are no dumb questions;
- I will bring plenty of business cards so I don't run out; and
- Developers Rock! oh ya
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Tom Hume
URL: http://tomhume.org
EMAIL: Tom.Hume@futureplatforms.com
IP: 88.97.216.124
DATE: 01/28/2010 08:45:09 AM
Nooo! Missed it. Is there a waiting list for places?
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Posted by Teresa on 09 January 2009
How can you tell the holiday is over? Conferences have started again ala CES, and the phone and emails are on full throttle. Do any of you use the current thinking about only taking calls/emails at 2 designated times during the day? Does it really work?
January is traditionally a time for annual predictions. I have been on the fence whether to weigh in this year as there are many good predications around such as
Rudy's or from
Carlo and Russell's Mob Happy, and I didn't want to repeat anything, but if there is something that needs to be emphasized, then that's just the way it is! So here they are:
1. Tough times ahead.
I reported in my June newsletter that VC's weren't funding, especially carrier related deals. Rutberg's newsletter just came out and declared that the second half of 2008 was the lowest level of VC funding since 2003. I agree with Rudy that I too am going to see at least 10 companies that I know well go under. It started with Trutap, that I had the...
Posted by Teresa on 08 January 2009
Gosh if I knew the answer to that one!
I have to share a quick update/rant on my quest to go off CDMA….. it still hasn't happened. I thought it would be easy, go to Rogers (the only option in Canada), pick a phone (I want the Bold as still find for a business user who travels a lot, RIM still has the market cornered on compressing email data, hence lower costs especially when roaming), port over my number from Bell, choose a plan, and presto, bango, walk out the door with a new phone.
NOT.
I've spent countless hours visiting various Rogers stores (the only option in Canada) where the clerks have no idea what a power business user is (thought 200 minutes should be enough and had no idea about costs for US or other country roaming and had no interest in finding out – thought they were on commission). Finally found a sales rep that was really helpful (thanks Kelly on Robson) only to be reject by Rogers, something to do with an address that looked temporary (I've had it for over 6 years,...
Posted by Teresa on 06 January 2009
Happy New year everyone. I don't know about you – but as of today, the phone haven't stopped ringing and the emails are flying. My first predition of the year – the holidays are officially over! I'll get my own 2009 predictions up soon.
In the meantime, the first Carnival of Mobilists for the year is up on Helen Keenan's site Technokitten. Lots of good information on predictions, apps stores, and more great stuff to start the off on the right foot – mobilely of course!
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