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Apple defends App Store approval process, but doesn't fix it

 

Published 23 hours ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

With a small but vocal segment of the iPhone application developer segment vowing to walk away from the platform for good, Apple senior vice president for worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller went on the defensive, sitting down with  ...

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Nokia reaffirms commitment to Symbian

 

Published 26 hours ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Nokia is publicly refuting reports it will drop the Symbian operating system from its N-series device line in favor of the Maemo OS. According to a report published by The Really Mobile Project , Maemo marketing team member Tanja Sauvola told ...

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RIM relying on apps to drive BlackBerry device sales

 

Published 26 hours ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Research In Motion co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie maintain they are confident the firm will hold its ground despite declining stock prices and analyst concerns that rival manufacturers will threaten the BlackBerry platform's dominance in ...

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iPhone developers mad as hell, not going to take it anymore

 

Published 7 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Among the major revelations of Apple's summertime response to the Federal Communications Commission's inquiry into its handling of the Google Voice VoIP application was the unprecedented look into the App Store approval process. According to ...

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Palm debuts Mojo SDK 1.3.1

 

Published 7 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

In conjunction with the commercial debut of the Palm Pixi smartphone, Palm announced the release of both webOS 1.3.1 and an updated version of the Mojo SDK, promising developers a series of enhancements including APIs to prevent the screen from ...

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Google issues Android 2.0 OS source code

 

Published 8 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Following the recent release of the Android 2.0 operating system in conjunction with the Motorola Droid, Google has now published the Android 2.0 source code via the Android Open Source Project . Codenamed "Éclair," Android 2.0 features ...

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Windows Marketplace extends to WinMo 6.0 and 6.1

 

Published 8 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Microsoft announced its Windows Marketplace for Mobile application storefront now supports devices running the Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 operating systems. First launched exclusively to WinMo 6.5-based handsets, Windows Marketplace now reaches more ...

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DevelopIQ takes top honors in BlackBerry Partners Fund contest

 

Published 14 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

SAN FRANCISCO--DevelopIQ's 7digital Music Store application was named the grand prize winner in the 2009 BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge, an honor announced here at the BlackBerry Developer Conference event. 7digital Music Store enables ...

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RIM introduces BlackBerry Academic Program

 

Published 14 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

SAN FRANCISCO--Research In Motion announced the launch of its BlackBerry Academic Program here at the BlackBerry Developer Conference 2009 event. The program promises colleges and universities worldwide a curriculum and course content spotlighting ...

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Mobigloo wins Verizon's Apply Your Ideas contest

 

Published 14 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Mobigloo's action-puzzle game Abyss is the grand prize winner in Verizon Wireless' Apply Your Ideas developer contest, the operator announced. Exclusively designed for the BlackBerry Storm, Abyss exploits the smartphone's touchscreen and ...

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New browser, platform enhancements juice up BlackBerry

 

Published 14 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

SAN FRANCISCO--With an increasing number of developers focusing their attention on the iPhone and Android operating systems-- Android project starts  alone jumped 94 percent between September and October, according to analytics provider ...

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Palm plans to launch a new developer platform

 

Published 15 days ago by Sue Marek at FierceDeveloper

Speaking at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco last week, Palm Senior Vice President Michael Abbott said that the company plans to improve the mobile application development process by introducing a new platform called Aries that will lower ...

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T-Mobile USA to add operator billing for Android apps

 

Published 17 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

T-Mobile USA said it will add an operator billing option for subscribers who purchase applications from Google's Android Market virtual storefront. Speaking at last week's Open Mobile Summit event in San Francisco, T-Mobile USA CTO Cole Brodman said ...

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PayPal opens payments platform to developers

 

Published 17 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Online payment solutions provider PayPal announced its decision to open its PayPal X global platform to developers, unveiling a series of new APIs as well as a mobile SDK to embed payments directly into iPhone applications. According to PayPal, ...

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Droid's debut galvanizes Android app development

 

Published 22 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

What a difference a device makes. With Verizon Wireless scheduled to introduce its first Android smartphone, the Motorola Droid, on Nov. 6, Android application development is exploding--project starts increased 94 percent between September and ...

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iPhone developer Tarver Games on the attack

 

Published 22 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

The App Store is already teeming with games, but what sets apart startup Tarver Games is its pedigree--president Chris Cross is a 16-year videogame industry veteran who previously served as game design director for Electronic Arts' landmark Medal ...

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Motally unveils Trackappalooza developer contest

 

Published 22 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Mobile analytics provider Motally announced the launch of Trackappalooza, a contest to uncover the most popular applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android operating systems. According to Motally, the contest will honor winners for a variety ...

