Announcements
Late April
Morphees: flexible mobile devices - the future?
Article with video
and
a link to the original academic paper
iOS about to change look and feel for the first time in 5 years?
Compare
the latest windows phone ad
with
this older less effective one
Windows gaining traction
Insatiable demand for blackberries?
Smartphones outpace feature phones
Smartphones controlling your house - its here.
Google data fine - German privacy law issues
App makers - not a job for life?
Braille phone?
Mid may news
Google Glass driving ban
Amazon opening its competing app store all around the world
no reselling Google Glass - a reaction to the recent first sale dotrine case?
Using android to take control of a plane
Mobile is for users: lets get rid of IT
Mobile Malware is the new thing
Revised first quarter numbers show
huge losses
in PC sales
Google now a monopoly?
MS office for mobile too late?
The consequences of an app store ban
Google purges some junk from the app store
Microsoft phone beating iPhone in a few countries
Gartner predictions over optimistic for Microsoft?
Imagine that.
Early April
Not Strictly mobile:
WA state bill would allow your boss to get your facebook password
App market oversaturated?
App market not saturated
Who wants a facebook phone?
humorous problems for blackberry users
In News to no one - no one wants windows RT
more evidence of rise of mobile at expense of desktop
iPad getting old?
siri done right coming soon?
Does this make facebook "grownup tech"?
Microsoft is currently winning number 3 position
Microsoft adoption stalled?
Stuff for late march
wow - wired harshly treating M$ windows 8 phone
Another example of the intellectual property perils of the global market.
Mobile access data more reliable identifier than fingerprint data?
More on IP: 1 in 4 patents for phones right now.
Do luxury cars need to support smartphone integration?
Slightly off topic - in the cloud:
the FBI wants realtime access to gmail, dropbox and in game chat.
News for Mid March
More evidence windows RT isn't taking off
the UK won't be buying Blackberries the way Germany did
Here's one reason that windows phone hasn't taken off
1 million phones might make blackberry a bigger presence in the market
Teens switching to phones for internet use
Mobile relies on this fragile cloud
Announcements for Early March
Final market share for last quarter of last year: US
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2416234,00.asp
http://www.informationweek.com/development/mobility/android-to-dominate-2013-mobile-app-down/240150006
http://www.zdnet.com/german-government-approves-blackberry-z10-purchase-7000012146/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/01/firefox-os-is-repeating-the-mistakes-of-others/
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/idc_forecasts_pc_market_will_shrink_second_consecutive_year2013
Announcements for late Feb 2013
Microsoft's Strategy for mobile?
Firefox mobile OS?
does it matter? Can it be third?
Announcements for Mid Feb 2013
Mobile world is coming up
HP experimenting with android isn't in Microsofts interests
Apple Loses the iPhone trademark in Brazil.
in an always on world, be careful where you are on from.
another big company goes with the iPhone over blackberry
Dick Tracy is finally real : Apple's rumored watch-computer
Announcements for early Feb 2013
will blackberry be number 3?
will microsoft be number 3?
more mobile devices than people?
blackberry sales 'solid' but it might not be enough
iPad was biggest selling computer of last Quarter
surface pro comparable to macbook air?
Is this good or bad for the pro?
Older stuff
mobile is a two-os race at the end of 2012
will Blackberry or Windows be number 3?
is iOS dated and in need of major updating?
Welcome to Mobile Development for Spring2013
Please check the assignments page for your assignments, and check this page if the class is ever cancelled for any reason.