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Mobile Development News – July 23, 2010

Posted by Tish Grier in News July 23, 2010 No Comments

Android’s ascent in China might not elevate Google Android stands to become the biggest mobile os in China.   Not so fast.  The Chinese mobile ecosystem is in the process of producing competitor OPhone, along with a whole host of other non-Android Android issues.  Read more to find out what you’d be up against if you decide to develop for China. Also check out 3G:  Craving cachet in China oh, if China could only get a good, cheap handset!

Ars reviews the Mortorola Droid X Sounds like a great new smartphone.  If you can get one…

Mobile Arpu drop led to revenues decline by 7% in Japan Japan’s mobile market is one of the hottest, but it seems to be going through some tough times at the moment.

Flipboard launches ‘social magazine’ for Apple’s iPad This new ‘social magazine’ brings together news, photos, and other ephemera from the user’s Twitter and Facebook communities.  Users can also create sections based on topics or people.  Flipboard’s raised some good Series A funding from a number of marquee names.

Skype drops 3G call charges That’s all fine and dandy, but Don’t worry about saving minutes with Skype, think data use

Developer Workshop: Vlingo Great comments from Vlingo CEO Dave Grannan  on developing voice-activated apps.

Microsoft Wants Employees to Develop Apps in Their Spare Time I guess they have to make up for all the money they lost on the  Kin from somewhere.  And why Microsoft is giving all their employees free Windows 7 devices.

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Editor’s Note: Guest Author Tom Hume is a mobile developer and managing director at Future Platforms, and he runs a well respected eponymous blog at tomhume.org.  Hume is also a member of a UK developer advisory group for Telefonica Developer Communities.

I’ve spent the last 11 years working on mobile apps, 10 of those under the banner of Future Platforms, the Brighton-based software company I set up in 2000. This experience has given me a fair few grey hairs… but also a fairly long-term perspective on the industry. (more…)

Intense competition, excitement and intrigue? An audience of billions, entranced by the genius and performance of a few? An uplifting celebration of a global phenomenon, as teams from all continents and cultures compete for immense reward?

You might be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled upon a blog about the Football World Cup.

But no, I’m talking about the mobile industry at the start of the 21st century. A carnival of competition many times larger and ultimately more significant than even the planet’s biggest sporting event.

But let’s take a closer look at this analogy, and think about some of those involved…
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