Fred Oliveira blogged about how the world is waking up to the power of device as platform and cites Android, Chumby, and a video of Bug Labs
The mainstream may be happy to grab their beautiful iPhone, or choose from a bunch of Android devices. But, maybe you will want to build your own phone, and make it something that you can change on the fly?
Although not developer related, I am so happy to hear this news that I had to blog it 
Phone Manufacturers Settle on Micro-USB Charging Standard:
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) group has decided to standardize on micro-USB as the charging interface for mobile phones, putting an end to the needless waste created by needing separate chargers for each device. The OMTP includes Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG, and Nokia—that’s a majority of the GSM phone market right there, which will hopefully force any stragglers to join up. (Although I don’t think we’ll be seeing Apple ditching their plug for the iPhone any time soon.)
I am sure you have felt the same pain. I have a drawer that contains god knows how many phone chargers from old phone devices. You want a charger in your car, at home, and at work (especially for the ones that suck down the juice). And then you multiply this need by the number of people in your house. Yowser. It was very nice when I was able to charge my old blackberry, and my wifes Razr with the same charger back in the day.
Nice to see USB take over the world.
There was a day when Web development was in a sad state of affairs. The majority of developers laughed at JavaScript, and were focusing on a killer new server-side web framework, or a new ORM library. The consensus was that that browser was dumb. The modern TN3270 if you will.
A few renegades were actually building fantastic dhtml experiences. We could look up to Erik and Arv, and the many others who pushed the boundaries.
We were giving some talks on “Building killer web sites with dhtml” and we enjoyed surprisingly people with what was available, but the majority still didn’t care. Then Ajax came along and the revolution started. Finally, we could get back to thinking about the user interface and general usability of Web based applications. We could care about the user again!
That is all fine and good, but why are we talking about Ajax on devphone.com? The reason is that we finally feel that the time has come for mobile phones to be the major device that users have for accessing their data and getting things done. You only have to travel around the world to see that already happening. Now, with the iPhone, a decent Java system, and more, we see the toolkits that will allow developers to build fantastic applications on the phone.
At devphone.com, we want to be part of that community, and highlight the great work that is being done. You should expect relevant news, and exclusive content such as video interviews.
If you see any news that relates to this area, we would love for you to let us know!. I am sure that some of you are doing great things on the phone, so ping us!
What does mobile development mean to us? Let’s use some examples:
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