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34 Weeks of OHA: #23
Company Name: Samsung Electronics How the OHA site classifies them: Handset Manufacturer What the OHA site says about them: A leading innovator and provider of mobile phones and telecom systems. What they do: Samsung is scary as hell. Seriously. Head on over to the Wikipedia …
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WIRED Article Details Android’s Long Term Goals
There’s an article in July’s issue of Wired that goes pretty in-depth with Google, Android, and all things related. It’s a nice big read along the lines of 5,000 words. While it might not be a ton of brand new information for loyal AndroidGuys readers, …
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HTC’s Android Dream
Most HTC and Android followers know the name “Dream†quite well. The device will be HTC’s first device based on Google’s Android OS and may very well be the first Android powered device to make it to market. But what is HTC’s dream for Android? …
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Slowing Android Down
The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Google’s Android devices will surely be delayed to the fourth quarter of this year. They also said that the companies working on Android are struggling to meet their own deadlines. Last November, Google and their 30+ partners announced …
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Handling Multiple Resource Sets, Part Two
In the last episode of “Building ‘Droids”, we covered how to handle a simple, one-criterion choice between two resource sets: whether we show English or Spanish strings. In that case, having two res/ subdirectories (res/values-en/ and res/values-es/), each with their own set of strings, was …
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My First 48 Hours with the Samsung Instinct
I’ve had a chance to play with the device over the last two days and get a feel for the phone. Outside of my normal 40 hour work week and family time, I’ve spent enough time to learn the handset. Here are a few things …
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Handling Multiple Resource Sets, Part One
Welcome to the new “Building ‘Droids†section of AndroidGuys! This column looks at Android from the developer’s perspective, poking around dusty corners of the Android SDK, and showing how you can create interesting and effective Android applications. Today, we’ll talk about how to have your …
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Would it be Too Much to Ask for Some Answers?
We’re coming up on the second half of 2008 and now only months away from the first Android handsets. So why do we know so little? There are 4 handset manufacturers considered to be founding members of the Open Handset Alliance. These companies (HTC, LG, …
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Sprint: Instinct $199 Price Is Not a Rebuttal To 3G iPhone
After reading our previous post Sprint Answers Apple With $199 Samsung Instinct our readers may be led to believe that the sudden $199 price announcement for the Sprint Samsung Instinct is in direct reprisal to Apple’s announcement that the iPhone 3G will sell for the …
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34 Weeks of OHA: #22
Company Name: Qualcomm, Inc. How the OHA site classifies them: Semiconductor Company What the OHA site says about them: Qualcomm Incorporated is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products for advanced devices around the world. What they do: Their wikipedia page …
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34 Weeks of OHA: #21
I promised something special for this week, and have delivered! Read on for the bestest 34 Weeks of OHA article yet… Company Name: PacketVideo How the OHA site classifies them: Software Company What the OHA site says about them: PacketVideo (PV) is a nine-year-old multimedia …
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34 Weeks of OHA #20
My apologies to all the loyal readers out there for missing the article last week. I was spending some time in Seattle, doing the company-paid-for training course thing. I couldn’t find the time to get an article together. No worries, though, I’m back. Oh, and, …
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What Happens After iPhone 2.0 Comes Out?
It happens with every new product release. After what seems like months of anticipation and hype, a device comes out and people begin thinking about its successor.
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Does Android Have Carriers Running Scared?
As the industry moves towards a more open future and consumers continue to adopt smart phones in droves, network providers will struggle to keep their choke hold on the users. Here in the United States an average customer has no idea what their phone or …
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34 Weeks of OHA: 19
So, I’m doing a fracking fantastic job of the alphabetical order thing. In answer to your questions, yes, I did attend grade 3. What’s more, I made use of the power of modern technology to alphabetize the list of OHA members, and I keep the …
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