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Android: what’s the current status? 2008-09-27 00:04:31 We’re only months away from the first Android
handsets, but what do we really know? Here’s a summary for those of you interested in a quick status report. Currently there are four handset makers part of the Open Handset Alliance: HTC, Samsung, LG, and Motorola. Mobile operators in the Open Handset Alliance are T-Mobile and Sprint in the US and a couple of others overseas.
The only thing we
Bites Application for android 2008-09-27 00:03:33 Bites is an organiser for cooks. The key feature of Bites is the creation of relationships between ingredients used in recipes and ingredients kept in inventory, allowing automatic generation of a shopping list based on planned meals and items that are low in stock. The todo list includes phone to phone recipe sharing through XML files, and an online recipe book where everyone can share their Read more:Application
Boom game for android 2008-09-27 00:02:36 Boom is a spin off of the classic arcade game Missile Command. The object is to defend your base (located in the bottom-center of the screen) from a slew of incoming enemy missiles. Most enemy missiles are fired in random directions and may not hit the player’s base.
Others are equipped with precision targeting systems combined with greater payloads to ensure a direct hit and the destruction of
Puluwai [Application] 2008-09-27 00:01:35 Search for real estate property listings using either GPS (for properties near your current location) or by entering a location. You can select search criteria such as maximum and minimum price, minimum number of bedrooms, and so forth. You can easily flip through a gallery of images of properties in your area of interest and select a photo to discover details about the property. Once you find a Read more:Application
No delay: Android-powered phones to arrive in 2008 2008-09-27 00:00:38 Last Monday rumors surfaced that the Android
platform and its phones will not be ready for release this year. But Google quickly denied the report, claiming: “We’re still on track to announce Android-powered phones this year. Some of our partners are publicly stating that they plan to ship Android phones in the fourth quarter.”
One of those partners is T-Mobile, who confirmed on Monday that
Google I/O kicks off in San Francisco 2008-09-26 23:59:10 At the Moscone Center in San FranciscoGoogle
is hosting a two day developer conference, called Google I/O. Android is just one of the topics at this event, covering a broad range of topics: over 80 technical sessions will cover things like OpenSocial, Google App Engine, Android, Google Maps API, Google Web Toolkit, and more. Developers also have the chance to talk directly with the engineering Read more:San Francisco
Google: Android is just another device for us 2008-09-26 23:57:59 Google’s mobile team won’t be giving Android
any special treatment. According to Ann Mei Cheng, head of Google’s mobile engineering team, Android will be treated just like any other mobile operating system. “We will certainly make sure that Google products run as well on Android as anything else.”
Speaking at Google’s London headquarters, Mrs. Chen stated that Android is “just anoth Read more:Google
TuneWiki announces prototype of Android media player 2008-09-26 23:56:10 In case you haven’t heard of them before: TuneWiki is a community based mediaplayer
, and TuneWiki.com is a website that hosts thousands of song lyrics that can be streamed to the media player on your phone. Today, TuneWiki revealed that they have developed a media player for Android
, with an iPhone style interface, support for iTunes synchronisation, and the ability to display song lyrics.
AutoHTN, first Home Automation Solution for Android 2008-09-26 23:54:30 HomeTheaterNetwork.com is working on an Android
based solution for automating your home entertainment equipment. Auto Home Theatre Network (AutoHTN) is an Android application that allows users to control their home theatre network, giving them the ability to automate and control lighting, security sensors, cameras, electrical outlets, thermostats, streaming video from a HTPC, window blinds, and Read more:Automation
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First Office suite for Android: QuickOffice 2008-09-26 23:53:07 A smartphone should at least offer a proper way to access Office files, regardless whether its only opening a Word or Excel file, or offering exhaustive editing capabilities. While we still don’t know whether Google will provide that functionality themselves with an offline version of Google Docs, at least one developer has the software in place: QuickOffice.
