Killer app for mobile Internet

UK-based Z Group has released a Java html browser that enables mobile phone users to access virtually any Web site, which provides for the first time, according to Pocket-lint a practical way of using mobile phones to surf the Internet.

The Z Group says the speed of the OnSpeed Mobile product comes from applying on-the-fly compression algorithms that make the connection faster and reduce data costs up to 75%. In the past 7 years, slow connections and high prices have limited the take-up of mobile Internet services.

According to Pocket-lint, OnSpeed Mobile could be a killer application because it cuts the cost of surfing, addresses the speed issues, and also makes standard Web sites accessible to mobile users. The article says reliable mobile access will make online resources like route finders all the more valuable.

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Sony Ericsson has introduced support for a Wiki community to help the world of mobile application, game and content development, reports SymbianOne.

The report says the Wiki articles are divided into three main categories: Java ME, Symbian OS/UIQ 3 and Media. All Wiki articles are freely available to all visitors to the Sony Ericsson Developer World web portal and editable by discussion forum members.

Sony Ericsson Developer World provides a starting point of topics and material. Eligible members can share information by editing, correcting and adding to existing entries, creating new entries and linking to relevant content.

Java software component provider Big Faceless Organization (BFO) has announced that the latest version of its Java class library has been enhanced to provide improved font handling.

According to BFO, version 2.7.3 of its PDF Library provides enhanced performance to text extraction and PDF rendering. The BFO says font encodings have been completely reworked. Documents without embedded fonts or with non-standard embedded fonts will all render accurately with this new release.

Other font-related changes will benefit users in China, Japan, Korea and Eastern Europe. BFO says a trial version of the new PDF Library is available for download.

In an attempt to make asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) Web development easier, Tasmania-based Morfik plans to release a new development tool later this year that will enable developers work in familiar languages.

Computerworld says the coming Ajax-based Web development tool features a visual designer and cross-compiling capabilities for programming in Java, C#, Visual Basic, and Object Pascal. It also includes an embeddable Firebird database and Apache Web server for application deployments.

Morfik says its new WebOS AppsBuilder will save developers from having to learn new languages for Web development such as PHP or Python. Developers will be able to work using familiar object-oriented languages and the new tool will generate the Web-based application.