Every year, TheFonecast.com offers its mobile industry predictions for the following twelve months. In December, I joined Iain Graham and Mark Bridge to offer my forecast for 2012.

More recently, I was invited by GoMo News to share further details about some of those thoughts... including the potential decline of Apple’s mobile market share and the growth of Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system.

51Degrees.mobi, the leading provider of device detection, web optimisation and mobile analytics solutions, has today launched two new device detection databases for developers wanting to build the very best mobile web experiences.

Following the showcase of MVC4 at the Build conference this guide will show you how to setup an MVC4 web application to use different Views based on the capabilities of the device accessing the site. This allows you to give all users a perfect experience on smart phones, feature phones, tablets and desktop web sites.

51Degrees.mobi have released 1 click installation packages for Microsoft WebMatrix and Umbraco making access to fast and accurate mobile device detection and redirection even easier. The packages are currently marked as beta while we await feedback from the respective developer communities.

Today 51Degrees.mobi became a Microsoft Silver Partner in the Independent Software Vendor category. Partnering with Microsoft offers 51Degrees.mobi greater access to the technologies and experts within Microsoft shaping the future of the platforms our mutual customers use.