Just like the existing QuickOffice Read more:Android
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T-Mobile USA will get Android smartphone in Q4 2008-09-26 23:51:03 An executive for T-Mobile
USA has confirmed that the operator will introduce an Android
-based smartphone in the fourth quarter of this year. Joe Sims, who is head of the broadband and new business division at T-Mobile, says that he is impressed with the prototypes he has seen. Sims couldn’t, however, give any specific details about the device(s) other than saying that it is consumer-oriented.
Install Android on your current HTC device 2008-09-26 23:49:57 Why wait for the HTC Dream when you can install Android
on your current HTC device? Over on xda-developers.com numerous users report success in getting Android on a couple of HTC models. Whether you will succeed all depends on your device - and a little luck. For some users the touchscreen works, but the keys don’t.
More info: Android on HTC Touch Cruise (Polaris)Android on HTC Touch (Vogue)
PedNav helps plan your activities - Android apps 2008-09-26 23:48:58 PedNav is an application that helps you plan your activities
efficiently when moving around and interacting with an urban environment. Like a good personal assistant, PedNav first inquires about your general plans for the day. For example, you may want to stop by a certain store, have lunch at a nearby cafe, visit an attraction you heard about, or catch a new movie. PedNav is aware of the Read more:Android
Technical preview of Opera Mini for Android released 2008-09-26 23:46:33 Today Opera Software announced a preview version of the Opera Mini
browser for Android
. It’s compatible with any handset built for Android. “Today we’re glad to deliver our mass-market mobile browser to the Android development groups,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software. “Opera Mini will be able to empower users of Android-based handsets with access to all of their favorite We Read more:Technical
Google Android running on a Nokia N810 2008-09-26 23:45:22 Incredible, but it can be done: installing GoogleAndroid
on a Nokia
N810 Internet Tablet. Actually, the guide is mostly about running
Android on OMAP processors, including the N810 running on an OMAP2 based OMAP2420. It’s not for the faint hearted though: the guide assumes you are familiar with the basics of embedded ARM Linux. If you happen to have a Sharp Zaurus gathering dust, you could also
T-Mobile G1 Official Pictures Leaked! 2008-09-26 23:40:34 Through some clever digging, users have managed to retrieve some of the hidden T-Mobile
G1 pictures on T-MobileG1 website. The images have already been taken down, but of course a backup of the leaked images are done. Check out the images here. Read more:Official
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T-Mobile G1 as low as $179; could be as high as $299 2008-09-26 23:38:45 According to the T-Mobile
G1 event today and the T-Mobile pre-order page, you can get the long-awaited phone for as low as $179 come October 22nd. But some members of our Android Community have found their pre-order price to be exponentially higher.
In fact, one member pre-ordered the device for a whopping $299. That’s a significant leap from the flat-out stated $179 price tag. The pre-order
G1 GPS confirmed! 2008-09-26 23:37:18 Just announced was T-mobile’s G1, the first Android handset to be released. With an open-source OS this phone is going to be one stiff competitor to the iPhone 3G. One thing that was not mentioned during the announcement was GPS
, the ability to use satellites to ascertain the handset’s location.
Not to worry though, HTC’s newly posted specs page reads; “GPS navigation capability with built
Walt Mossberg on the G1: ‘a real alternative’ to the iPhone 2008-09-26 23:34:09 The G1 has only been official for an hour or so, but that hasn’t stopped Walt Mossberg from putting out his extensive pre-review first-impressions. The man who we all thought was surgically attached to his iPhone
seems particularly taken with the T-Mobile device, citing slick software, the inclusion of MMS and Street View and “more flexibility in organizing your desktop, or home screen, than
G1 hits October 22nd for $179 2008-09-26 23:33:20 The G1 has officially been announced this morning at T-Mobile’s announcement event, priced at $179. With a release date of October
27th it gives just enough time to pre-order the device. At the time of release 3G will only be available in select markets, 22 to be exact.
