Archive for May, 2009
24 Hour Android Community Giveaway: Win a free HTC Magic!
We gave out tickets to the Google I/O conference, and now we’re giving out a FREE, LIMITED EDITION HTC Magic with 30-days of unlimited T-Mobile service. Want to win it? Here’s how: Since Android Community is the largest Android-centric group on the internet, we’ve had some pretty outstanding contributors. We’re looking [...]
Google IO 2009 HTC Android phone unboxing video and pics
I had a quick chat with Vic Gundotra prior to this morning’s Google IO 2009 keynote and he said to me there is many-many surprise at this year’s developer’s convention. It never occurred to me that one of those surprises included an Android-phone by HTC (also known as the HTC Magic). This version of the HTC Magic has T-Mobile’s 3G [...]
Google I/O 2009: Native Code, for Good and Ill
Next up, we have Dan Morrill’s presentation to a packed house, “How Do I Code Thee? Let Me Count the Ways”, to cover various options for building Android apps. Dan’s theme was that Android is a “loose confederation” of components working together, regardless of how those components may be developed: managed code (a.k.a., stuff [...]
Calling all developers for Android Developer Challenge 2!
I'm excited to announce the second Android Developer Challenge (ADC)! The first challenge was a huge success with over 1,700 entries that resulted in 50 excellent winners. With the recent release of Android 1.5, as well as the availability of devices in multiple markets around the world, I'm pleased to announce the second ADC.We've expanded ADC 2 [...]
Android Developer Challenge 2 (ADC2)
We just learned that the second Android Developer Challenge has been announced and folks are already clamoring for details. Of course, with Google IO in progress, the only thing exceeding the clamoring is the amount of awesome information being simultaneously bestowed upon developers. Here is what you need to know about ADC 2: Submissions begin [...]
Google Is The New Oprah, Donut, ADC2 & More at Google IO!
After hearing 8 different speakers talk about upcoming Google developments, product launches and services ranging from Chrome’s support of HTML5 to embeddable Web Elements, we were kind of wondering where all the Android? They merely saved the best for last as Romain Guy, Android Software Engineer, stepped up to talk about our shared [...]
Google IO Starts NOW!
The first Google IO Keynote has officially started and there is sure to be TONS of Android news packing the next two days not to mention news on Chrome and every Google product you can imagine. And haven’t yet imagined. (picture via TC) I wish I could be there in San Francisco but today my younger sister graduates from High School (congrats [...]
Google I/O Keynote: Now With Free Phones!
Today and tomorrow, I will be reporting semi-live from Google I/O 2009, the conference for all Google tech. My posts will be mostly focused on the Android sessions I attend and other bits of Android-y goodness, though you may see notes on some other big-ticket announcements that might get made from here in the Moscone Center. First up is [...]
Android at Goolge I/O
Vincent is live at Google I/O right now, and he’s bringing us some great news on the history of Android and hopefully some new news on where it’s headed. We have some facts and figures about Android: If you can’t read the picture (really?) we have Android on 10 carriers in 12 countries, with 4,900 applications, and each user [...]
Lightning (Version 1.1)
This is a simple lightning distance calculator. Press the top button when you see the flash, press the other one when you hear the thunder. Distance is shown in Miles and KM, up to 20Mi. Also handy for fireworks and other things that go flash and boom. Not recommended for nuclear weapons ranging. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
