• Mobile Dominates SXSW Tech Schedule

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    Mobile takes center stage at the 2010 South By Southwest Festival Interactive Track, which runs March 12 through March 16 at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, USA. The following is a partial list of seminars and training on the schedule.

    What’s Hot in Mobile at SXSW

    • Maps 2010: How iPad Impacts the LBS Market
    • The UX of Mobile
    • Touch + The Holy Grail of Delight
    • Organizational Pitfalls on the Path to Multichannel Experience
    • Time + Social + Location. What’s Next In Mobile Experiences?
    • Mobile – the Great Channel Equalizer
    • iPad: New Opportunities for Content Creators
    • The Real Mobile Scoop – Agency, Manufacturer, and Carrier
    • Web Evolution: The Rise of Mobile, APIs and Runtimes
    • Is App-vertising the Answer
    • Augmenting Your Brain With Android
    • Google Hackathon: Mobile Maps, App Engine, Chrome Extensions
    • What If Your Phone Had Five Senses?
    • Cross Device Accessibility: Is This For Real?
    • Building Mobile Games on the Windows Phone Platform
    • Mobile Computing and it’s Contribution to Technology’s Exponential Growth
    • The Final (Mobile) Frontier: Battery Life in Africa
    • How We Built the SXSW Mobile App
    • Convergence 2010: Ten Cool Things That Could Happen This Year
    • Mobile Development with the Flash Platform: iPhone and More
    • Augmented Reality – Gimmicky Trend or Market-Ready Technology?
    • Pass it Back! Kid Apps on Grown-up Devices
    • Location Beyond iPhone: Locating 100+M Phones
    • Location-Based Marketing and Advertising: Targeting the Mobile Consumer
    • Mobile Content is Social
    • Mobile Advertising in 2010: How to Pay the Bills
    • QR Codes and 2D Barcodes: Bridging Physical & Digital
    • Mobile Commerce
    • Mapping and Geolocation: Turnkey Approaches You Need to Know

    The full SXSW Mobile schedule (may not be viewable on some phones) includes information on presenters and a summary of what each session will cover.

    While you’re there, check out the updated SXSW.mobi site for mobile access to the South by Southwest Festival.

     
  • Android 2.0 SDK Available Now

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    The new Android SDK (computer link) is now available for download in Windows, Mac OS X (intel) and Linux (i386) formats. The new SDK replaces version 1.6.

    According to the Android site (computer link):

    Android 2.0 is a major platform release deployable to Android-powered handsets starting in November 2009. The release includes new features for users and developers, as well as changes in the Android framework API.

    For developers, the Android 2.0 platform is available as a downloadable component for the Android SDK. The downloadable platform includes a fully compliant Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator skins, sample applications, and more. The downloadable platform is fully compliant and includes no external libraries.

    The site also includes videos, a reference section, a developer guide, blog, and community section.

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