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Qualcomm
announced that it has established a separate wholly-owned subsidiary,
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC) to support mobile open source
platforms. QuIC has brought together a dedicated group of engineers to optimize open source software with Qualcomm technology. The QuIC board of directors has named Rob Chandhok, senior vice president of software strategy for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, as president of QuIC.
"Open source and community-driven software development is becoming increasingly important to the wireless industry," said Chandhok, "and QuIC is committed to meaningful participation in these development efforts. To fulfill this commitment and to provide focus to this effort, Qualcomm has transferred experienced software engineers to QuIC. These engineers will focus on such important open source initiatives as Linux and Webkit, and on open source operating systems such as Symbian, Android and Chrome."
Research In Motion is offering
the BlackBerry Widget Software Development Kit (SDK) to enable third
party application developers to build applications for
BlackBerry smartphones using common web technologies.
With the new BlackBerry Widget SDK, developers can build web-based applications for BlackBerry smartphones with advanced features and functionality, a capability only previously available for BlackBerry applications written in Java(R).
A BlackBerry Widget uses the BlackBerry Browser engine to render an application's user interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developers are able to use existing web content to create BlackBerry Widgets and extend the capabilities of their web applications using BlackBerry Widget APIs.
Using the new BlackBerry Widget APIs, developers can, for example, create seamless interaction between a widget and the BlackBerry email and calendar applications, create widgets with the ability to view or edit files and documents stored on the smartphone, access location-based services or the media player, and more. Developers can also take advantage of RIM's unique push technology, enabling dynamic widgets that can run in the background and provide proactive alerts to users in a timely manner.
GoldSpot Media launched the miApp
platform for developing smartphone apps and ad campaigns. The platform includes ntuitive web-based drag and drop design studio for
creating applications and interactive ad campaigns once. They also offer infrastructure to deploy the apps across multiple apps stores and devices.
They contend that the miApp
dynamic application framework helps publishers simplify app creation by
eliminating mobile device-specific application development and campaign
creation costs.
miApp provides a single web interface that enables publishers to create, update and manage applications and advertising across all mobile devices, without ever needing to write a single line of code.
Nokia is giving developersOvi APIs and the Ovi SDK Beta. Announced at its annual Nokia World conference, the company said it will progressively roll out web and mobile APIs for its services, beginning with the Ovi Maps Player API and the Ovi Navigation Player API for cutting-edge location solutions on its smartphones. The company also hosted a keynote from Henri Moissinac, Director of Mobile, Facebook, highlighting the opportunities in mobile social networking and the close collaboration between the two companies.
Research In Motion offers new
and enhanced tools for developing web applications for BlackBerry
smartphones. The tools include the new BlackBerry Web Development
Plug-in for Eclipse and the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual
Studio version 1.2. 
These tools are part of a complete portfolio of
BlackBerry developer tools for web and Java development and a set
of APIs that enable developers to create a wide variety of
mobile applications that connect BlackBerry smartphone users to the
information they care about. The BlackBerry application platform also incorporates real-time push technology, security and highly efficient data compression and network bandwidth utilization.
Sprint
announced at the JavaOne conference, their newest programs for
application developers.Sprint Developer Sandbox will provide access to tools to let developers quickly and easily create location-based services (LBS) applications, messaging applications and more.There are three additional location aggregation providers, Alcatel-Lucent, LOC-AID and Useful Networks, to help developers create new location-based services for Sprint customers.
Sprint will offer the ninth annual Sprint Application Developer Conference, Oct. 26-28, 2009, which, for the first time, will be open to all developers.
Google does not like independent developers entering their territory. Infinite SMS a 99 cent iPhone app (developerd by Innerfence) used the Google free text messaging in Gmail Labs so that iPhone owners could send free SMS.The app was hit because text messages for 140 characters are too expensive. It reached the number eight spot in Apple's list of bestselling paid iPhone apps.
Google cut off access to the SMS with this explanation:
"Infinite SMS is a third party app that has been using Google technology to provide free SMS for users, while we were paying for the cost of the text messages. While Google is supportive of third party apps, we've decided we can't support this particular usage of our system at this time. SMS chat is still just an experiment in the early testing stages in Gmail Labs. We're blocking all external XMPP clients from sending SMS; we're not singling out Innerfence."
Microsoft detailed how developers can
build and sell applications for Windows smartpones through Windows
Marketplace for Mobile, the app store available with the Windows Mobile 6.5. operating system. Developers will get at 70% cut, no coast distribution, set their own prices and get marketing and guidance from Microsoft.
Tools to begin developing for Windows phones, go to http://developer.windowsmobile.com.
Developers can also choose to distribute
their application at no cost. Up to five application submissions to the
Windows Marketplace for Mobile is included in the introductory annual
registration of $99 (U.S.). Each additional submission within the
annual period will have a cost of $99 (U.S.).
The registration fee will be waived for student developers who want to reach Windows phones customers, through enrollment in the DreamSpark program. Finally, developers will also be eligible for marketing and sales support from the Mobility Solutions Partner Program, allowing developers to focus on their core competency of developing innovative applications.
To help developers there are webcasts, SDK, and a resource kit.
Cascada Mobile announced a partnership with Polar Mobile
to utilize Cascada's Breeze mobile development platform to extend the reach of Polar Mobile's platform beyond smartphones
to Java-based mobile phones. With Cascada Mobile's Breeze platform, developers can create mobile
apps in as little as 15 minutes that can take full advantage of the
functions and features of mobile phones and smart phones - from the
address book to the camera. As of today, 25,000 applications have been developed with the platform
Breeze-built mobile applications are tested and ported to operate on hundreds of different device makes and models as well as hundreds of networks around the globe, making Breeze-created applications available and ready to run on billions of phones worldwide.
The first Breeze-built mobile app will be for The Hockey News, a leading hockey publication.
