I started developing mobile applications about 8 years ago - on an Orange SPV Classic (made by HTC, an unknown company back then). The operating system was called Smartphone 2002 (based on Pocket PC 2002). It was a big thrill and challenge for me, coming from the desktop environment. The first application I made was Caller2Picture, where you could assign a picture to a contact (I know, this is basic stuff right now - every phone has it). It was a Pocket PC Magazine finalist :)

Year after year, I developed software (as a contractor) for major companies, such as O2, Vodafone, Dangaard Telecom and so on. The Windows Mobile platform allows great fine tuning and corporate lock-down applications... I soon discovered the OS behind Windows Mobile, Windows CE (or Windows Embedded CE or Windows Embedded Compact). I also did some work at the OS level, for example vehicle tracking systems. I still have an eBox 2600 Embedded PC running my own customized version of Windows Embedded CE 6, which I use as a file server :)

But it's time to move on. Microsoft's lack of vision and commitment on the mobile segment has let me down. Their Mobile Marketplace is expensive, a few countries are supported and Windows Mobile has less interest than ever. They announced Windows Phone 7, we'll see how that goes.

A few months ago I decided to give Android a shot. I didn't work in Java until then, but I did work in C#. Switching was a breeze. Eclipse is at least as powerful as Visual Studio, so I had a short learning curve. The OS is great (it still needs some polishing here and there), but compared to Windows Mobile, where you could do basically everything if you had the proper permissions, it's really limited. As a developer, you're not allowed to switch GPS off and on, for example. The user has to do it manually. I find this a bit limiting in regards to the type of apps you can develop, for example corporate lock-down applications and so on. But I guess the OS is primarily aimed at end-users.

Anyhow, long story short, monocube.com will now focus on Android apps for a while. I won't forget about Windows Phone - I'll have another look when it's final. And Microsoft finds out that other countries also have developers (actually, the same story is for Google :)).

See you soon with my first Android app.

I've just uploaded & updated the Free Puzzle product page. You can download it for free here.

I've just finished the free game I talked about. It's a puzzle "airport game" - that is, you can play it while waiting to board ;). I will upload it tomorrow, I still need to design an icon and the website page for it. The name? Simple: Free Puzzle. Product page here.

I've just changed the hosting provider. The website was constantly down or with long response times. I hope things will be better now (page loading is really fast now). Perhaps some things won't work right away - just drop me an e-mail if you notice anything.

I've been working on WinMoTe and a small free game - I'll upload the latter soon - but I'm a bit sad Microsoft won't allow developers from other countries to join Windows Marketplace for Mobile. I would like to upload WinMoTe and the game there as well, but unfortunately I can't. I'm sure other developers are also frustrated about this :(. I hope they will fix this. Soon.

I started to work on a new project - called WinMoTe. It's nothing I can present to the public yet, however I'll soon upload a "pre-alpha" version for you to play. Hopefully I will receive some more interesting ideas to include as features. Stay tuned!

I've been quite busy for a few days cleaning up the forums from spammers and their unwanted content. It seems they broke the CAPTCHA image a few months ago. This allowed automated registration and posting. So I needed to upgrade to the latest phpBB version and manually delete the 900+ users. Please forgive me if I accidentally removed a legit account - you need to re-register.

That being said, I will make myself more time to update the website.

I just uploaded SafeMode 3.1 on the server. You can update version 3.0 with the new one (registration is preserved). This version adds support for newer devices, such as HTC Touch HD, Touch Pro etc.

Check out the product page for download and purchase links.

IMPORTANT: Please note the new version is uploaded only on monocube.com. MobiHand, PocketGear, Handango will follow soon.

I was finally able to make 3.1 work on the newer devices - Touch HD, Touch Pro, etc. - many thanks to the beta testers.
I will release the new version tomorrow.

Just to let you know, SafeMode 3.1 is well on its track - it should be compatible with the devices not currently supported. Also, there are a number of new features included, such as a light backup function (as well as some SafeMode 2.1 features that are being re-designed, such as the orphan registry/shortcuts entries and startup options).

The beta is not yet ready for testing, but I will send it to the current beta testers group as soon as I have some time to finish it.

Stay tuned for more progress reports