Archive for November, 2009
Apple iPhone, Google Android On Collision Course For 2010
The stage is set – Apple and Google have punched in the launch codes for the equivalent of a mobile DefCon 4. iPhone is dominating the smartphone landscape and its market position is coveted by the Google Android platform.
Full StoryTop Ten Predictions for the Wireless Industry in 2010
Last night I attended the WirelessTechnology Forum’s yearly Vision 2010 in Mobile & Wireless. The WTF is a wireless industry association in Atlanta, GA focused specifically on the needs of wireless and mobile technologies products and services providers.
Full StoryTrust Digital’s New Reseller Program and What it Means to Enterprise iPhone Adoption
In an exclusive iPhoneCTO interview, we connected with Trust Digital’s VP of Reseller and Service Provider Sales, Nick Turner.
Full StoryNeed to support the iPhone? Your BlackBerry VAR Can Help
Gartner recently reported that Apple saw a huge market share jump from 2.8 percent in 2008 to 13.3 percent in Q2 2009. Gartner also observed that this growth rate has Apple on track to overtake RIM by mid-2010 and become the number two player in the smartphone market.
Full StoryImplementing iPhone Push Notification? iLime & Urban Airship Face Off
I’ve been considering building push notification support into an upcoming iPhone app, but hadn’t considered using a third party service to do the heavy lifting. Once I read Bill’s article, I decided to try each of the aforementioned services and do my own implementation to compare and contrast my experiences.
Full StoryBest Enterprise VoIP client for the iPhone? Don’t bother….
I decided to preview a number of VoIP (SIP specifically) clients to see how well they work work with a SIP PBX, with the goal of having my work number available on my iPhone.
Full StoryGoogle Custom Search for iPhone: A Key Success Factor for Mobile Online Marketing
I’ve said this before – enterprise strategies for smartphones (and iPhone in particular) tend to focus more on the internal issues of device adoption, management, security, and application deployment. Little airtime is given to the external implications these devices have on businesses both large and small.
Full StoryiTechnology Design; Secure RSS Reader for iPhone
There are a few dozen RSS feed reader apps on iTunes; none of them indicate a capacity for fetching and rendering secure RSS content, but that’s about to change.
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