Mobile talk moves to Web 2.0
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BBC Click reports on the internet phase, Web 2.0, which is reaching mobile handsets.
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When it begins shipping on June 29, the revolutionary iPhone will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards Apple today announced that developers can create Web 2.0 applications that look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone and that can seamlessly access iPhoneâs services. That includes making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps. Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhoneâs capabilities without compromising its reliability or security.
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Loaded with Web 2.0 applications, the N810 could help usher in location-aware computing.
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Adobe Systems Inc.'s Flash video, the format that made Web video a hit, is coming to a version of Flash for mobile phones.
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Parliant's PhoneValet Anywhere lets users access calls from a browser, including call history and messages.
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Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.
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Mozilla developer Doug Turner outlines two prototypes for better cell phone-browsing.
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The push is on to get Instant Messenger software on more and more mobile phones.
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(InfoWorld) - Web 2.0 is coming to mobile phones, according to Nokia, which has launched a service that allows Java-enabled phone users to choose widgets, or small applications, that can be displayed on their phones. WidSets, introduced on Tuesday, is a free offering that users can set up on theÂ WidSets Web site. On the site, customers can choose from many different widgets that will be displayed on their phones. Widgets usually reside on a desktop and receive information, such as data delivered via RSS (Really Simple Syndication). For example, a Google News widget can appear as a small icon, and when users click on the icon, they can see the latest headlines that appear on the Google News Web site. Widgets are considered Web 2.0 applications because they offer an interactive and customizable service different from more static Web sites. After a new user signs up, the WidSets site sends an application via text message to the user's phone. Users must run the WidSets application and stay connected to the Internet to see the widgets and to allow the widgets to be updated with new content. The WidSets Web site is designed to support community input so users can browse for useful widgets based on community rankings. The service is free for phone users, although they'll pay associated costs to their mobile operators for data download. For now, Nokia doesn't have a way to make money from the offering but in the future the service could support advertising or Nokia could sell premium content, said Tom Henriksson, director of Nokia's emerging business unit. WidSets isn't the first widget offering for mobile phones. Opera Software ASA supports widgets on its mobile browsers. Henriksson praised the Opera offering as a great option but said that WidSets is designed to make using widgets on mobile phones easy. Nokia has increasingly begun offering different types of services like this one that could compete with content services from operators. But Henriksson says that offerings like WidSets benefit everyone in the market. "We think these help data services in general take off. Then everybody wins," he said.
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Opera Software on Tuesday released the final version 3.0 of its Opera Mini Web browser, which is designed for mobile phones. The upgrade introduces a number of new social networking features, such as photo sharing and a built-in RSS reader.
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Yahoo's new oneConnect service lets mobile phone users share bits of their favorite Web sites with friends.
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Cutting the cord Mobile Workshop Mobile phones are now pervasive in the business environment. Love them or hate them, thereâs no getting away from the fact that many of us are using them as an integral part of day to day communications.â¦
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Users can speak into the phones and have their words converted directly to SMS messages.
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A technology well-known for speeding up multimedia content on its way through the Web is finding a nuanced new variation -- keeping up connections between corporate e-mail services and mobile devices such as Blackberries and Windows Mobile smartphones.
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By Jones, Gareth  Web access via a mobile phone is no longer the frustrating experience of old - and consumer brands are racing to take advantage of WAP's new popularity.
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Several Web 2.0 tools unveiled by IBM have advanced the growing options for business-based social networking and data mashups.
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The Web 2.0-social networking phenomenon's seemingly irresistible force field has ensnared yet another niche: travel.