New updates to the Mobile Access 4 has been released by TenDigits Software Inc., adding an enhanced user-interface that leverages the unique capabilities of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone from Research In Motion.

Among the user-interface enhancements include:

• Smooth momentum scrolling
• Effortless multitasking
• Context-sensitive automated virtual keyboards
• Large touchpoint areas for all key application interactions

Additionally, this new release of MobileAccess leverages the BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s built in camera and GPS capabilities.

“Field sales people only use mobile applications if access to data is quick and painless,” says Sean Gocher, CEO of TenDigits Software. “We made significant investments to ensure that the user experience on the BlackBerry Storm would be both productive and rewarding.”

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Mobile browsing can be a drag if you are not confident of the actual browser you are using. And while many of us have our preferences on whether to use Opera, Safari or UCWEB, add a new browser on your possible browsing software preference with the launch of GO.

GO is a brainchild of China’s 3G.cn. GO brings a tremendous change on your browser options. Compared with the previous PLAYER, 3G.cn’s advantages in user number and traffic flow will add more confidence to the browser which sounds vigorous.

“GO stands for a new start. 3G era is coming. The experience and standard of mobile applications are changed totally.” As usual, Yuqiang Deng, CEO of 3G.cn takes technology and product as impetus. Due to 3G.cn’s industrial position and its dual-core strategy known as “portal plus mobile applications”, the browser GO became a topic unceasingly guessed about in the industry before it was released.

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Finally, iPhone app developers get a big break as far as the programming they want to do regarding compatibility with the iPhone. Smartphone app development has been somehow slowed down, particularly due to the framework issues and of course coding problems. To give you an idea, HTML programming compatibility has become a problem for most developers, hindering the progress for the release of new apps for smartphones.

But now, Rhomobile addresses this area, releasing a “write once and run on many” framework allows developers of all levels to utilize their HTML skills to create robust native applications for the new iPhone 3G S without the need for starting from scratch to make them compatible with other phone platforms.

“Rhodes is a very easy way to make an application for the iPhone,” said Adam Blum, CEO of Rhomobile. “The Rhodes framework enables anyone, from enterprise developers who want to mobilize their workforce to a consumer who wants to build fun and clever apps, to build powerful mobile applications with about twenty percent of the code used in iPhone apps today.”

Features:

• Makes developers five times more productive for even a single smartphone OS
• Allows developers to write apps in HTML and simultaneously build for all smartphones
• Supports iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android
• Full access to device capabilities: GPS, PIM contacts, camera
• Allows users to work with synced local data for rapid access and ease of operation when disconnected or offline
• Available as open source realtime on public repositories

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Nokia continues to expand towards developing countries as it announces the opening of a new Concept Store in Mumbai. The store is modeled on the global Nokia Concept Store format and is located in Colaba. Spread over 1000 sq. ft., the interactive and informative Nokia Concept Store will provide mobile phone consumers a one-stop destination for the latest and comprehensive range of mobile solutions, including devices and services.

Nokia said its Concept Store will have a uniform and consistent look to provide all aspects of solutions selling, making the shopping experience fulfilling and delightful for consumers.

The Nokia Concept Store in Mumbai is the ninth such store in the country and is designed to inspire and educate consumers on the benefits of Nokia’s latest products and technology through a hands-on experience. The Concept Store offers a complete portfolio of Nokia mobile devices, enhancements and services including Email, Music, Imaging and Gaming.

Nokia said the Concept Store, with its futuristic and high-tech ambience, will provide the ideal backdrop for visitors to experience the latest mobile applications and solutions across business domains. Trained staff will be at hand to help visitors learn about new mobile applications and technologies.

(Source) IT News Online

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MEDL Mobile initially released the App Incubator as a web based application but apparently, there is now a version that can be used for the iPhone. Using this new app, anyone with a concept for a mobile application can submit the idea directly to MEDL Mobile — anytime, anywhere.

As previously announced, the company has committed $2.5 million to the development of said applications across multiple mobile devices, such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Android.

Each submission to the App Incubator is rated according to five criteria — Originality, Functionality, Simplicity, Revenue Potential and Fun. Apps that pass MEDL’s scoring criteria go into development. All development and marketing costs are funded by MEDL Mobile and 25% of any profits go back to the originator of the idea. With some applications earning thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars a day, the App Incubator will allow people with great ideas for mobile applications to profit from their creativity.

MEDL Mobile also develops custom applications for third parties, advertising agencies and consumer brands.

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Thanks to their innovative media advertising formats, Greystripe has copped the “Mobile Applications and Widgets – Mobile Marketing/Mobile Advertising” category at the Emerging Technology Awards for their innovative GS. Rich Media advertising formats. Greystripe’s GS.

Rich Media formats allow for full-screen, Flash advertisements on the iPhone, enabling digital marketers to easily bring online creatives directly to mobile.

