Archive for March, 2009
Android is DOOM’d!
You read that right, folks. It seems as if every old schooler’s dream has come true. Doom has been brought over to the G1/Android OS. I don’t believe I have read an “Application Request” thread yet on any Android forum that hasn’t had at least one mention of bringing Doom over to our beloved OS. While this program is [...]
HP Might Make Android Netbooks
Android Phones dominate news and talk about Google’s Android Mobile OS but we’ve seen the prospect of an Android Netbook gaining particular interest. That interest could stand to skyrocket - the Wall Street Journal is reporting that HP is testing Android Netbooks and is considering replacing Microsoft Windows with Android for at least [...]
WSJ Report Claims HP Eyeing Android for Netbooks
According to unnamed sources who have been briefed on the matter, HP is looking at Android as a possible OS for their netbook line. If this pans out, it could be a huge win for Google and Android as a platform. Analysts are forecasting sales of over 21 million netbooks in 2009, which is much higher than last year’s figures. It [...]
Developer News
For no particular reason other than to celebrate this particular Monday, I wanted to update developers on two Android-related news items.If you're a developer who will be in the San Francisco Bay Area at the end of May, I hope you'll join us at the 2009 Google I/O developer conference. You might have already seen the sessions we had listed for [...]
Android Layout Tricks #3: Optimize with stubs
Sharing and reusing layouts is very easy with Android thanks to the <include /> tag, sometimes even too easy and you might end up with user interfaces that contain a large number of views, some of which are rarely used. Thankfully, Android offers a very special widget called ViewStub, which brings you all the benefits of the <include [...]
Android WiFi VoIP with Sipdroid
When Skype Lite launched on the Android Market back in January, it came as a mixed blessing. While it was a great solution for making international calls with your G1, it cannot use WiFi and forces you to use your minutes/data plan quota, essentially double charging you since you’ve got to pay for the Skype fees as well. But what about folks [...]
T-Mobile and Google Don’t Play Nice, Hate to be Tethered
It seems that the guys holding the ban stick over at Google’s Market HQ have exercised their firm back swing on applications that allow an Android device to be used as a tether, which gives other devices access to the internet through it. The first victim would be the Wifi Tether for Root Users. It seems that when you combine a pinch of the [...]
Top Global Announces Google Android Gateway Development to Extend Android Applications to Millions of Bluetooth Phones and WiFi Devices
Top Global Android Gateway platform integrates 3G radio together with WiFi and Bluetooth for connectivity to multiple Bluetooth phones and WiFi devices simultaneously. Using the Top Global Android Gateway, most applications developed for Android phone can be delivered seamlessly to millions of existing Bluetooth phones and WiFi devices. CTIA [...]
G1 Tethering App Yanked From Market
Something tells me that the developer behind this app is going to get more notice now than ever before. Google has pulled WiFi Tether for Root Users from the Android Market for violating the Developer Distribution Agreement. Google enters into distribution agreements with device manufacturers and Authorized Carriers to place the Market software [...]
Android tethering apps pulled from Market
Google has reportedly pulled tethering apps from the Android Market. According to at least one developer, who contributed to the WiFi Tether for Root Users app, Google are citing their distribution agreements with carriers as the prompt for removal: “Google enters into distribution agreements with device manufacturers and Authorized [...]
