Hey, wait a gosh-darn minute here... Someone sent me this screenshot of the recent iPhone SDK survey question on what platform mobile developers use. Do you notice anything missing? Hmmm... something like the most abundant mobile platform on earth? The mobile platform that is on 2+ billion (with a "b") cell phones? Sheesh, Stevie-boy, you must really be nervous about something!

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iPhone SDK missing something

Maybe it was the Fake Steve Jobs who did this... I can't imagine the Real Steve Jobs being so worried about little 'ol Java ME technology, I DEE-clare! ;-)

Hinkmond

YouTube is catching a whiff that live streaming video from your cell phone would be a cool thing to have. Uh... duh! All those lolcats fans could have told you that! Imagine using your cell phone to catch your cat trying to flush your pet goldfish down the loo instead of having to dig for that camcorder from the back of your closet. Well, YouTube better hurry (and use Java ME technology for widest reach), because FlixWagon is already doing it with a Java ME cell phone app.

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Using Java ME to stream video from a cell phone

Here's a quote:

 The mobile client application, which 
 users must download, is... 218Kb for 
 J2ME phones...

 The mobile app is designed simply but 
 effectively in order to provide users 
 the shortest path to broadcast...
 users can edit video properties from 
 their phone, such as title, tags, 
 category, and access rights (public or 
 private).  The mobile app also 
 provides live feedback from viewers

Hinkmond

Yahoo! announced they will launch onePlace which is a mobile app to collect all your dynamic and static content in a single interface--sort of a mobile bookmarks app with dynamic updating.

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Yahoo's onePlace is enough for all of us

Here's a quote:

 Yahoo! onePlace will give you a 
 variety of ways to view information, 
 so you can enjoy it whatever way is 
 most useful to you.  Collection, 
 category, pulse and favorites views 
 will offer different perspectives on 
 your content, optimized for what you 
 need from it.

Hinkmond

The battle for your phone is going on today and will impact those of us who are wireless consumers and especially those of us who are mobile app developers. The New York Times is using a bit of hyperbole here though. Is it really a "battle"? :-) C'mon, there are real wars going on in the world that don't involve how well you can play Sudoku on your cell phone. But, it's the New York Times reporting this story, so it must be true... Right? ;-)

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Battle Going on for your Phone

Here's a quote:

 There are a couple of announcements 
 today that point to a key technological 
 battle: the race to become the platform 
 for mobile applications...

 Sun’s Java is the leader in this area 
 now... If you are not a programmer or 
 wireless executive, I don’t blame you 
 if all this makes your head spin.  But 
 the impact of how this shakes out will 
 be important, and not just for mobile 
 phones.

Hinkmond

Here's an article about how with the recent AT&T launch of Guitar Hero 3 (written for Java ME), Hands-On Mobile makes the game better in terms of graphics and the use of the phone vibrator. Bwow-chika-bwow-wow, Rrrrwweahhhhhh. Woo!

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Java ME makes Guitar Hero 3 better

Here's a quote:

 On Friday, AT&T brings the portable 
 version of the wildly popular console 
 game to J2ME phones... The Java 
 platform has allowed for certain 
 upgrades to the BREW version of the 
 game currently out on Verizon 
 phones.  The graphics are slightly 
 larger and clearer, and Hands-On 
 Mobile has added a haptic dimension 
 to a missed note: the phone vibrates 
 in response to butter fingers.

Hinkmond