tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888Sat, 05 Oct 2024 04:04:13 +0000NewsUIBackendBasicsOpinionsAppsPortshttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)Blogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-8741646573383083857Tue, 20 May 2008 01:48:00 +00002008-05-20T07:33:52.598+05:30NewsThe 50 finalists will be getting an early look at the SDK before a public version is released. Although, the participants will be bound by a NDA prohibiting them to give out any screenshots or feature lists. Google sent out emails to all the finalists,As a Round 2 participant, we'll be providing you with the most up-to-date Android SDK so that you can take advantage of the latest tools &amp; http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/05/adc-1-finalists-get-early-access-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-4765004662523816404Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:00 +00002008-05-17T10:03:57.659+05:30NewsAndroid is getting onto new phones. Many small/big manufacturers have embraced the Android platform. The latest to join in is RKS, a South Californian company with their concept phone - Mimique. According to RKS, "The Mimique is a response to feature-heavy cell phones that look more like PDAs than phones. Playful and engaging, the Mimique's design marries the heritage of old-school cell phones http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/05/android-on-mimique-concept-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-9116600669337475642Wed, 14 May 2008 01:59:00 +00002008-05-14T23:13:02.178+05:30OpinionsSo Google has come out describing the backstage events of ADC 1. Good to know what was happening when the whole Android community was wondering what would happen.Dan Morrill, Developer Advocate, explains the details of how they got started with appointing the judges, shipping of the Ubuntu laptops around the world, collecting the scores and making sure no evil happened. The full story can be readhttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/05/other-side-of-adc-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-4368227366945326197Tue, 13 May 2008 14:16:00 +00002008-05-13T20:01:55.481+05:30NewsThe top 50 of Android Developer Challenge 1 were announced. 4 of the authors chose not to reveal their apps, so we have only 46 in the listing, 1. AndroidScan - Use your phone to scan a barcode, get pricing information from dozens of stores, product reviews and more. Never make a bad purchase again! (by Jeffrey Sharkey) 2. Beetaun - Social network around geographical content created by http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/05/top-50-of-android-developer-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-6114937291423991570Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:00 +00002008-05-07T19:49:51.028+05:30NewsTuneWiki has announced a media player for Android which features an iPhone-like interface, support for syncing with iTunes, and the karaoke-like lyric functionality that put them on the map. The app plays music with the ability to edit and translate karaoke-like synchronized lyrics, subtitled on video and audio.iPhones users will be familiar with TuneWiki, the iPhone version has seen several http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/05/tunewiki-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-5570916474610652310Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:35:00 +00002008-04-25T20:07:56.898+05:30NewsQuickoffice have ported their top-selling mobile office application to Android that edits Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint documents, allows access to Google Docs and to documents stored on home PCs through the Internet. They are also working on an iPhone version. Quickoffice is currently available for Palm, S60 and UIQ platforms. They recently announced collaboration with Esmertec to http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/quickoffice-on-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-6711166607483425322Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:31:00 +00002008-04-23T09:38:08.380+05:30NewsSpeaking at the Wireless Innovations 2008 conference, T-Mobile and other speakers touted Android as an "iPhone for the masses" that will help spur open innovation in handsets. T-Mobile is expected to be the first carrier to come out with Android phone when it launches a handset using the software later this year and plans to put open software platforms on all its phones."We are working on a new http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/wireless-innovations-2008-and-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-8033912476711786441Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:35:00 +00002008-04-18T13:15:53.066+05:30NewsSince it got over, there have been many speculations(statistical, logical....) in the official groups about the no. of entries received. Google has put an end to it on their blog in which Azhar Hashem, Product Marketing Manager for Android said, "I'm thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge!". So there you have ithttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/android-developer-challenge-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-5179022110389918733Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:50:00 +00002008-04-10T18:48:34.629+05:30NewsA preview version of Opera Mini is available for the developer community to test and provide feedback for a later scheduled beta release. Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, said: "Opera Mini will be able to empower users of Android-based handsets with access to all of their favorite web sites with popular features for smooth effects and scalable, tailored viewing."The J2ME version has been ported over usinghttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/opera-mini-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-4162419456301515531Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:21:00 +00002008-04-09T00:08:16.799+05:30PortsFolks at elinux.org have successfully ported Android (m5-rc14) to Nokia N810 tablet, well, TI's OMAP SoCs to be more general. Android has been already ported successfully to Sharp Zaurus SL-C760,SL-C3000, Armadillo-500 and several other OMAP 1 &amp; 2 boards. The Wiki offers specific instructions right from compiling, extracting the system files to booting the system. The screenshot below shows http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/android-ported-to-n810.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-2840073347210201684Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:57:00 +00002008-04-08T11:35:27.146+05:30NewsMay 6 could well be the launch of the first batch of Android loaded HTC Dream phones if the invitation sent out to tech press is anything to go by,Phonemag.com reports that HTC is holding a special launch event on May 6 in London to “Witness the next wave of HTC Innovation.” This could be it. Apple’s Worldwide Developers convention is around the corner and 3G iPhone is expected by June 4, HTC is http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/htc-dream-launch-on-may-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-4938880507391128794Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:54:00 +00002008-04-03T08:28:33.464+05:30NewsAT&amp;T are considering jumping onto the Android bandwagon. At CTIA, AT&amp;T CEO Ralph de la Vega said that customizability had attracted him to Android. "I like it a lot more than I did before, its something we would want in our portfolio.<!-- google ads --><!-- END google ads --><!-- topix links -->" Although in December, AT&amp;T was wary of Android,that the platform would be orientedhttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/at-in-android-land.