Archive for November 11th, 2008
Share Your Digital Crib and Win $10,000
What’s your digital story? Are you living in Heaven with your wireless setup? Maybe you’re in network Hell with cables running everywhere. Either way, Cisco wants to know what your home network is like and is willing to pay $10,000 to hear about it. Oh, and we’ll throw in some 4GB flash drives to see a picture of your [...]
True Cost of G1’s Materials Ballparked at $144
The guys over at iSuppli have taken apart a T-Mobile G1 handset and calculated the “Build of Materials” (BOM) cost and the figure is surprising. For a shade under $144, you can build your own G1 device. That is of course, providing you have the same bulk purchase discounts and know-how. Total ticket of $143.89 Take a look at what [...]
G1 Arrives at (Some) Walmarts with $180 Price Tag
So much for waiting around on your local Walmart. It’s not going to do you a bit of good after all. After a few weeks of wondering if and when it will show up, the G1 finally arrives. Quietly slipping online at walmart.com today, the G1 shows up with the same cost as your local T-Mobile. So whatever happened to that $30 savings over [...]
Task Switcher
( Free )A new way to switch which task you have active on your Android phone Read more @ AppVee Android Apps - Daily Android app video reviews!
WiFiScan
( Free )Easily find WiFi locations for wardriving Read more @ AppVee Android Apps - Daily Android app video reviews!
Twitli Twitter client (Version 1.21)
Twitter client. Twitli 1.2 is now available. Twitli 1.2 supports * gps based location update * show location in timeline * follow users * use channel * auto update * easy @reply * easy DM * help * app backgrounding (icon in status bar) * tweet pictures via Google Photo or Flickr Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
Simon Tatham’s Puzzles (Version 8295.1)
A collection of 27 small one-player puzzle games, ported to Android. Also available on Linux, Windows, Mac, Palm, Java applets on Simon's page at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/ Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
Rotational Forces, Part Three
First, we showed you how rotation events can be handled just like any other lifecycle occurence, such as when your application is evicted from RAM. Then, we showed you how you can use onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() as an alternative, so you can hang onto more data than can fit into a Bundle, such as an open socket. Today, we’ll cover yet [...]
No Fennec for Android!
The recently announced Firefox web browser Fennec, which is just in to its alpha version, can’t be developed for Android. Said Jay Sullivan, the Vice-President for mobile at Mozilla, that according to the Google’s requirements, all the apps listed on the Android Market must be developed only in Java where as Fennec uses AJAX. He [...]
Klocwork Introduces Source Code Analysis Solution For Android Application Developers (PRESS RELEASE)
New Java Analysis Allows Android Application Developers to Accurately Identify Performance and Reliability Issues BURLINGTON, Mass. – November 11, 2008 – Klocwork, Inc., the proven leader in automated source code analysis solutions for improving software security and quality, today announced the Java static source code analysis [...]
