BlackBerry in Amsterdam
February 19 2012
If signs from their first ever European DevCon are anything to go by, BlackBerry is sharply focused and firing on all cylinders, with the worlds developers clearly in their sights. This was my second BlackBerry DevCon, having attended one in San Francisco a little over a year ago, so it was good to compare the [...]
CES 2012, a show gone mobile
January 20 2012
For years now I have been saying how all things will become mobile in one way or another, and last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas clearly showed this to be well underway. A very large proportion of those exhibiting or attending were launching mobile initiatives or devices, using mobile operating systems or user [...]
Get 50% off BlackBerry® DevCon Europe tickets courtesy of Bango
January 13 2012
Showcasing the next generation in application development, BlackBerry® is set to launch their new platform, BlackBerry 10, at this year’s BlackBerry DevCon Europe event. Taking place on 7th and 8th February at the RAI Convention Centre Amsterdam, BlackBerry DevCon Europe is a chance for all BlackBerry developers to gain valuable insight into the latest BlackBerry [...]
Flash is out, HTML5 is in and we’re heading for an apocalypse!
December 24 2011
Top 10 highlights of 2011 and predictions for 2012 2011 has been an exciting time for the mobile industry seeing many changes take place, some of which were on the cards and others totally unexpected. With consumers increasingly using their mobile devices for more than just calling and texting, internet usage and app downloads soared [...]
HTML5 – the mobile game changer?
December 17 2011
…and how web innovation will challenge Apples control Everyone in mobile knows that to sell something on the iOS platform you must pay your 30% tax to Apple, and that Apple has final say over whether your app will be published to iPhone users – they have control over the developer’s destiny. But just how [...]
How going back to the browser with HTML5 benefits developers
December 14 2011
Back in the day web pages were displayed one at a time after a long loading process. The advent of Flash allowed websites to become live and interactive. Flash enabled animation, motion and video dramatically improving the user experience. Then internet enabled mobile devices exploded in use and issues arose with the poor user experience [...]
Mobile performance through lightweight
December 7 2011
…what the mobile industry can learn from car manufacturers With the coming of quad core CPUs in mobile phones in 2012, are the manufacturers focusing on the right fight or are they in a spiralling battle over engine size? Adam Bunker, over at Electricpig recently wrote an interesting article about this new wave of ever [...]