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Nokia has announced its plans and they are switching to Windows Mobile, and not Android as previously rumoured. They are keeping MeeGo as a “project” as opposed to the de-facto platform for their smartphones, indicating there will be only one MeeGo product in their range in 2011.
It is worth noting that Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia since September 2010, worked for Microsoft between January 2008 and September 2010…
Yesterday, I attended the first day of Apps World in London and it was very interesting. I did spend a lot of time in the Developers’ Corner and was inspired in particular by two talks.
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Like many other programmers wanting to get into the smart phone market, I assumed the iPhone was the way forward. That is, until I looked into it. Back in July 2009, I decided to move my programming efforts towards the mobile phone and I explored my options.
My first research was the iPhone, then the Blackberry, then Nokia. They all seemed to be quite difficult for the solo programmer, requiring a long waiting time for approval of apps and/or a complex registration process. Then I came across Google Android. Open source. Open to all programmers. Simple and cheap registration process ($25).
Six months on, I’m still developping for Google Android and I’m trying to turn this into a full income. Over the next few months, I will be charting my progress on here. I will be adding the posts to the list below: