BREW 2007 Developer Awards. Flash Lite submissions accepted.
Via Scott:
Showcase your best BREW® applications and gain recognition at the BREW 2007 Conference – submit your nominations today!
We’ve extended the submission deadline to March 14, so don’t miss out on your chance to be recognized by your peers and industry leaders for your outstanding contributions in developing BREW-based mobile applications. Winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony held at the BREW 2007 Conference in San Diego June 20 – 22, 2007.
The BREW 2007 Developer Awards will recognize the best BREW applications in the following categories:
* Best Up and Coming Application
* Best Public Service Application (New Category!)
* Best Business or Productivity Application
* Best Location-Based Service Application
* Best Community Application
* Best Entertainment Application
* Best Game Application
* People’s Choice AwardSubmit your entry forms and application demos online at http://www.brew2007awards.com
For more information about the BREW 2007 Conference, visit http://www.brew2007.com
How To Cancel Verizon Wireless Without An Early Termination Fee
Verizon Wireless is increasing their text messaging rates by 50% and you can use that to get out of your contract. (Starting March 1 it will cost you 15 cents to send and receive instead of 10 cents.) A cancellation script was constructed on another blog for people to use during the call. They use scripts on us so why shouldn’t we have one too?
You can view the script here. It’s helping quite a few people cancel without a fee. Even if you don’t want to cancel your contract with them, you should still use it to get a credit on text messaging for the remaining life of your contract. Do it before March 1. Thirty minutes of your time can save you over fifty bucks.
Source: The Consumerist and Roosh
Learn more about Punchkick Interactive’s custom mobile software development capabilities.
Verizon to sell ads on mobile
A recent article on Mobile Monday reports, “Beginning early next year, the second largest mobile operator in the US, Verizon Wireless, will sell banner advertisements on news, weather, sports and other Internet sites that users visit and display on their mobile phones.”
Full story: http://www.mobilemonday.net/mm/story.php?story_id=5163
As far as I can tell there is no way for a regular consumer to buy screensavers through their handsets. I’ve built working screensavers for my BREW enabled Motorola V3m with Verizon and loaded them using Qualcomm’s AppLoader—but I am not a regular consumer. That said, does anyone know for sure if Verizon supports Flash Lite screensavers and wallpapers for any of it’s phones? There was a great deal of talk about this at MAX last October, but it was never clarified if screensavers and wallpapers for BREW phones are a thing of the future-or possible today.
PunchkickInteractive.com is live
After several weeks of development, punchkickinteractive.com is officially live.
Punchkick Interactive is an advertising agency that works exclusively with mobile devices. Specializing in mobile technology and development, Punchkick Interactive utilizes a team of programmers and designers to create engaging mobile content. Underlying all that we do is a passion for combining fresh ideas and technical know-how with incredible design.
Founded in Cleveland, Ohio, Punchkick Interactive began as a freelance Web-development company headed by then design student Ryan Unger and his frequent collaborator, Zak Dabbas. Over time, Punchkick Interactive evolved into a mobile design firm, thereby keeping in line with the company’s objective of constantly creating within the cutting edge.
Our business relationships and the quality of our craft are possibly the two most important elements of who we are. It’s the relationships we make that fuel our creativity and keep us going—we suppose you could call it a compulsion to please. But quality of craft—that can never be compromised. Ever. We don’t do “half-finished.” And we don’t do “acceptable.” And we certainly don’t do “just fine.”
Back from MAX
This year I went to the Adobe MAX conference in Las Vegas. Everything was great (including the two poker tournaments that I placed 2nd in) but the best part was the focus that Adobe gave to mobile development and a new partnership with Verizon Wireless. Moving forward, Verizon Wireless in North America will be releasing Flash Lite 2.1 for BREW enabled mobile phones.
