Nokia N97 Archives

The Chronicles of a Mobile Web Economy

October 9, 2009 by Bernard Leong

You have probably read the recent article “A Guide for Mobile-Web Developers to Smartphone Apps Stores” which was partly inspired from a talk I presented at 16th Infocomm & Media Horizons, Genexis Theatre, Fusionopolis on 7 Oct. Ever since the launch of the iPhone, the iTunes platform has brought together the mobile and web developers into the same space of development. How does the developer navigate in such a space filled with apps stores: Apple iTunes Store, Nokia Ovi Store, Google Android Market, BlackBerry (RIM) Apps World and Microsoft Windows Marketplace? This talk addresses the trends and observations in the current market (mobile & web penetration, user usage on both mobile and web), and seeks to provide a perspective as to where the roadmap for the mobile-web economy will head towards. It also talks about the three main lessons which developers should learn about the ecosystem.
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Filed under Dummy's GuideTags: 2C2P, Android Market, Apple, AzukiSoft, Blackberry Apps, Blackberry Apps World, BreakDesign, BuUuk, Cell City, Devel, Developers Communities Singapore, Foyage, Google, Google Android, iPhone, iTunes, Microsoft Marketplace, Nokia, Nokia N97, Ovi, Windows Mobile

65Bits Episode 122 : Month of SmartPhones 1 – Series60, N97, Pre

June 9, 2009 by SGE

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] E3 Coverage – (i) Microsoft’s Project Natal, (ii) Sony’s Playstation Motion Tracking Controller, (iii) DJ Hero, (iv) Tony Hawk: Ride, (v) Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus, (vi) Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario World, etc., (vii) Sony Playstation Go, [2] Acer to sell Android phones, Netbooks, [3] Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow™ arena, [4] Google Wave, [5] Microsoft Bing, [6] Month of SmartPhones – Nokia’s N97 (See BL’s coverage of the N97 event as well), and the Byte of The Week: Youtube XL. Do click and check out their podcast.

Filed under Innovation & Technology, Media, TechnologyTags: 65bits, dj hero, E3, google wave, microsoft bing, n97, nintendo wii, nintendo wii fit, Nokia, Nokia N97, palm, Palm Pre, playnow plus, playstation, project natal, psp go, smartphones, Sony, super mario, super mario galaxy, Tech65, webos, xbox 260, Youtube

65Bits Episode 120 : Building a Touch Table 101

May 25, 2009 by SGE

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [0] Annoucement : Daniel will be in Bejing covering the HP Future Now event. Watch out for updates on our twitter feed. [1] Palm Pre – June 6th; US$200 with plans; US$549 w/o plans, [2] Nokia N97 will be launched in KL on 5 June, [3] Wolfram|Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine, [4] Facebook Opens Up to OpenID, [5] Creative Commons Releases Facebook App, [6] Intel’s Virtual Annual Shareholder Meeting, [7] Gothere Maps releases API, [8] More tips for the code::ExtremeApps, [9] Creative debuts the low cost Zen MX, Zen Mozaic EZ300, [10] Building a Touch Table ala Microsoft Surface 101 and the Byte of the Week: Twitter Business Cards. Do click and check out their podcast.

Filed under Innovation & Technology, Media, TechnologyTags: 65bits, Creative, creative zen, Facebook, Intel, microsoft surface, Nokia N97, palm, Palm Pre, Tech65, touch table, Twitter

Nokia Developer Summit 2009, Monte Carlo Day 1

April 29, 2009 by Bernard Leong

Thanks to an invite from Nokia via Text-100, I represent SGE to attend the Nokia Developer Summit 2009 in Monaco. The Nokia Developer Summit bring together the engineers and executives of Nokia, 3rd party developers from start-ups and large corporations (MySpace, Qik, Adobe and many other companies), media (both mainstream and social) in Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo from 28 to 29 April 2009. Of course, the three major news that took the first day were (1) The announcement of the Nokia N97 Beta SDK available for download and (2) the first five projects selected for the Adobe and Nokia Open Screen Project fund and the best news for Singapore: one of the companies is based in Singapore – Barking Seed by Breakdesign (Singapore). Read more

Filed under EventsTags: Forum Nokia, MySpace, Nokia, Nokia Developer Summit 2009, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Beta SDK, Ovi, Symbian, Symbian Foundation