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Come meet us at the M-days conference in Frankfurt, Germany on 1-2 Feb, 2012. The Swedish vikings are giving a show with Rebtel, Crunchfish, Screen Interaction, VMS, Call Control and the Mobile Business and Sweden Mobile Association, find us in stand A 17 in Messhalle 1. We'll get you a soda, coffee or beer, or come join the WIP jam with me and le Thibault and party with the Mobile Monday Frankfurt chapter. best regards The Mosync Team

MoSync en français - such a xmas present - quel merveilleux cadeau!

These days its seems that every other mobile application uses some form of social connectivity, Facebook has become a very popular mobile platform for many! OK enough already, tell me more about the Facebook mobile API. So in this release of MoSync, we have a rich Facebook mobile library that gives you access to almost all of the Facebook Mobile graph API, this can be bound to our HTML5 / JavaScript, so both mobile web application developers and C++ hackers can get full access to the facebook mobile functions.

  The biggest mobile cross-platform developer tools survey has been launched. The survey examines how mobile developers rate each of the 20+ cross-platform mobile tools, it also tracks mobile developer experiences and perceptions of the mobile cross-platform market space.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 23, 2011 Until today, strategies for cross platform meant either focusing on HTML5 apps with limited functionality and access to device features, or going native with multiple teams, an array of tools and complex building process. With MoSync 2.7 Pyramid, mobile developers no longer need to make that choice, and can create fully featured applications either in HTML5 or C/C++ or a combination of both, resulting in both ease-of-use and performance at the same time.

Theres been many changes in the mobile space over the last year, Microsoft OS's in Nokia phones, the previously unheard of patent wars between the OEM manufacturers. Now Sony are officially acquiring Ericsson's shares in Sony Ericsson, I believe that this is a bid to revive and rejuvenate the company and to perhaps return it to its former glory. At MoSync we look forward to continued relations with the new company, we will continue to support both Sony-Ericsson and future Sony devices. Details of the buy out below:

TV4 Expressen Mobilab AB partner with some of Sweden’s most innovative companies. They help their clients develop complex web sites targeted at mobile users. Their web sites come complete with micro-payment systems based around vouchers and premium SMS services. One of the issues they need to address when developing mobile web sites is how to get found. Think about it: how do you find a mobile web site? Sure you can use Google from your phone’s web browser, but most of the time you are just going to be seeing web pages optimized for big screens.

Astando AB and MoSync AB have a long relationship. Back in 2005, Astando approached MoSync (then called Mobile Sorcery) with a proposal to develop a guidance system for visually impaired pedestrians. We were immediately enthusiastic - not only would we be able to sharpen our skills in the mobile sphere, we would also be helping to develop an application which could transform lives!

One of the big problems with developing mobile software is providing a consistent UI across multiple platforms. There are several ways to do this. The most common by far is to simply hard code the UI individually for each platform. As the number of target platforms multiplies, this can become problematic and costly: you need to adjust the UI layout to match each individual device and every possible screen size. Is there a better way of solving this problem?

The completely updated 8th edition of this excellent mobile development guide, with new chapters about monetization, NFC and more, will be unveiled at AppsWorld Africa (June 1-2). The Guide includes contributions from the MoSync team, as well as from 16 other writers worldwide. In the meanwhile, you can download the 7th edition of the Guide in PDF format from the Enough Software website, at www.enough.de