RhoSync 2.0 is the latest version of what developer Rhomobile calls the only open source sync server for enterprise data. RhoSync is a standalone server that keeps corporate application data current and accessible on users' mobile devices, including the iPhone, even when offline or disconnected.
The hosted Software as a Service and is now available to developers writing iPhone apps in Objective C, which are those who don't use Rhomobile's own Rhodes development framework, for the first time. And support for push-based sync in RhoSync allows mobile applications to receive near real-time data updates while ensuring that battery life is not drained on the device through polling, according to the Rhmobile.
Commercial licenses of RhoSync start at $10,000 for a single app for 100 devices and doubles with each ten-fold increase of devices (e.g. $20,000 for 1000 devices). See here to learn more about RhoSync 2.0 and more on availability.
The film experts at Flixter is partnering with NCM Media Networks--the nation's largest digital in-theater network with more than 17,000 movie screens--to enable advertisers to reach audiences on-screen, online and through mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android-run devices. The alliance will result in the first-ever consumer marketing campaign for Flixster and movie-review-aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, according to the companies. The in-theater elements of the partnership will debut later this month.
Oddly, Apple and other tech companies have succeeded by ignoring their customers. Get the full story here at Datamation.
Hardware analyst and teardown specialists iSuppli reports that Backside Illumination (BSI) sensor--the sort used in the iPhone 4's mobile camera--are leading the way in a newly resurgent market for image sensors in general.
Meanwhile, Apple's competitors will follow Apple's lead and move to boost image-capture possibilities in their smartphones. In the case of the iPhone 4, a 5-megapixel BSI image sensor from OmniVision Technologies is credited with enhancing picture quality.
The BSI architecture in the iPhone 4 employs a 1.75-micron-pixel sensor that improves light absorption, resulting in better image quality in low-light conditions, according to iSuppli, which adds that the bigger pixel size, compared to traditional Frontside Illumination (FSI) sensors, is also ideal for high-definition video recording.
iSuppli projects shipments of BSI sensors for mid- to high-end smartphones will reach 33.4 million units in 2010, up from virtually nothing last year. The market will then continue to post sizable increases during the next four years and rise almost tenfold to over 300 million units by 2014.
Get the full story here at iSuppli.
The social media service talks up its growing attraction to mobile users which now has over 145 million registered users. Get the full story here at EnterpriseMobileToday.
Artificial Life is holding a contest where the winner will get his or her likeness rendered in the developer's Spartacus: Blood and Sand iPhone app ($2.99, download). The Gladiator game is based on the television series starring Lucy Lawless on the Starz cable network. Players can enter the contest by publishing results in the game's Story Mode onto Facebook. Contestants will be ranked on the contest leaderboard by their submitted scores--the higher the submitted score, the higher the contestant is ranked. The grand-prize winner's face and features will be rendered into a brand new actual fighting Gladiator in a future update of the game.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs crammed much into this week's new product introduction, revealing a new-look line of iPods, an inexpensive Apple TV appliance, social features for iTunes and an update to Apple's mobile OS. And, yes, the iPod Classic still lives--at least for now. Get the full story here at HardwareCentral.
