Every publication gets things wrong on occasion; a reporter might misspell a person’s name here, or skip an apostrophe there. But the Wall Street Journal has an excellent reputation in terms of overall accuracy, and so mobile app developers may be interested to know that a new article focuses on a high demand in their
Nokia said today its Ovi Store has grown nearly eight times over the last year and reaches up to 5 million downloads per day driven by by the latest Symbian devices – the Nokia N8, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7 and Nokia E7 – which account for about 15 percent of the daily downloads. Nokia’s new
Nokia has introduced Nokia Web Tools for Series 40 devices allowing developers to creae rich, light weight web apps. Developers can use the Ovi Browser with Nokia Web Tools for Series 40. Nokia Web Tools provides developers with a new way to leverage standard web technologies by allowing anyone who can build a web page
Barnes & Noble said today its Nook Developer team is introducing new services and resources aimed at speeding up the launch for applications for its Nook Color. The company said it is focusing on offering reading-centric apps to users that improve the reading experience on the Nook Color. Barnes & Noble has plans for a
If you’ve heard some unpleasant rumors about Google controlling device manufacturers and making Android less open, don’t swallow them just yet. Google’s Andy Rubin told the company’s side of things yesterday, referring to the other tales as FUD. Rubin wrote in a post on the Android Developers Blog, “As always, device makers are free to
Novell announced today the availability of Mono for Android, a tool for developing Microsoft .NET apps for the Android platform using Microsoft Visual Studio. Novell is enabling Microsoft .NET and C# developers using Visual Studio and other environments to use a common code base to create applications for mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets,
Developers who want to make games for the Xperia Play and happen to be visual learners are in luck. Sony Ericsson has announced the availability of training videos that are designed to help everyone get started and pick up some valuable skills. The videos are available through design3, a game development portal. Unfortunately, a subscription’s
HP has announced it is giving developers in its Early Access program, access to its webOS 3.0 SDK. The webOS 3.0 SDK allows developers to create apps for HP TouchPad and the next-generation of webOS devices. Features include: *Enyo, the new framework that supports new and future webOS form factors *Leverage core webOS features like
PapayaMobile has announced that Android’s In -App billing is now available on its social gaming network. PapayaMobile will also integrate Android’s In-App billing into its Social SDK and Game Engine products, offering Android developers access to monetization tools. Papaya says the key reason why developers are currently finding iPhone to be a better monetization platform
Developers who have been wondering about Windows Phone 7 (or who have already embraced it and are interested in its well-being) can now learn more about how it’s been received. Microsoft published some official statistics late yesterday, and they put the mobile operating system off to a good start. The first data point Microsoft chose
