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Jul 10

Google Maps for Android updated to 4.4, adds dedicated Place



Ready to suck down your sixth Google Maps for Android update in the past six months? Good. Version 4.4 has just been shoved out into …

…Ready to suck down your sixth Google Maps for Android update in the past six months? Good. Version 4.4 has just been shoved out into the bright, hopeful world that we call home, with this one bringing about an easier way to find places around you. With the update will come an entirely new logo, as a dedicated ‘Places’ icon allows users to quickly look up nearby places in a Yelp-esque manner. If you tend to search for similar things regardless of where you are, you can load up your own personalized categories to make finding frequent searches that much easier (think “gas station” or “In N Out”). There’s also Place Pages, which now shows the operating hours of listed businesses, compass direction and distance from your location. It’s available now for all Android phones using v1.6 or newer, and if you’re rocking a BlackBerry, you can expect the Place Page to head your way soon….

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Jul 10

Google’s "Open Spot" alerts Android users to freed parking s

Oh, sure — this has certainly been tried before, but given that things like this need a critical mass of followers to be effective, we’re particularly jazzed about Google’s own initiative.

…Oh, sure — this has certainly been tried before, but given that things like this need a critical mass of followers to be effective, we’re particularly jazzed about Google’s own initiative. Dubbed ‘Open Spot,’ this bloody brilliant Android (2.0 and up) application enables motorists to search for unclaimed spaces that have been reported by other Open Spot users, and once they head elsewhere, it allows them to mark their spot as open and available. Once a spot is marked, the color gradually fades from red to yellow the longer it remains unclaimed. We’ve given it a quick test here on our end, and while it seems snappy enough (and yes, we definitely received a Karma Point for every space we dropped), the obvious omission is the ability to add notes to each marked place. There really should be a way to denote whether a spot is metered, covered by some wacky city permit law or submerged in a foot of water — here’s hoping the next update will enable comments. Hit that source link (or just open up the App Market)…

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Jul 10

Larry Page: Jobs is rewriting history - Android Timeline

Google (GOOG) co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin told reporters that Steve Jobs had changed Android’s history to suit Apple’s (AAPL) interests. He contended that Google had been working on Android long before the iPhone was introduced.

…Here’s the thing about Android, which is the same issue people have with Linux. It’s not easy to use. From what I’ve seen it’s getting better, but it’s still very tedious and not user friendly.
To those who say it’s more ‘powerful’ than iOS 4, you’re probably right. That’s not really the thing most users are looking for though. Case in point: The last several phones I had before my iPhone were capable of doing email, web surfing, calendars, etc. In fact, when the iPhone came out there were very few features that were truly ‘new.’ Did I ever use my calendar or email on my earlier phones…never. Why? Because they were hard to use. Because they were clunky and didn’t act like my computer email. Because they were hard.
A friend of mine just got the EVO on sprint. It’s an impressive device. I asked him to play a song on it so I could listen to it, and he had trouble figuring out how to play the song. He then downloaded a new song to his phone then couldn’t find where it was to play it. Right about then his phone…

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Jun 10

4 Ways Google Can Clean Up the Android Market

It’s time to clean up the Android Market before the poor experience and questionable apps get out of hand. There are already 65,000 apps to be found there, so the time is right for Google to follow these simple steps and neaten the store.

…It comes down to openness -vs- control. Neither is inherently bad, but both can be carried to extremes. Consumers flock to iTunes because Apple does reasonable (maybe ‘fanatic’ is a better term here) app testing and applies standards (however draconian) to ensure some minimum level of app compliance. Consumers benefit and developers prosper. Apple has created a closed ecosystem where most benefit from the controls imposed. Apple is quite happy with their app ‘Disneyland’ and many consumers are too.

Open is as open does, and Android is well and truly open in any real sense of ‘open’ you want to apply. The downside is that none of the care and feeding of the app ecosystem in iTunes exists in Android. You can write anything you want and throw it into the app pond for others to consume. Much of it is great. Some of it is dreadful. A few are truly dangerous, waiting to be beheaded by remote kill switch. The Android ecosystem is less successful than iTunes, but suits certain app styles better. Consumers vary in…

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Jun 10

‘iPhone vs Android’ report finds Apple has three times Googl

It’s oftentimes easy for us to get swept up in Android mania and forget that Google’s mobile platform is still in its infancy. Then we