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RIM seeking WebKit developer--better browser to follow?

 

Published 22 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Speculation that Research In Motion is at work on a new and improved BlackBerry web browser continues to grow--now, Engadget reports that RIM is seeking to hire a developer to help create a WebKit-based browser for its platform. A RIM job posting  ...

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App Store developer revenues top $900 million

 

Published 22 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Of the more than 2 billion iPhone and iPod touch applications downloaded since Apple's App Store opened in mid-2008, about 30 percent--approximately 610 million--fall into the premium app category, translating to total developer revenues of $900 ...

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Qualcomm's Chandhok outlines vision for 'a better open'

 

Published 27 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

LONDON--Days after wireless solutions provider Qualcomm introduced Qualcomm Innovation Center, a new, wholly-owned subsidiary focusing on open-source mobile platforms, the fledgling unit's president Rob Chandhok grabbed the keynote spotlight here ...

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Symbian Foundation launches app publishing program

 

Published 28 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

LONDON--The Symbian Foundation announced the launch of its new Symbian Horizon publishing program here at the non-profit's Symbian Exchange and Exposition 2009 conference, promising developers a new channel to list, process and publish their mobile ...

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Sizing up the Ovi Store five months on

 

Published 28 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

LONDON--It's been five months since Nokia's Ovi Store opened for business, and on the eve of the Symbian Exchange and Exposition 2009 here, the handset maker held a media event to assess the Ovi ecosystem's progress so far. For one thing, Ovi ...

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Symbian platform microkernel released ahead of schedule

 

Published 29 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

The Symbian Foundation, the non-profit initiative charged with overseeing the Symbian operating system as it evolves into open source, announced the release of its platform microkernel (EKA2) and supporting SDK, adding the release is nine months ...

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Qualcomm unveils open-source subsidiary

 

Published 29 days ago by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Wireless technologies provider Qualcomm announced the launch of Qualcomm Innovation Center, a new, wholly-owned subsidiary focusing on open-source mobile platforms. According to Qualcomm, QuIC brings together a dedicated group of engineers under the ...

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Unofficial Windows Mobile 6.5.1 builds surface on web

 

Published 10/21/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Just weeks after Microsoft released Windows Mobile 6.5 to resoundingly negative reviews , a series of unofficial hacks and builds--collectively and unofficially dubbed WinMo 6.5.1--have surfaced on the web, boasting a number of tweaks absent from ...

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RIM trumpets BlackBerry OS 5.0 enhancements

 

Published 10/21/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Following on the recent announcement of its forthcoming BlackBerry Storm2 touchscreen smartphone, Research In Motion addressed a series of enhancements coming with its BlackBerry OS 5.0, debuting in conjunction with the Storm2 later this year. ...

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Forecasting the OS future

 

Published 10/20/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Apple reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings Monday, stating it sold 7.4 million iPhones during the period, up from 6.9 million units sold in the year-ago quarter and ahead of Wall Street's expectation of around 7 million units. Market research ...

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WolframAlpha launches API for developers

 

Published 10/19/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Wolfram Research, the firm behind the WolframAlpha online answer engine, announced the release of an API enabling developers to leverage the solution's capabilities to build computational knowledge applications for the web and mobile platforms. ...

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Ballmer says Windows Mobile 7 must 'kill'

 

Published 10/19/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant understands it must make significant strides with the forthcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system, scheduled for release in 2010. Speaking last week at a private breakfast in Boston, Ballmer ...

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Google's Schmidt: Android adoption 'about to explode'

 

Published 10/19/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

"Android adoption is about to explode," said Google CEO Eric Schmidt during the web services giant's Q3 earnings call last week, contending all the "necessary conditions" are now in place to galvanize global growth of the mobile operating system. ...

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David Wood leaving Symbian Foundation

 

Published 10/19/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Symbian Foundation catalyst and futurist David Wood announced on his blog that he is leaving the non-profit initiative after more than two decades of involvement with the Symbian operating system in its different incarnations. "In many ways, my time ...

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Would someone please build a decent store? Page 2

 

Published 10/19/2009 by Konny Zsigo at FierceDeveloper

Previous page The menus, the categories, the product descriptions, the terms pages, the buy links all need to be beautiful. They need to be drop-dead gorgeous, fully optimized to the phone, colorful, clear, pristine. They need to be consistent ...

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Would someone please build a decent store?

 

Published 10/19/2009 by Konny Zsigo at FierceDeveloper

Is anybody out there as frustrated as I am? I can't find a decent mobile content store out there--not one. They all have huge problems and seemingly no sense of urgency on fixing any of those problems. If I had at least one decent store that I ...

