"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." — Alan Kay
Elizabeth Goodman will be participating in a panel discussion at O’Reilly’s Where 2.0 Conference on how social mobile applications use location and proximity to bridge the real world and the virtual.
Jabberwocky is one such social mobile app, for Bluetooth-enabled phones. Elizabeth provides an overview of Jabberwocky—an app that defines location not as a static set of coordinates but as a personally defined region.
After long waiting for Macromedia Flash Lite to be available to the public, Macromedia has announced version 1.1 for:
Series 60
UIQ
As an alternative to J2ME MIDP applications I have to test out Flash Lite capabilities and integration with the Phones APIs. Anyone tried it out yet?
Update: After initial issues while trying to shop for Flash Lite on Macromedia’s Online Store (the System declined my Visa several times, reporting that the address I was submitting, wouldn’t match the banks information), the Macromedia Customer Service managed to send me the ".sis" installation file by Email. Thanks a lot to them for their fast and great support.
So now, I’ve finally Flash Lite 1.1 installed on my Nokia 6600 and downloaded one of the Flash Lite examples I could find. It turns out, that this "Traffic Cam Viewer" has recently won the Macromedia Flash Lite Contest. Here are the rest of the winning entries.
After waiting so long for this to happen, it’s time to getting things done and put myself on some idea implementations and some research on Flash Lite 1.1
As part of my new assignment, I’ve set up an internal training program to get us in shape in terms of mobile marketing. The first visit I’ve arranged last week, was a stop by Telefónica’s MoviStar Demo Center. Telefónica MoviStar is the biggest mobile carrier here in Spain, which has setup a demonstration center in Madrid, featuring several conference rooms stuffed full of gadgets ranging from PDA’s, mobile phones, SMS triggered vending machines, among others. It’s a really nice setup where you can pitch new customers and do life demos of mobile technology.
The pics above, have been taken with the Nokia 6600. I still have to get used to the lightning issues, so the phone gets the best possible photos, having in mind its capabilities and limitations.
Next I’m going to setup the SMS/MMS platform, which will enable us the development of mobile marketing campaigns. The work of the next weeks will include the development of documentation, in house training, some nice demos and product design.
Via Russell: “I just went through and spent way too much time cleaning up my blog and mobile news links both in my favorites folder and in my aggregator. I figured I would share them with you. First, here’s my Mobile News and Blog sites OPML file ...”
A great and complete list about mobile news and sites. This reminds me, that I should organize my feeds and links altogether. So much knowledge spread out there and no time to go through it… 
It’s been more than 2 and half years ago that I haven’t owned or carried around a mobile phone. Lot’s of years have passed since I was developing on mobile phones, remembering as my last phone the Nokia 7110 working on some WAP projects.
I still remember, when being 1997 in Milan attending a Nokia developers conference, I was showcased a demo of a pair of 7110 Bluetooth enabled phones (Bluetooth enabled battery packs) playing “Snake” one against each other. I never heard of Bluetooth before, and was very excited to discover this new protocol. I never imagined that it would take so much time to really take off.
Fast forward: I’m here typing on my desk and counting 3 devices enabled with Bluetooth technology: Apple’s Powerbook, Microsoft’s IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth and the Nokia 6600. And they work great together. Adding to that, that at home I use a wireless Airport network, the only cable there is, guess which one… is the power cord to the laptop.
Thanks to Apple’s last iSync update I can now flawlessly sync the 6600 to the my Powerbook data. I have managed to:
- Sync the 6600 to the Powerbook
- Using the 6600 as a Bluetooth modem for the Powerbook
What I still have to find out is how to link the 6600 to the Powerbook so it shares it’s Internet connection via Bluetooth. I have found some links, but there’s still something missing so that I can make it work properly.
So far I’m very pleased with the phone. I don’t have to tell you, that it is a huge step forward from my last phone. The GPRS connection with Movistar carrier is quicker than I thought it would be. The screen is impressive. The UI of the Series 60 phone is nice, although I always liked Nokia’s approach to user interfaces.
This post is entitled “My” new Nokia 6600 because the phone is not actually mine. The company I work for, has managed to get one, so that I can get back on the mobile development path, I put on “ice” some years ago. There’s lot’s of stuff that I have to get into, I actually don’t know where to start. It’s a shame that there’s no decent development platform for J2ME or mobile in general for Mac OS X. I really don’t want to switch to MS Windows for this, as I have completely switched to Mac OS X for the rest and loving it. It seems that I will need to, at least for a while.
Does somebody know what has happened to the Flash player for Series 60 that was previewed a long time ago? What about the Python environment for the 6600? Are they available for testing? I have to check out.
Rael Dornfest has just launched MobileWhack using his great Blosxom.
MobileWhack is all about that mobile handset, palmtop, hiptop, ipod, or laptop in your pocket, purse, briefcase, or dangling from your utility belt. It’s about squeezing every last ounce of mobility out of your mobile device.MobileWhack isn’t just infoporn, not that we don’t like our fair share, mind you—Gizmodo, MobileBurn, and Phone Scoop spring to mind. It’s not about the deep analysis and social implications you’ll find at Mobitopia and Smart Mobs, although you can be sure we’ll be giving some thought to things along the way. It’s not about finding the future in every smidgeon of leaked info and glossy promo shots—ok, so there may be some drooling.
MobileWhack is a repository of hacks, hints, tips, tools, stories, news, ideas, and wishes for and around the mobile device you’re actually using. The raisons d’etre are to be useful, to inspire, and to delight.