…MarkAnderson 1st off I have no problem with choice. I don’t care if you prefer your shitty nokia phones to the awesomeness that is the iPhone.My problem is when the Apple Haters come here and accuse those of us that like Apple Products of being1) Stupid2) Blind loyal fanboys3) Non-tech peopleThe list goes on and on. As for HTC’s sense that is one company. And of course you’ve got Motorola’s “Blur”.I’ve tested and used devices from both companies and the experience wasn’t that great. Definitely not as fun as my iPhone 3GS. Sorry to say but the majority of the market agrees with me.People love their Blackberries, their iPhones, and hell even their old Windows Mobile devices.That to be expected give that each of those phones provides a good experience and actually provides value in some shape or form.Android on the other hand has only 2 things to its name.1) multitasking (which no one cares about)2) open os (again something that the average consumer doesn’t care about).And of course soon Flash will be on…

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Jun 10

Kernel Log — Linux 2.6.35 taking shape

Linux 2.6.35 will deliver better network throughput, support the Turbo Core functionality offered by the latest AMD processors and de-fragment memory on demand. On LKML, a discussion on merging several patches developed by Google for Android is generating large volumes of email.

…released the first pre-release version of Linux 2.6.35 to concluding the merge of the major changes for the next kernel version, expected to be released in about ten weeks. The merge window has once again stretched to around 14 days, after its abbreviation in Linux 2.6.34 caused confusion among some subsystem maintainers.
As usual, the next version of the main development tree will include many changes and enhancements to infrastructure and drivers. Changes introduced by Google developer Tom Herbert mean that the kernel’s network subsystem now supports receive side packet steering (rps) and receive flow steering (rfs), both of which improve the way the steps for processing received network packets are distributed across available processors. As a result throughput is increased and latency reduced.
Memory compaction should allow the kernel to reduce memory fragmentation on demand. This allows the creation of larger areas of free memory which can be used with larger page sizes, reducing overhead. Linux 2.6.35…

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May 10

Top 5 Best Android Personal Finance Apps

If you’re going to shell out the cash for a smart phone and data plan, you might as well harness some helpful personal finance applications to recoup some of that money! Google’s Android platform has produced some very handy & free personal finance apps.

…free personal finance apps. And with news that Android’s market share has passed the iPhone, and 100,000 Android phones are activated daily, there are certainly more strong apps on the way. For the time being, here’s a look at the best android personal finance apps.
Mint.com
By far the most heavily used personal finance smartphone app is the Mint.com mobile app. Also available for iPhones, this free-to-use application syncs with your mint.com account. With real time access to all of your financial account information in one place, it can prove very useful for on-the-spot budgeting decision making, date of purchase lookup, and alerts to pay your bills on time.

Gas Finder
Simply start the App, and Gas Finder will geo-locate you and sync up with a database that will spit out the gas prices of local gas stations. Select the one you like and use your phone as a GPS to be directed to the station. This app is especially handy when you don’t know where the next gas station is when traveling and trying to decide…

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May 10

Google Chrome to Android Extension

Here is a nifty extension for Android 2.2 and Google Chrome users. You can now send links from your web browser directly to your Android device using Cloud

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Google Chrome to Android ExtensionWritten by Vygantas Lipskas on May 29, 2010Here is a nifty extension for Android 2.2 and Google Chrome users.
You can now send links from your web browser directly to your Android device using Cloud to Device Messaging service.
As for other platform users, there is always a mail.

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May 10

HTC Evo 4G Smartphone Launched With Google Android 2.1 | Bus

HTC launched its new smartphone with 4G technology with 8 mega pixel camera. This phone is powered by Google Android 2.1 that support high class you tube videos and mobile TV.

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May 10

As big as Google is, Nexus One online store’s failure shows

Google Inc.s decision to stop selling its Nexus One Android smartphone through its online store might disappoint some customers hoping to limit the role of wireless carriers in the smartphone buying process.

…T’s network. Customers can still buy Nexus One from Google’s online store, but it isn’t clear for how much longer, as Google plans to stop selling them entirely on the Web once stock has increased in retail stores. Google’s Web presence will eventually become a showcase for Android phones, Rubin said. At the time of the announcement of the Nexus One in January, analysts and Google seemed to value the marketing concept of online smarpthone sales as a bigger idea than the Nexus One device itself. As it turns out, however, it’s really all about the device. Rubin said at the time that the Google online store and smartphones that access the Web are a great way to support Google’s core business of advertising, even adding the Google wasn’t trying to make a profit on sales of the Nexus One hardware. Google also explained the online philosophy in a blog post in January by Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management. “The goal of this new consumer channel is to provide an efficient way to connects Google’s…

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