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Jul 10

51 Free Must Have Apps For Your Android Phone



Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as cellular phones, tablet computers and netbooks. Android was developed by Google and based upon the Linux kernel and GNU software. It was initially developed by Android Inc.

…s better than the stock browser on my Droid (which is excellent as well).

Steel
Steel offers a new, touch-friendly user interface to the Android browser engine. It supports auto-rotation, full screen browsing, a virtual keyboard, advanced touch controls for zooming and flipping through multiple windows. Steel provides full integration with the Android platform. It can be made the default browser, it opens multi-media files in the appropriate viewers, and supports downloads of arbitrary files (videos, mp3, playlists, ) from the web

Belle Fart v1.0.1
use this app play Fart sounds, support different kinds of ‘Belle’ Fart sounds.

Meebo IM
Log into all your IM accounts and send messages for free! With Meebo for Android, you’ll never miss a message. Available now from the Android Market for all Android devices

Google Sky Map
With Google Sky Map for your Android phone you can discover and browse the night sky just by pointing your phone to space.
By using your Android phone’s orientation sensors, we can show…

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Jul 10

Android App Inventor To Eventually Expand Third Party Suppor

This morning Google officially unveiled App Inventor for Android, giving non-developer Android users the ability to build their own applications using a visual, puzzle-like interface. I’ve been playing around with the tool all morning (more on that soon), and noticed that one set of Components allows users to seamlessly integrate Twitter functiona

…This morning Google officially unveiled App Inventor for Android, giving non-developer Android users the ability to build their own applications using a visual, puzzle-like interface. I’ve been playing around with the tool all morning (more on that soon), and noticed that one set of Components allows users to seamlessly integrate Twitter functionality. As far as I can tell this is the only third-party service that’s currently included, but Google tells us that it will eventually offer a Component Developer Kit, giving third party developers the ability to integrate their services as well. And that could be a very big deal.
For those that haven’t seen it in action, building an application in App Inventor involves putting together puzzle pieces called Components. Want to do something when the user taps on a Button? Use the Button.Click component. Want to change the color of something to Red? There’s a component for that too. There are also over twenty Twitter-related components, which let you integrate…

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12
Jul 10

Google demos codeless Android development tool for students

Google has created a browser-based visual development tool that allows users to build Android applications without having to write a single line of code.

…Google has announced a new browser-based visual development tool called App Inventor that allows users to create Android applications without having to write any code. It appears to be aimed primarily at students.

App Inventor enables user interface design with a simple drag-and-drop layout system. The behavior of the user interface elements can be programmed via a visual development system that the user manipulates by organizing blocks with specific programming characteristics into various structures. The blocks can be dragged around and snapped into each other to form relatively sophisticated programs. This aspect of App Inventor is based on Scratch, an MIT visual programming language.

The compiler that translates the blocks into Android bytecode is built on top of the GNU Kawa framework, which provides a Scheme-based intermediate language. It’s worth noting that Kawa can also be used standalone to build entire Android applications with Scheme.

We were not able to test App Inventor ourselves because it…

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Jul 10

An Introduction to HTML5 Tags

HTML5 is the next major revision of standard HTML. Current browsers supporting HTML5 in their latest versions are: Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, Google Chrome, iPhone/iPad browser, and Android browser.

…HTML5 Tags
As a web designer, it is important for you to keep up on the latest technology available to you. Although full adoption of HTML5 is probably still a few years away, learning how to create some HTML5 tags on your websites will put you ahead of the rest. Furthermore, some tags (the video tag in particular) have already been adopted by certain platforms (think iPhone and iPad). You can ultimately decide if you want to cater to those platforms or not, but being aware of them certainly cannot hurt.

In this article, we will only cover the very basics of HTML5, as each tag could have its own article, if fully explored in-depth. The canvas tag, for example, can be used to produce images for very complex and intricate Web tools, interactive apps, and even games. Nevertheless, you should leave this article with enough knowledge to begin adding HTML5 tags to your work.
First, it is important to know where HTML5 will work if you bother to go through the process of supporting it on your websites. Despite…

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16
Jun 10

Android "Laser Focused" On User Experience For Next Release

Google’s Android team has been pushing new versions of the OS at a furious pace since the first Android device hit the market in 2008. Lots of features have been added over the last couple of years. But the user experience hasn’t evolved much. That’s all going to change in the next version, we’ve heard from multiple sources close to Google.

