Mobile Development NewsMobile development news aggregation focusing on the J2ME, BREW, and Symbian platforms with a splash of commentary.Handango Goes After Powerful Billing Models- April 14, 2006 Did anyone else breath the word FINALLY under their breaths when they read this headline We certainly did. Handango, the great warehouse of downloadable games and other apps, has long provided the mobile world with content. But always in the form of one-shot payment apps. Sure, they added their club discount and reward point systems, but you're still asking your end-users to pay $15 bucks for a game of Sudoku. It's a price point that makes people shop around and play your trials instead of...http://www.mamlambo.com/mdn/archives/000697.html Need Handset Information No Handset In Sight Try WURLF.- April 5, 2006 WURFL, or the Wireless Universal Resource File, if an XML file maintained over at SourceForge that covers a large amount of data for a large number of devices. It includes data such as user-agent, various HTML, XHTML, cHTML capabilities, bugs, J2ME attributes, ringer formats, wallpaper formats, and many other pieces of data. I doubt I have to describe how useful data like this can be, so I won't bother. Are you searching for a cell phone rental Finding a cell phone europe.http://www.mamlambo.com/mdn/archives/000696.html Sennari Launches MobileTunes-Mobile Music App- April 5, 2006 Sennari Announces Music Promo Service MobileTunes At MECCA EventCompany rocks the house by rewarding music fans with free mobile access to artist blogs, tour dates, social networks and concert ticket reservationsMECCACTIA Wireless 2006CUPERTINO, Calif. & LAS VEGAS April 4, 2006 Sennari, the world leader in CRM-based applications for mobile phones, today launches MobileTunes, the first and only free promotional mobile music channel that provides consumers with the latest information about..http://www.mamlambo.com/mdn/archives/000695.html Expand Your Wireless Library Without Breaking The Bank- April 4, 2006 This may be obvious, but I was rather surprised to see that eBooks are not only pretty common in the wireless space, but they are also significantly cheaper than their paper versions. Some of them are even free. There are quite a few sites out there that offer free eBooks. This site has a great list of free J2ME eBooks or eChapters... Other not so free eBooks are still often much cheaper than the paper equivalents. For example, Ray Rischpater's book Software Development for the QUALCOMM BREW...http://www.mamlambo.com/mdn/archives/000694.html |