I’ve tried checking the flight status from a mobile device for a number of different airlines this year.  Both flights I was taking to check they are leaving on time and for flights arriving with friends/family.  I then tried a few others for the purposes of this blog entry.  Care to guess which of these [...]

Currently attending “Comparing, Contrasting, and Differentiating Between Mobile Platforms” by Mark Spritzler, a fellow CodeRanch moderator.  The presentation is in part an open discussion with the audience of what people have tried and works well in the Mobile environment. 1.  What is out there? Android OS (Java) Apple iOS for iPhone/iPod/iPad Web applications with custom [...]

Want to know what went  on behind the scenes of JavaRanch’s mobile site creation? Timeline January 2009 – We started talking about how poorly the site renders on a BlackBerry July 2009 – I got a BlackBerry for work.  And ugh.  The forums do look horrible. August 2009 – Tried out BlackBerry emulator and explored [...]