…Google’s Android team has been pushing new versions of the operating system at a furious pace since the first Android device hit the market in 2008. Lots of features have been added over the last couple of years. But the user experience hasn’t evolved much.
That’s all going to change in the next version, we’ve heard from multiple sources close to Google.
The team more or less has the core features they want at this point, say our sources, although more tweaks are certainly coming. But Google wants to put an end to the desire of handset manufacturers and carriers to add their own UI layer on top of Google things like Sense, Motoblur, Ninjablur, etc.
Most of the time their shells aren’t all that great anyway (see HTC EVO), and they tend to slow down the device.
Google is focusing the bulk of its efforts on the user experience for the upcoming Gingerbread release to counter this. And they want to get the Android experience closer to the iPhone.
It’s unlikely that third parties will ever completely resist the…

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May 10

What Is Froyo?

Google’s out with Android 2.2—codename: Froyo—and so far we’re impressed. But what is it, exactly?

…Google’s also claiming that Froyo has the world’s fastest mobile browser, period.

…that supports Flash 10.1…
Android 2.2 supports Flash 10.1 important, because Flash 10.1 is optimized to run on mobile devices. And more than finally killing off those little question mark cubes that litter the web on your phone, it’ll also be a huge differentiator for Google in the fight against Apple. There’s a line in the sand, and Adobe and Google are on the same side of it.
It may turn out that Flash on mobiles is a bad idea, but at least now you’ll have a choice.
…that updates apps and music OTA…
Speaking of leapfrogging the iPhone: with Froyo, when you download an app to your computer you don’t need to tether your phone. Instead, the update will automatically be installed over-the-air to your device. Same goes with music you buy. Hear that, iPhone users? No syncing required.

…that streams your music…
You’ll also be able to stream your (non-DRM) iTunes library wirelessly to your Froyo phone.
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May 10

Report: Google Android surpasses iPhone in U.S.

Google’s Android operating system edged out Apple’s iPhone operating system for the No. 2 spot in the U.S. consumer smartphone market in the first quarter of 2010, research firm NPD Group reported Monday.

…T is perfect for the others. Another spot that’s a dead zone for Verizon is perfect for the others. Etc. So to pretend that your experience says ANYTHING about the overall dependability or coverage of networks is ignorant at the very best. Like this 2 people like this comment
by davidmcelroy_dotmac May 10, 2010 12:51 PM PDT Those who are celebrating for Android — or pretending that this means some unified win for Linux in a way that matters — are going to be disappointed in the long run. If you combine all the different versions of Android on all the various vendors, yes, Android is doing well. It’s also going to continue to do well, because it does cost phone-makers anything and it’s pretty good. However, what people are missing is that the different phones that are massed together under Android aren’t REALLY the same thing. They run different versions of Android that don’t allow them to have the same capabilities. They don’t even look the same. (Compare the Sense UI of HTC to the Android UI of…

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Apr 10

Android 2.2 Froyo in testing; Google I/O release tipped

Google are tipped to be already testing the newest build of Android, “Froyo” 2.2, on devices, with a release predicted to coincide with the Google I/O developer conference on May 19th.  Android and Me sifted through their visitor records and turned

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25
Apr 10

Android 2.2 (Froyo) features

It sounds like a beta version of Android 2.2 (Froyo) is out in the wild for testing— and it has some interesting features that I’m sure Android users will find interesting. The new version of the operating system will be available on the Nexus One, and quite possibly Verizon phones in late May — my guess will be on the same day as Google I/O.

…but what if you wanted to hear the morning show, or your local community radio station for the latest in the local independent music scene? You would have to pull out your Walkman.
Well, it sounds like Google will be enabling FM radio in the latest version of Android.
New Linux kernelNew versions of things like this are good for several reasons…

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22
Apr 10

Google Trial Android 2.2 | Asia Computer

Android also has not been satisfied lovers enjoy the latest generation of Android 2.1 or known by the eclair, Google is …

…Android also has not been satisfied lovers enjoy the latest generation of Android 2.1 or known by the eclair, Google is currently preparing the latest update of the operating system for mobile phone. According to news circulating, Google is currently testing the Android 2.2, which most likely have been given the code name Froyo. Tracks new Android OS seems to be identified by the developers and analysis to determine how far the ability of Android 2.2 ins.

But I have been talking with sources on Google, they justify the Android 2.2 is currently being tested, explained one of Taylor’s analysis Wimberly, quoted by TG Daily, Thursday (22/4/2010). According to Wimberly, tend to focus on Android 2.2 especially on a number of performance improvements including, JIT compiler, additional RAM, additional OpenGL ES 2.0, 10.1 Flash support, the resolution cross multitouch, activation trackball color, add FM radio functionality.
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