I’ve done some searching for statistics on different types mobile platforms and their current global uptake. Here is a what I’ve found.

Platform
Amount(millions)
Notes

Java
700M
Total shipped, end of 2005Most phones are feature phones, a fact that is reflected in this figure.I wonder what the MIDP 1/2 split is?

Flash Lite
77M
Total shipped, Q1 2006This figure is based mostly on the […]

I’ve been running Windows Vista beta 2 for a couple of days, and one thing I like about it is the sidebar with its user-definable gadets. The sidebar gadgets are in all simplicity applications built out of HTML, JavaScript and CSS (very ajaxy by definition). Individual gadgets can be dragged out of the sidebar and […]

I remember reading about FON when it got funding, but didn’t bother checking our more thoroughly then. Having done that now, I can say wow. FON is a “global community of people”, all of whom share their WiFi connection with rest of the community. So when I share my WiFi connection, I get to use […]

This post is about mobile services, innovation and where I think we’re heading in that space. I’ve been thinking about this stuff lately, and here are some of my thoughts on the subject.

There is no distinction between the wired and wireless internet. Mobile phones are first class net citizens, and any service provider that refuses […]

I’m continuing to rave about Maxdox, but that is only because their tool is really, really cool. It is the closest thing to mobile flash/pdf that I’ve seen, and it works great! Here is a demo, created by the folks at Maxdox and hosted by us, that you can order to your phone by sms […]

Merkitys is a Flickr integration application for Series 60 compatible phones, but with a twist. It uses all contextual information it can get hold on: location (cell/gps), country, city, the bluetooth environment and calendar entries, which it publishes along with the image as tags on Flickr (you get to choose which of these are used, […]

As a web consumer I use many different web based services for equally many purposes. Bloglines is my preferred feed reader, I use wordpress for blogging, del.icio.us for bookmarking, google for finding stuff and places, technorati for tracking links to my blog, etc, etc. Many of these have several alternatives, many of which as good […]

A couple of years ago I decided to evaluate the requirements for developing a mobile client-side application. So, armed with a good idea for a cool application, the support of my company and knowledge of Java, server side programming and C, I started putting the thing together. This resulted in GuitarTuner - an application […]

I’m a long-time user of bloglines, the web based news aggregator. It’s well thought out, works most of the time, and does what it promises: let’s me access the news feeds and blogs I’ve subscribed to. I’m a big fan of service based aggregators compared to client-side solutions, be it on the pc or a […]

Two topics in particular on the blogosphere this week has cought my attention: discussion about web 2.0 and recent announcements around mobile search.
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