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We are on track for our first meeting, with presentations on developing for both the iPhone and Android. Make sure you join us at 6pm for pizza, soft drinks, networking and introductions to these two dev platforms.

The address for the library where we'll be meeting is:

210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111
(801) 524-8200

The library website (including maps and directions) is found at:

http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/locations.jsp?parent_id=8&page_id=20

We've now received two books for review from O'Reilly on the iPhone. We have not discussed how to disperse them but if you are interested then you'll want to be at the next (and first) meeting.

-Glen

PS. I'm posting this from my new Android phone :-)

O'Reilly (http://oreilly.com/) has offered to donate relevant books to the UMDG. These books will be available on a case-by-case basis, provided to those that will commit to producing reviews and posting them here.

Thanks O'Reilly!

Note: Please send this to everyone you can think of that might be interested, and don't forget those that could be sponsors!

We'd like to introduce you to the Utah Mobile Developers Group (UMDG). The website is http://www.utahmobiledev.org.

The mission of the UMDG is provide development-level education and networking around mobile applications. This includes device-specific apps, client-server apps and web-only apps formatted for use on mobile devices. We will cover all mobile devices for which there is interest, including iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, J2ME and more.

UMDG October 2008 Meeting

The location for the meetings is the 4th floor conference room of the Salt Lake City Main Library. The room will accommodate 120 or so people. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided (see the plea for sponsors below).

Meeting Schedule for Wednesday, October 29, 2008

6:00pm Doors open, pizza, networking
6:30 Opening, recognize sponsors, review agenda, review door prizes
6:40 Presentation 1 - iPhone Development
7:40 Presentation 2 - Android (Google Phone) Development
8:40 Door prizes
9:00 Meeting over

According to the information from Apple here (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/), the NDA around iPhone development has been dropped. This means that we will be able to present on iPhone application development at our first meeting, which is currently scheduled for Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

We'll be having a presentation on Android development as well. Each presentation will last just under 1 hour, so there will be plenty of meat; not just demo, but actual code.

We have yet to find our meeting place, but things are on track for a great meeting and a great group!

-Glen

I am pleased to announce that Software Technology Group (STG - www.stgutah.com) is our premier sponsor at the Platinum level.

Software Technology Group showed leadership as a premier sponsor of the Utah Java User Group (www.ujug.org) back in 1999 and they are current sponsors today. They have now shown leadership in the mobile arena as well. We applaud and appreciate their support.

Thank you, STG.

-Glen Lewis

I've been thinking for some time about mobile platforms such as smartphones being the next wave of devices for application delivery. After a brown-bag presentation on the iPhone by Scott Lewis, a multitude of thoughts invaded me and I decided that I've waited long enough and now I'm going to do something.