Mobile technology and programming

Some articles about mobile phones, smartphones and other mobile computers. A new domain for programmers and webmasters, and the main ones in the years to come.

Tizen
The new free operating system compared to Meego, Android, Windows 8.

Android
The system programmable in Java tends to become the most popular.

Applications for mobiles
They take advantage of the unique features of mobile and smartphones.

Using a mobile as a brain for different devices
Mobiles are accomplishing a new step in technological progress, they are connected to different types of equipment to give them some intelligence.

Why Nokia will return to the top
The union of the best manufacturer of mobile equipment and the leading producer of software, Microsoft will boost the firm against Apple.

Apple against Android, the patent war.

Programming

What framework for developing for mobiles?
Based on HTML 5 and JavaScript, they interface with the mobile OS and try to provide an interface identical to that of native applications.

Android, model of application
An overview of the structure of Android for a programmer.

Mobile programming
All operating systems and tools to develop for mobiles.

How to design a website for mobile phones

According to the announcement by Google on the issue, there is no difference between a site made for desktop computers, mobile or both.
It is not necessary to have a particular extension (such as .mobi) or to put the pages for mobiles in a subdomain.
But there must be a display for screens of different sizes which is facilitated by a fluid layout, such as the theme for Wordpress Cryonie ou Encyclopedia (which may be used on a static site).
It is quite possible to make a site accessible to mobile with just a dedicated stylesheet.

However you can install a sitemap specific to Googlebot-Mobile, and it must contain only the pages displayed on mobile.

• Making websites mobile friendly.
• W3C mobileOK Checker.

Technology

• What applications on a smartphone? Strange and unexpected apps on mobile devices.
• Tablet PC. Overview of the market.

External resources and infos

• Cryanogenmod. Offers a fork of Android 2.2 with additional features.
• WebOS review.
• Steve Jobs transcript. His ideas about the future of computers. RIM responds.
• Our platform is burning. Desperate memo from the new leader of Nokia. The firm is losing market share, and fails to produce a competitive smartphone. (February 2011).

Market shares for mobile phones

Statistics of the choice of operating systems of mobile phones worldwide.

Source Statcounter.

Resources

• Republic Wireless. Phone without provider.

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