In any good Idea Factory, there's always a drawer full of odds and ends, bits and tips, and the miscellaneous fishing lure that never makes it to the tackle box.   This is that drawer, complete with the odds and ends for building your mobile applications.

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News | Organizations | Publications | Miscellaneous

News

• All About Symbian
  
• Android Central
  
• AndroidGuys
  
• Geek.com's Mobile News
  
• GoMo News: Mobile Marketing News
• Gotta Be Mobile
  
• IntoMobile
  
• The iPhone Blog
  
• Mobile Gazette
• Mobile News
• PalmInfocenter
• ReadWriteWeb's Mobile News
  
• TechWeb's Mobile & Wireless News  

Organizations

• Common Short Code Administration: "Common short codes ( CSCs ) are short strings of numbers that are used to address wireless messages and are administered by a single CSC Administrator (CSCA) - the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) - for a group of U.S. wireless carriers. In addition, the CSCA oversees the technical and operational aspects of CSC functions and maintains a single database of available, reserved, and registered CSCs."
  
• Development Seed: We are a team of communication experts and software developers who devise innovative ways to use technology to help organizations communicate better and further their impact.
• MobileActive: MobileActive.org is a community of people and organizations using mobile phones for social impact.
• Mobile Giving Foundation: "Through the Mobile Giving Foundation, non profits can leverage the ubiquity of mobile without the complexity, expand and cultivate a new base of givers and create permissive donor interaction."
• The Wireless Foundation: A non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established by the membership of CTIA-The Wireless Association ® in 1991, The Wireless Foundation coordinates the following national programs: CALL TO PROTECT ®, VITAâ„¢, Wireless AMBER Alertsâ„¢, The Amy Fund, Get Wise About Wireless, and Text 2HELP.

Publications

• MSDN Magazine: "MSDN Magazine is the publication to read for up-to-the-minute, comprehensive coverage of Microsoft technologies for the desktop, the Internet, and devices on the go. As part of the indispensable MSDN family of developer resources, MSDN Magazine brings you solutions to the real-world problems you face every day. Whether you're building Web Services, integrating legacy data stores, or mastering .NET, MSDN Magazine has it covered."
• Nokia's Expanding Horizon's magazine: "Expanding Horizons is a quarterly publication aimed at ICT decision-makers in the private and public sectors. It explores the socio-economic benefits that mobile technology offers as well as best practices from around the world in order to encourage affordable mobile communications and bring Internet to the next billion consumers."
• Palm ® webOSâ„¢: Developing Applications in JavaScript Using the Palm Mojoâ„¢ Framework: "The first chapter of the official resource for programming the new webOS platform, "Palm webOS: Developing Applications in JavaScript Using the Palm Mojo Framework" is now available. The book is written by Palm Vice President and Software Chief Technology Officer Mitch Allen along with members of the webOS development team and is being edited and distributed by O'Reilly Media."

Miscellaneous

• Mobile Development comparisons on Wikipedia: "This page lists the known relative differences between the most popular mobile platform development options for handheld devices such as a personal digital assistants, enterprise digital assistants or mobile phones. It is not intended to be an absolute guide to the various mobile development platforms, instead it is to help guide developers in choosing a mobile platform for development on Information appliances."
• ShareIdeas from Nokia: "ShareIdeas.org is an online community and wiki for sharing ideas on how to use mobile communications for social and environmental benefits."