Via EngadgetMobile, looks like mobile application usage is exploding since over the holidays there were more than 1 Billion downloads on the various mobile application stores.
These are impressive numbers but also pose a challange for developers. On one side is a great opportunity but on the other is a very difficult business to be in.
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This year too I will attend the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona. As usual it’s a great event and small developers conferences are becoming a big part of the conference, App Planet, in addition to all networking parties.
So here is my tentative event attendance, if you see me, say hi !!!
Mobile Sunday
Nokia
Mobile Peer Award
BalckBerry
Samsung
HP
GoMoNews [...]
Samsung Developers launched. They merged a lot of resources in one place with great information about development, SDKs and more.
“Samsung Developers offers a new destination for developers working with Samsung smart devices, providing news and updates, feature rich content and lively forums for technical advice and support. Samsung Developers draws in all of Samsung’s current [...]
As mentioned before Samsung bada has changed the way Flash Lite standalone content can be integrated. Here are the steps by steps procedure on how to create a standalone Flash Lite project.
Launch the Samsung bada IDE
Select File, New, bada Application Project
Once you have selected a new project:
Name your project
Select Project Type as bada Flash Base [...]
There is a new release bada SDK 1.2.0b1 available. The main change for this release is the way Flash Lite content is integrated:
Web app model and Flash app model
HTML/JavaScript or Flash SWF can be native apps without C++ coding.
This is great since there is no need anymore to do a C++ layer to perform Flash [...]
With today Nokia announcement to support only going forward of Qt and HTML5, developers are left with a hard decision, choose which mobile development silo to pick.
You have basically left with the choice to develop for:
Nokia: Qt
Android: Java
Apple: Object C
Samsung: bada
RIM
All of these development technologies are not compatible and are “silos” in every aspect. Each [...]
I have been playing around with my Samsung Wave and Flash Lite 3.1. Most of the work is to create a bada application that integrates the Flash Lite content to listen for key events and other things.
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Thanks to Samsung Mobile Innovators Start here is my new toy: Samsung Wave
The screen is great and the phone response is really quick. Settings and navigation is very easy and intuitive. The Samsung Wave is base on the Samsung bada platform and it supports the Flash Lite 3.1.
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Looks like Apple reversed ban on content created with 3rd party tools which includes Flash.
“We are continually trying to make the App Store even better. We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart. Based on their input, today we are making some important changes to our [...]
I have been digging in Samsung bada and Flash Lite 3.1 which is supported by the Samsung Wave. I downloaded the Samsung bada SDK and played with the demos. The Flash Lite implementation is close to the MMI enviroment where Flash Lite can be used as UI element but at the same time be standalone [...]
Via mobile-ent.biz, Samsung sold 1M Samsung Wave phones. Remember that this phone is a Flash Lite 3.1 enabled phone and it’s based on Samsung bada platform.
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There was a bada developer day in London and they have posted the slides from the pretensions.
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Samsung announced two new devices, the Samsung Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro which based on bada platform should be Flash Lite 3.1 enabled.
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Today Samsung Mobile Innovator Stars is officially launched. Thanks to Samsung and I am happy to be part of the program.
“Samsung Mobile Innovator Stars are a select group of thought-leaders in the Samsung mobile ecosystem”
Samsung is the second largest OEM in the world and it’s pushing new platforms such as bada and Android in their [...]
Via Mobileblog.it, an unboxing video for the Samsung Wave.
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If you are in one of the cities listed check out the Samsung Bada Developer Days. It’s a great way to know more about this new mobile platform.
“The bada Developer Day will be held in more than 25 countries and present the perfect opportunity for you to learn more about the Samsung bada platform. At [...]
After my previous post, Mobile App Stores 70/30 revenue split too little, is it a cartel?, Andrea posted a message on twitter which is a very well known issue for long time for anyone in the mobile space. Before there were carriers/operators that were the gate to get mobile content now OEM have been added [...]
Samsung Bada has launched a Developer Challenge competition for their new platform. Check out the details.
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