Greystripe’s E-Tech Award win gives industry recognition and exposure to their state-of-the-art platform technology, highlighting their ad formats as the best wireless advertising product in the areas of mobile consumer applications and vertical marketing technology. Greystripe’s GS.Rich Media ad formats were among 300 product and service applicants that were reviewed by a panel of 30 recognized members of the media, industry analysts and executives. The products were judged on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor.

Greystripe has seen great brand lift results with its GS.Rich Media advertisements, having run successful campaigns with Unilever Axe, Paramount, LeapFrog, Dunlop Sports, Xbox and Burger King, among others.

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MaxID has unveiled a new handheld theft management device in the Lumidigm’s fingerprint reader. The iDLMax is the first commercially-available mobile computing device to incorporate Lumidigm’s superior multispectral imaging technology.

The Lumidigm Venus fingerprint reader embodies a significant breakthrough in optical imaging technology. Based on patented multispectral biometrics, the robust Lumidigm sensor is uniquely capable of delivering high-quality images in the most difficult and demanding physical environments. This characteristic is particularly important in mobile applications because handheld devices are regularly used in conditions where other biometric technologies fail.

MaxID integrated Lumidigm’s Venus fingerprint reader into the iDLMax, a multimodal, rugged mobile computer that offers a complete set of features for virtually any identity management challenge including contact card, contactless card, barcode, optical fingerprint, and magnetic swipe readers with a digital camera, GPS, and comprehensive wireless communications.

The iDLMax is a complete, integrated mobile solution for all badging and identity management requirements. When users need to read fingerprints, TWIC, CAC, PIV, or FRAC cards, or driver’s licenses, as well as use the other on-board biometric functions to verify identity, the iDLMax connected handheld device does it all in a light, compact, easy-to-use form factor.

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This should be a big boost for mobile app developers. Rhomobile today announced the release of Rhodes 1.0, the industry’s first open source framework for rapidly building mobile applications for all major smartphone operating systems.

Rhodes allows developers to write a smartphone application once using simple HTML and it automatically builds native applications for all smartphones including iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and now Android.

By enabling developers to code smartphone applications in HTML instead of in diverse and complex native device operating system languages, Rhodes reduces development costs by up to five times and eliminates the need to develop specific applications for each mobile OS. Rhodes’ unique framework allows for creation of robust mobile applications that can take full advantage of smartphone capabilities such as GPS, PIM data and camera.

Rhodes is ideal for mobile applications that require interaction with hosted enterprise application (SaaS) backends like CRM and ERP and allows the user to work offline with synchronized local data.

Rhodes Features:

• Makes developers five times more productive for even a single smartphone OS
• Allows developers to write apps in HTML and simultaneously build for all smartphones
• Supports iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android
• Features the world’s first Ruby implementations for all of those smartphones
• Full access to device capabilities: GPS, PIM contacts, camera
• Allows users to work with synced local data for rapid access and ease of operation when disconnected or offline
• Available as open source realtime on public repositories

Rhodes is available under unique and flexible pricing options suitable for a range of smartphone application efforts providing low cost options for the enterprise to enable their mobile workforce and encouraging entrepreneurial innovation. Rhomobile offers dual licensing under GPLv3 for open source apps and commercial licensing options for enterprises and ISVs.

The Rhodes framework is now available here.

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The HP iPAQ has been completely redesigned to produce a stylish mobile phone that is bound to get a lot of attention. The HP iPAQ Voice Messenger certainly looks the part.

It looks similar in stature to the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smart phone. Build quality feels solid, though the rear casing does squeak slightly when pressed and the glossy chrome finish on the rear is a fingerprint magnet.

The iPAQ Voice Messenger smartphone includes all the programs and features of Windows Mobile 6.1, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word Mobile applications, Windows Media Player, Google Maps and a range of PIM functions. It’s easy to configure for use with Microsoft Exchange, and you can also use standard POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts, including Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. A suite of Windows Live applications includes Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail.

HP’s iPAQ Voice Messenger smartphone wins points for its looks, but not all of the design changes are welcomed. The optical controller is mediocre and the keypad is flat, making an otherwise competent handset frustrating to use.

(Source) PC World

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In what is perhaps a move for the future, ZTE and Germany’s T-Mobile have declared a new strategic partnership spanning all the European markets of T-Mobile. This cooperation covers handsets and data card devices for mobile applications.

The signing of a General Framework Agreement (GFA) on handsets and data cards emphasizes the intention to strengthen the cooperation between T-Mobile and the Chinese telecoms equipment provider.

The GFA represents a contract framework that spans the whole handling of a project and the possible adjustments of ZTE’s mobile products for T-Mobile.

Both partners agreed on the implementation of joint projects in the future. The GFA was signed on November 18, 2008 in Macao.

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