Rating: By contrast, Apple’s iPad still extremely popular
Although Google’s Android mobile OS was supposed to rule the world by now, support for developing apps for Android is actually waning. That’s according to Appcelerator, which provides a platform for developing for Android, iOS and HTML5. The company has regularly surveyed the 300,000 developers currently in its network. The data shows that over the past three Quarters, interest in developing mobile applications to run on Android platforms (both tablet and smartphone ) has fallen off more than 10 per cent. Continue reading →
[ May 24, 2012; 9:00 am to 10:00 am. ]
Webinar: 4 Steps to Creating a Mobile Strategy
Date: May 24th 2012
Time: 9:00 AM PDT
Presenter: Michael King
Why does the average mobile app cost a million dollars to build?
There is a better (and smarter) way to approach mobile. By using a scalable mobile development platform you can get to market faster, control your costs, and scale quickly. Continue reading →
Rating: Initially only available for Android 4G devices
Viewdini is a new service from the USA’s Verizon Wireless network which aims to simplify access to video content for the operator’s mobile phone customers The company describes Viewdini as a portal that makes it easy for subscribers to search and view video content. Content includes films, TV and other sources of video files. The objective here is to highlight Verizon’s 4G (LTE) network capability. Which is, of course, fine if you are lucky enough to be standing in a location which supports LTE. Content providers which Verizon Wireless appears to have already signed up for this US based service include Comcast Xfinity; Hulu Plus; mSpot; and Net Flix. The company is hoping to add Verizon FiOS any time now. Continue reading →
Rating: Spin-off from hot tip in the Sunday Times
Recently, GoMobile News reading one of the excellent technical answers to a reader’s question in the UK’s SundayTimes Don’t Panic section, when it struck us that we’d failed to report on our solution for a very similar problem. The best way to describe our answer would be as an “extremely long-winded approach to transfering contacts from a dead iPhone to another iPhone or regular smartphone device.” But this solution does actually work. Nevertheless, both problems stem from how Apple’s iTunes PC software has been storing its data. In a nutshell, though, we took an iPhone with a completely illegible screen and no Home button and managed to transfer the handset’s contacts to a BlackBerry via an old Nokia. Continue reading →
Rating: Triggers debate about first Mango handset with NFC
Well, if you want a entry level W7 Mango phone, then the obvious option is to acquire yourself a Nokia Lumia 610. Thanks to our friends at Clove Technology we can now assure our UK readers that they will be finally able to get hold of this device by Friday [25th may 2012]. if you want to order it from Clove you can visit them here. A little bit of investigation has show that there are potential suppliers of the SIM-free (unlocked version) of this Windows Phone 7.5 device for slightly less than Clove’s asking price. The big question is will the 610 support Wi-fi tethering and NFC? Continue reading →
Rating: A cross device mobile strategy is also key, apparently
According to the Mobileweb Company, mobile websites that it operates typically see uplift in mobile site traffic of more than 90 per cent. That’s because they are fully optimised for mobile search discovery, the company claims. Whilst Mobileweb’s own recently announced research shows that iPhone users grab the lion’s share of mobile web access (55.7 per cent), the company still urges brands to adopt a cross device mobile strategy. Less than 10 per cent of potential customers have an iPhone. Continue reading →
Rating: Dual boot facility courtesy of CyanogenMod 9
Being something of purists, here at GoMobile Towers we were extremely reluctant to defile our HP TouchPad by taking off its native webOS. However, unimpressed with the apps available for this superb tablet, especially when we learnt the dual boot option was working extremely well. So it was off to our good friends webOS Nation for some really simple advice on how to perform this upgrade. We regret not having dug out the totally unofficial Google apps whilst we were about it. Anyway, we can confirm that Android 4.0 (Gingerbread) works really well on the TouchPad. Continue reading →
Rating: Sadly it appears to only be available in the USA
National CineMedia (NCM) has recently upgraded its CinemaSync mobile technology. The company also plans to syndicate CinemaSync to other film and entertainment apps, allowing more film goers to interact with the cinema experience in a whole new way. NCM’s ‘Film Night Out with CinemaSync’ app is available for both Android and iOS but sadly appears restricted to the US market so GoMobile News couldn’t test it. To date the app appears to have had over 1.2 million downloads. The app is designed to bring the entire cinema experience to life via smartphones. Continue reading →
Rating: But are ‘intelligent’ rear view mirrors the real answer
Regular readers may recall GoMobile News bemoaning the fact that when our trusty Nokia Lumia 800 W7 Mango handset was paired with a Bluetooth headset, there was no way to force the handset to auto-answer incoming calls. (See our previous story here. )Which is a major failing in our eyes. However, we managed to find one solution in the shape of Jabra hands-free car kit courtesy of our old friends at GN Netcom. You can pair your W7 Mango handset with this device and it has a button which you can push to answer an incoming call. Simples. The future, however, many lie with an intelligent rear view mirror system. Continue reading →
Appcelerator says developers’ interest in Android is waning 
Webinar: 4 Steps to Creating a Mobile Strategy 
Verizon goes into mobile video aggregation business 
A long-winded way of transferring contacts from a dead iPhone 
Nokia’s entry level Mango phone – 610 – finally available in UK 
Brands ignoring mobile search at their peril says Mobileweb 
USA’s National CineMedia upgrades its CinemaSync 
GoMobile solves the W7 Mango auto-answer problem 
