Mobile Dev &Design

$5 Billion At Your Fingertips

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:03:00 EDT

ABI Research projects that touch screen technology for mobile phones, MIDs, UMPCs, PNDs, and other handheld devices will pull in $5 billion globally in 2009. This figure comes after a 91% increase in shipments in 2007 of mobile devices with touch screen functionality.

NAVTEQ Adds WaveMarket To Its Site, Resources

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:58:00 EDT

In an effort to expand its digital data mapping and location-based solutions and GPS, NAVTEQ has added WaveMarket’s Veriplace location access platform onto its NAVTEQ Network for Developers (NN4D) Web site.

Hit The Road Hack, Don’t Come Back

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:49:00 EDT

Sometimes hackers don’t come to you—you go to them. Fortunately, the researchers at Carnegie Mellon have devised a system that can protect Web surfers from pesky peepers that wait for you to borrow their signal. The software, called Perspectives, clears up potential bugs when establishing a secure connection wirelessly.

Entertainment Industries To Bulk Up In On-The-Go Functionality

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:34:00 EDT

According the market research firm INSIGHT Research Corp. there is a major movement by the music and game publishers, television broadcasters, video production companies, content aggregators, and telecommunications carriers across the globe to on-the-go devices.

MID Industry To Grow 167% By 2013

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:04:00 EDT

According to ABI Research, the mobile Internet devices (MIDs) market encompassing “always-on” Web browsing, photography and video, navigation, games, social networking, and voice communications, is forecast to grow 167% over the next five years.