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-4140630494283867114Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:28:00 +00002008-04-02T08:12:53.942+05:30NewsAt CTIA, Qualcomm showed off an Android prototype cellphone capable of playing Quake. The device uses Qualcomm’s 3D hardware graphics acceleration and gives 30fps at VGA. The screen size is smaller that what we use in the SDK,so lets hope the chip gives the same fps on 320x480 screens. Also in their presentation, Qualcomm executives spoke about advertising on mobiles. Len Lauer explained the http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/04/quake-on-qualcomm-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-6834323284617290148Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:07:00 +00002008-03-25T08:46:12.837+05:30NewsIn another move to boost Android's prospects, Google's telecommunications counsel,Richard Whitt proposed a plan to use unused airwaves, known as white spaces, to provide high-speed mobile access to consumers by the 2009 holiday season.Google, alongwith Microsoft and six other big tech companies formed the 'White Space Coalition' in 2006 to advocate the use of unused analog TV signals for http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/google-proposes-wi-fi-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-6675527705354941823Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:46:00 +00002008-03-23T23:58:30.286+05:30NewsNTT DoCoMo, the Japanese mobile operator and a prominent member of OHA plans to release phones based on Android by 2010. This disclosure was made when DoCoMo declared its plan to remove advanced functions and services from its cell phones' current OS. The company decided to move over from a proprietary OS to Android to help manufacturers reduce cost. According to the carrier, functions to be http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/ntt-docomo-to-release-android-phones-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-4062852555686815130Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:28:00 +00002008-03-22T09:09:32.583+05:30OpinionsRace to the Android phone is on. HTC and Samsung are competing to get the first gPhone out in the market. While HTC's "Dream" is inching towards reality, Samsung has switched gears to catch up with HTC.Earlier this week, rumors about HTC Omni(Dream) being THE gPhone were out in the wild. Now, we had the same news last year when CEO Peter Chou said about Dream: "We've been working on [OHA] designshttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/g-race-htc-vs-samsung.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-6176305674762338511Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:56:00 +00002008-03-18T21:01:20.218+05:30NewsWe all saw this news coming, although, this one does not come from Google, but from Relevantis, Inc. The company has released the first advertising platform for Android which will allow developers to integrate ads into their apps.The platform called 'Universal Ad Platform' allows Android developers to include personalized and location-aware advertising within their apps. Relevantis specializes inhttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/ads-on-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-2107924881836096901Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:10:00 +00002008-03-18T10:38:13.434+05:30NewsOmniGSoft, a mobile 3D gaming company based in Toronto has entered the Android Developer Challenge with ten 3D mobile games for Android. Titled "OmniGSoft Games on Android", the set includes 10 games out of which, currently, 5 games have been released for M3-rc37a, M5 is not yet supported.The games use OmniGSoft's 3D game engine which includes MiniAWT- a cross-platform AWT , OmniGraphics - core http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/games-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-2860615844600856387Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:21:00 +00002008-03-17T23:34:01.858+05:30NewsWebtide, the main developer of leading open source HTTP server and Java web container, Jetty, announced today, at EclipseCon 2008, the first web and application server designed specifically to operate on Android. Jetty is the web and application server behind Eclipse Equinox and because of its lightweight and robust nature, it is ideal for embedding in mobile http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/webtides-jetty-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-5980225231782936065Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:53:00 +00002008-03-14T10:41:58.054+05:30NewsSpeaking at eComm, Google's general manager of wireless platforms, Rich Miner said Android will outsell iPhone. Miner opened the second day of the eComm conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. saying that Android will be loved by developers due to its openness. He expects Android-based phones to outsell iPhone. "Once you have devices out there from Motorola , HTC, http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/googles-rich-miner-on-android-and-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-718867155596058735Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:23:00 +00002008-03-12T00:09:53.989+05:30NewsOne of the first security suite for Android has been announced by Savant Protection. The company which specializes in intrusion prevention, has ported its security solution, Savant Technology, to Android.As mobile computing gains popularity, threats to personal data stored on mobile devices continue to grow. Security professionals around the world are touting mobile devices as the next big http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/security-solution-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-5103495401639104671Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:41:00 +00002008-03-06T09:42:58.059+05:30NewsDan Morrill was at the ETech conference in San Diego speaking about Google's vision for Android phones. Dan explained Android's open development model and how it works to make Android free and open to carriers, manufacturers and enthusiasts, with no permission required to develop apps.Dan demonstrated using a sample app "Google Grapes" ,to get the latest prices of several wines from a Google Dochttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-connecting-your-life-to-web.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-196090752373412123Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:17:00 +00002008-03-05T21:07:48.213+05:30News "Android will be one of the platforms on which the Sybase engine will run". Speaking at Sybase Federal Symposium in Washington about the company's new cross-platform mobile runtime enviroment, Raj Nathan, CMO, said that the company will be releasing the software to unify the task of data storage/management across different mobile platforms including Android. A Sybase subsidiary, iAnywhere, http://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/sybase-engine-on-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-4028829922764859783Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:11:00 +00002008-03-29T19:03:55.480+05:30NewsThe Official Android developer team has started a new project "apps-for-android" to create sample apps for demonstrating different features of Android. First in the line is WikiNotes, an app to create links out of WikiWords(words that use CamelCase). The links could point to a contact no. or a website WikiNotes for Android was written to demonstrate a number of core concepts in Android, includinghttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/apps-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918609720056751888.post-352763507217199897Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:34:00 +00002008-03-05T09:35:18.107+05:30NewsA new version of the SDK is out, m5-rc15. It is another update in the process of transitioning from M3 to M5 version and now includes all the changes mentioned in the documentation when m5-rc14 was released. The update doesn't introduce any new API and does not require you to update the Eclipse ADT plugin.The primary reason of this release is to fix a vulnerability in the handling of images. Thishttp://discussandroid.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-updated-to-m5-rc15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Living Sword)0