The Anywhere Wallet and the Future of Mobile Commerce
In November of 2007, Qualcomm acquired mobile payments solution provider Firethorn.
This costly acquisition of a company with little revenue signaled great confidence in the nascent market.
In this telebriefing Yankee Group discusses how far the market has come since then, and how Qualcomm's influence will shape its development.
preview:
http://www.trendsmedia.comdate: 5/8/2008
project
APOXI (Application Programming Object-oriented eXtendable Interface)
APOXI (Application Programming Object-oriented eXtendable Interface) is an object-oriented application framework for rapid development of Man Machine Interfaces (MMIs) and integration of various applications for mobile communication products.
APOXI was designed to meet the special requirements of mobile, embedded devices and provides specific Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs).
preview:
http://www.apoxi.com
misc.
Macchiato
This site provides some information about writing programs for Smart Cards and card terminals.
A small overview about Card-Side Application Programming Interfaces like Java Card and MULTOS will be given; Reader-Side Application Programming Interfaces like OpenCard or Visa Open Platform.
Programming a smart card include some knowledge about the security of smart cards.
preview:
http://www.pochendorfer.com
µC/FS is a file system for embedded applications which can be used on any media, for which you can provide basic hardware access functions. µC/FS is a high performance library that has been optimized for minimum memory consumption in RAM and ROM, high speed and versatility.
It is written in ANSI C and can be used on any CPU.
