Blogs

We've been busy creating new products and services. Find out about:

• Our Free Mobile Analytics service providing details of handsets by month, country and manufacturer.
• Release 1.1 of 51Degrees.mobi Framework offering more control and features.
• Professional Support offering for businesses dependent on 51Degrees.mobi.

In it's April 15th article on mobile development The Wall Street Journel concludes the "The problem: The [mobile] talent pool isn't growing nearly that fast".

Mark Bridge at thefonecast.com writes the following concerning recent analysis of mobile data trends from Juniper Research.

A big thank you to Thomas Derenthal for sending me these InfoWorld articles about mobile web development. I think other readers and customers will find them interesting.

Transition Consulting Limited (TCL), testing experts in the field of mobile telecommunications with clients including Vodafone and Orange, undertook an independent test of the 51Degrees.mobi .NET Mobile Framework product. The results show a near 10 times increase in the performance of ASP.NET with 51Degrees.mobi compared to an unaltered ASP.NET deployment.

This is a brief guide to creating mobile menus using ASP.NET Site Maps and 51Degrees.mobi

51Degrees.mobi have released 1 click installation packages for Microsoft WebMatrix and Umbraco making access to fast and accurate mobile device detection and redirection even easier. The packages are currently marked as beta while we await feedback from the respective developer communities.

51Degrees.mobi are delighted to announce the availability of version 1.0 of their commercial product which simplifies the task of creating mobile web applications that perform quickly and support all mobile devices, handsets and browsers. The product is titled “.NET Mobile Framework” and is targeted at ASP.NET developers with a basic understanding of the web and ASP.NET.

Today 51Degrees.mobi became a Microsoft Silver Partner in the Independent Software Vendor category. Partnering with Microsoft offers 51Degrees.mobi greater access to the technologies and experts within Microsoft shaping the future of the platforms our mutual customers use.

Two references to 51Degrees.mobi can be found on the asp.net/mobile page. One relates to implementing with MVC3 and the other a link to the codeplex web site.