A quick look at our site this week will reveal that Samsung is excited about the possibilities offered by widgets in a mobile context.
Firstly , we released the Beta version of our Samsung Mobile Widget SDK. This is housed in a separate forum on Samsung Mobile Innovator. This area is aimed at both mobile and web developers and is dedicated to Samsung’s widget implementation on the touch Wiz UI. Whether you are a web developer looking to target mobile devices, or a mobile developer keen to explore widgets, we are sure you will find our area useful. Access it at the link below.
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/platform.main.do?platformId=12
Media interest in this is already quite high with articles published in Engadget Mobile, Information Week, CNET and MobileCrunch.
Next, to coincide with the SDK launch we invited our Californian-based members who like caffeine and coding to pull an all-nighter with Samsung Mobile in San Francisco at our first Widget Developer Camp. There are some great prizes up for grabs ($5k each individual category and $20k Best in Show, plus a trip to CTIA to show off your widget), just remember you need to be a CA-local. For more details see our micro-site.
https://samsungwireless.com/devcamp/
And finally, due to demand from our members, Samsung IQ has been extended for two weeks. This means that the competition remains open until Friday 28th August 2009, giving developers more time to build their Samsung Mobile Widgets and refine their work. For full details, click the link below.
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/bbs/tech/view.do?boardName=technology&messageId=39101
The message clearly - if you’re interested in this technology that combines HTML, CSS and Javascript to create cool UIs there has never been a better time to start coding.
Friday, 21 August 2009
Monday, 10 August 2009
Lights, Internal-Web-Cam, Action.... i8910 HD DevPack 1.0 has arrived
After several alpha and beta versions we have now released v1.0 of our industry leading DevPack for the i8910 HD. It has been in beta for the last few weeks while we sorted out some issues with the web-cam functionality. Previously you could only use this with an external webcam, but we have now resolved this issue so it works just as well with your internal camera.
Add to this advanced GSensor emulation, full support for the Samsung Mobile Widget framework and an interface optimized for a small laptop screen and we think we've given developers the best SDK experience around. Download today and try for yourself (http://bit.ly/i8910HDdevPack).
Add to this advanced GSensor emulation, full support for the Samsung Mobile Widget framework and an interface optimized for a small laptop screen and we think we've given developers the best SDK experience around. Download today and try for yourself (http://bit.ly/i8910HDdevPack).
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Making the most with MoSync
The latest in our series of technical papers, which bring you analysis and instruction from some of the leading authors in mobile development, comes from the team at Pragmaticomm. In his own words, John Pagonis explains what piqued his team's interest in this innovative cross-platform development tool:
"We at Pragmaticomm, after meeting with the MoSync team couple of years ago at the Smartphone Show, were really impressed with the technology and the team behind it, so we wanted to dig further. As with other companies we have been under pressure lately to bring the cost of development down while spreading across more device platforms, so we got back to Mobile Sorcery for a trial run and this is how this investigation on the Mosync SDK happened.
Our domain is Mobile VoIP, which is not ideal for such investigation, so we chose to build a mobile shopping application instead. Since this is outside our remit of projects, we thought that it would be interesting and also indicative of the problems a new developer would face on MoSync, starting with estimating the project and navigating around new APIs. We found out that MoSync was no harder than other environments and that for many domains it can really make a difference in getting your product to market when you need to cover many OSs - no matter what. Give it a go, it may not save money for everyone right now, but certainly it will be a worthwhile programming experience and for those of you that don't have the time, read on... "
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/cms/cnts/knowledge.detail.view.do?platformId=1&cntsId=4780
"We at Pragmaticomm, after meeting with the MoSync team couple of years ago at the Smartphone Show, were really impressed with the technology and the team behind it, so we wanted to dig further. As with other companies we have been under pressure lately to bring the cost of development down while spreading across more device platforms, so we got back to Mobile Sorcery for a trial run and this is how this investigation on the Mosync SDK happened.
Our domain is Mobile VoIP, which is not ideal for such investigation, so we chose to build a mobile shopping application instead. Since this is outside our remit of projects, we thought that it would be interesting and also indicative of the problems a new developer would face on MoSync, starting with estimating the project and navigating around new APIs. We found out that MoSync was no harder than other environments and that for many domains it can really make a difference in getting your product to market when you need to cover many OSs - no matter what. Give it a go, it may not save money for everyone right now, but certainly it will be a worthwhile programming experience and for those of you that don't have the time, read on... "
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/cms/cnts/knowledge.detail.view.do?platformId=1&cntsId=4780
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