Plan details include $25 with unlimited web & some text messages, and $35 with unlimited data and messaging. That is
Amazon Download Store on T-Mobile G1 for DRM-free MP3s 2008-09-26 23:31:27 Amazon have announced that they will be powering the T-Mobile
G1’s music download store, with users able to search, download, buy and play music directly from their handsets. Offering over six million tracks, in vanilla MP3 format without DRM, the Amazon store will be pre-loaded onto the G1 and optimized for the mobile’s display. Browsing, searching and listening to audio samples can be done Read more:Amazon
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Big in Japan wins again: $700k startup funding 2008-09-26 23:26:36 Big in Japan
’s bank account will be receiving its second major deposit of the year, as the company secured $700,000 of startup funding from Architel, an IT infrastructure company that also offers investment in early-stage Dallas-based tech firms. The money will be used both to develop ShopSavvy, the app Big in Japan are best known for, and the company itself into an “idea factory”. The mone
T-Mobile Android handset to retail for $199 2008-09-26 23:24:56 According to the Wallstreet Journal, the first ever Google-powered handset will be selling for $199. And when you think about it, this makes perfect sense. The $199 price tag puts the new smartphone right in line with the competition, such as the iPhone, which is currently retailing for the same price. The HTC phone will feature a touchscreen and the Google-created Android
operating system. Read more:Mobile
Android Games rock! 2008-09-26 23:21:06 Just when you thought Android
is boring, recently announced are six new games to help you make it through your boring day. These games include Wi-Fi Army, SpaceBugs, Parallel Kingdom, and Monolith Android. They’re still pretty early in development but by the time Android is released to the world, I’m pretty sure they’re going to be all polished up. Read more:Games
T-Mobile Unveils the T-Mobile G1 - The First Android Smartphone 2008-09-26 01:13:08 T-Mobile
today announced the launch of the world’s first Android
-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. Available soon for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.
T-Mobile customers in the U.S. have the Read more:First
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Cooking Capsules Apps for android 2008-10-02 07:04:22 Cooking Capsules
streamlines the process of recipe planning and cooking with a mini cooking show, tools for shopping, and a checklist containing each recipe step. Simply Watch, Shop, and Make using your phone as your cooking sidekick. You may also wish to ‘encapsulate’ your own recipes into Caplets so you’ll never forget that magic ingredient or recipe step again. Share your favorite Cooking
Bubbles Application for android 2008-09-30 11:26:52 Bubbles! allows you to create a pop (point of presence) that is ‘broad casted’ from your phone. Other Bubbles! users in close proximity (about 50m) get to see your pop and your get see theirs. Of course as you move around so does your pop. A pop is anonymous and consists of a message and a nick name that you choose for yourself. <!-- google_ad_section_end -->Project URL Read more:Bubbles
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AYmsg - Yahoo! Messenger Library for Andoird 2008-09-30 11:09:14 yahoo! Messenger
library for Android. including simple program that use this library. Developer can just implement an interface as a callback function to its application.
Current available feature
* Using Yahoo
! protocol 15 (YMSG15)
* offline message,
* custom status,
* conference (create, join),
* Callback Activity - Service function,
Project URL:
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androidchat - Applications for android 2008-09-30 11:03:54 AndroidChat is a location aware chat client (and server, but more on that later) for the Android Platform designed to compete in the Android Developers Challenge
More technically, the project consists of modifications to the inspircd irc daemon to support location-awareness services, and a client for Google's Android platform which supports location based channel matching.
Probably one of the Read more:Applications
Sony Ericsson and LG will join Android phones Q3 2009 2008-09-30 05:47:22 Sony Ericsson
and LG are unlikely to release Android
-powered phones until later in 2009, according to a Korean analyst.Telecoms Korea is reporting that the two handset manufacturers are looking top the latter half of next year to get on the Android joy-train, with the success of the initial G1 phone likely to be a barometer by which others design their phones.Translating through the text, Read more:Sony
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