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A Flash flood warning for the App Store?

 

Published 10/13/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Adobe Systems wants so desperately for its Flash media player to run on the iPhone that it's apparently willing to further jeopardize its dicey relationship with Apple to make it happen. Last week Adobe announced Flash is finally coming to the ...

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Handango names 2009 Champion Awards winners

 

Published 10/13/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

SPB Software won a total of six honors in the 2009 Handango Champion Awards, the smartphone content provider's annual celebration of the year's most innovative mobile applications and developers. SPB's list of honors included Windows Mobile ...

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Motorola ditches LiMo for Android

 

Published 10/13/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Motorola is scaling back its involvement in the LiMo Foundation open-source industry consortium as it continues to shift its focus to the Android mobile operating system. "At this time [it is felt] that the Android platform gives a richer, more ...

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Android 1.6 SDK adds gestures API

 

Published 10/13/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Version 1.6 of the Android mobile operating system SDK adds Gestures Builder, a new API enabling developers to create a set of pre-defined gesture controls for applications running on touchscreen devices. Pre-installed on the Android 1.6 SDK ...

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Apple releases iPhone SDK 3.1.2

 

Published 10/13/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Apple released version 3.1.2 of its iPhone OS to tackle a series of known device issues impacting sleep mode, network service disruptions and software crashes, concurrently unveiling the iPhone SDK 3.1.2 as well. According to Apple, iPhone OS ...

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RIM unveils BlackBerry Widget SDK

 

Published 10/6/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Research In Motion announced the beta release of its BlackBerry Widget Software Development Kit, promising third-party application developers the tools to create rich, integrated applications for BlackBerry smartphones using common web technologies. ...

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VIDEO: Windows Marketplace for Mobile––application submission walkthrough

 

Published 10/6/2009 by Jim O'Neill at FierceDeveloper

Source: Daniel Bouie via YouTube

Can Windows Mobile rebound?

 

Published 10/6/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Almost eight months after Microsoft first announced plans to launch its Windows Marketplace for Mobile effort, the app store is finally open for business. As of last week, Microsoft was still tweaking some known issues hampering the app submission ...

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Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center opens online

 

Published 10/6/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Verizon Wireless announced the launch of its Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center, promising developers online access to collaborative tools and support services for the creation of Long Term Evolution products and solutions. According to Verizon, ...

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Flash finally coming to iPhone--more or less

 

Published 10/6/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Adobe Systems announced its Adobe Flash Platform is finally coming to Apple's iPhone, although it will not arrive in its customary web browser plug-in format--instead, Adobe will enable coders to create iPhone and iPod touch applications via its ...

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T-Mobile USA teams with Flurry for app analytics solution

 

Published 10/2/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Mobile application analytics provider Flurry announced an agreement with T-Mobile USA to introduce a free, co-branded analytics solution for T-Mobile Partner Network developers writing for the Android, BlackBerry and J2ME platforms. The solution ...

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Windows Marketplace expanding to WinMo 6 in November

 

Published 10/1/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

With Windows Marketplace for Mobile scheduled to launch on Oct. 6, Microsoft said it still addressing some known issues slowing down the app submission process, but is already planning to expand the application storefront to Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 ...

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Developer Workshop on Spark of Blue Software

 

Published 9/29/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Developer Workshop is a series of profiles exploring the current state of the mobile marketplace from the point of view of the software developers mapping out its future. Each profile focuses on a developer with a compelling story to tell, and ...

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Inside the numbers: The App Store hits 2 billion downloads

 

Published 9/29/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Another App Store milestone, and another opportunity to take stock of its impact. Roughly five months after the virtual storefront crossed the 1 billion iPhone and iPod touch application download threshold, Apple announced Monday that downloads ...

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Palm unveils Mojo SDK v1.2

 

Published 9/29/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Palm released webOS version 1.2 along with the accompanying update of its Mojo software development kit. Highlights of the revamped SDK include: Improved installation and development platform support: Mojo now supports Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow ...

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Navteq Global LBS Challenge prize pool grows to $8.2 million

 

Published 9/28/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Nokia-owned navigation and location-based solutions provider Navteq announced the prize pool for its 2010 Global LBS Challenge is now valued at $8.2 million in cash, licenses, services and handsets following the addition of three global sponsors: ...

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Google slaps Android developer with cease-and-desist letter

 

Published 9/28/2009 by Jason Ankeny at FierceDeveloper

Google has ordered a prolific Android developer to cease and desist distribution of its CyanogenMod custom Android ROM because the software contains proprietary applications including YouTube and Google Maps. CyanogenMod is alternative Android ...

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