CodeProject | Mobile Newsletter - Microsoft sends out mixed messages about Nokia Lumia brand

2 articles this week Thursday, February 27, 2014 View online Welcome to this week's Mobile Development newsletter from CodeProject. Advertisements Plantronics Developer Connection announces an SDK private beta! New Spokes 3.0 SDK features include a standalone library allowing you to support Plantronics devices in your app without needing to deploy the full Spokes software product and much more. Read about and sign up for the private beta here. Selling globally is easier than you think BlueSnap offers hosted checkout pages, seamless integration, supporting shoppers from 180 countries, in 29 languages, with 60+ currencies, and 110 payment types. Don't limit your sales potential. Check out BlueSnap today! Microsoft sends out mixed messages about Nokia Lumia brand You know, the one thing I wouldn't do if I were Microsoft right now (and we're all glad I'm not) is put out confusing messages around mobile. Fortunately, they have brilliant people in charge who offer this wisdom, "If you're in a race and you're in third place and you want to pass the cars in front of you, then you have to drive faster than them." (more: News.com) Next-gen YotaPhone adds full-touch e-ink display on back I think this is an absolutely wonderful idea. E-ink is (relatively) low power consumption, so it wouldn't shorten battery life that much. It might even extend it, if you were to use it for stuff you might normally use the real screen for. (more: re/code) In less than a decade, phone memory cards have grown from 128MB to 128GB Not that I'm complaining, but what do you put on something of that size? (Oh, I know, "usage rises to meet available space"). I guess it's handy if you want to move your movie collection between phones easily. (more: The Verge) Real-Time iOS & Android Performance Statistics Improve your iOS & Android app performance and get a shirt! New Relic gives iOS & Android Developers real-time visibility into app performance & throughput. Spot bugs & fix code-level problems. Try New Relic today, and the shirt is yours to keep! HTML5 Mobile App Development with PhoneGap If you know the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript, you are well on your way to creating engaging mobile applications - without learning the native toolkits for Android, iOS or even Windows 8. Find out how here. A closer look at Blackphone, the Android smartphone that simplifies privacy I guess it's too much to ask for to just get their features rolled into the Android core? Ah well, this gives the (probably justifiable) paranoid a new choice. (more: Techcrunch) Boeing's Black: This Android phone will self-destruct Not to be confused with the Blackphone, of course. This one is secure according to the US government, while the other one is just secure. (more: Ars Technica) IBM courts mobile developers for Watson platform Here you go. This is about as close to a Watson as any of us will get. Pitch IBM with your best app ideas, because they must be out of them (probably sold them to Lenovo). (more: ZDNet) Introducing Ratchet 2 From the kind folks who brought Bootstrap comes Ratchet: a mobile-only Web solution. Package. Thingie. (more: Bootstrap) Latest Articles 2 articles overall. 2 new, 0 updated. New articles added Mobile Development iBeacon Bible 1.0 - Andy Cavallini An introduction to iBeacon technology applied to Retail New Tips and Tricks added Android Switching between List Empty and Busy Indicators for Android ListView - cigwork I wanted to show a "no data" legend when there's nothing to show for an asynchronously loaded list and a busy indicator whilst items are being sought/loaded. © 2014 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Insider News click here. CodeProject 503-250 Ferrand Drive, Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada +1 416-849-8900 x 100 Please do not reply directly to this email. It was sent from an unattended mailbox. For correspondence please use webmaster@codeproject.com