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The Great Debate
Sprint has finally unveiled details about its upcoming “Instinct Q,” which we now know to be the “Moment.” Now, I pose a question. So do you go ahead and get the highly anticipated, much touted, HTC Hero, or, do you wait until the beginning of …
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Developers Can Now Target By Carrier in Android Market
Up until recently, developers using the Android Market had the ability to target distribution of their apps by specific countries. A recent email sent to developers indicates that they now have the freedom to select a particular wireless provider if they feel so inclined. First, …
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App Review: Alarmed
If you’re anything like me, getting out of bed is one of the hardest parts of the day. You deliberately set your alarm to go off at least 30 minutes earlier than when you really need to get up, just so you can hit snooze …
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Gaming the “New” Android Market
One of the more well-known features of Android 1.6 (Donut) is the improved Android Market. One of the enhancements to the content portal is the ability to sort apps by titles consideredt be “Just In”. This is designed to bring up only the most recent …
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The Great Equalizer
HTC, Samsung, Motorola, LG, the list is growing. Manufacturers are opening their eyes to something you and I embraced long ago, Android is the NOW mobile platform. I’m excited to see the hardware that evolves around the best mobile platform. Heck, I even wrote an …
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Gartner says The Future is About Green Robots
Gartner’s about page says that “Gartner, Inc. is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insights necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day.” Based on recent projections by Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst Ken Dulaney …
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Preliminary Thoughts on the Archos 5 Tablet
Here are some stream-of-consciousness thoughts on the Archos 5 Internet Tablet that arrived today at CommonsWare‘s secret mountain lair. Pros: It looks slick. The 800MHz CPU makes this device rather snappy for many operations. Flipping between settings activities and launching the Browser app, for example, …
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DoS Denied
Computerworld recently reported that two vulnerabilities in Android have been patched by Google. The issues dealt with how Android handled SMS messages as well as the API in Android’s Dalvik virtual machine. Left unpatched, an Android device was susceptible to temporary loss of connectivity, dropped …
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Android Market Monkey Business?
Developers have derided the Android Market virtually since its inception last year. More recently, in SDK 1.6, Google responded to some of the developers’ concerns in a number of ways. Most notably, increased categorization for apps, and the new ability for app publishers to post …
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Android Around the World: UK Edition
We tend to spend a lot of our time focusing on US news, but we’re seeing a growing interest coming from our international readership. As Android grows, so will the news from abroad. Some of what comes across our desk doesn’t necessarily merit an entire …
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App Review: Xeeku Twitter
While I use Twidroid Pro exclusively for tweeting I am not beholden to any one application. As a general rule, I just use what fits my needs best. That’s why I was pretty excited about using Xeeku Twitter for Android. First off, let me say …
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Running MOTOBLUR on my G1
I opened Twitter today and I saw a newly minted link to the XDA site for the MOTOBLUR ROM. Thanks LeakDroid! Actually, out of the various CyanogenMods, Hero, and other ROMs, this was the easiest to get up and running on my T-Mobile G1. Except …
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