Spaghetti Code hosts Donn Felker as he discusses his experiences developing applications for the Android platform.
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February, 2010
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Feb 10
Spaghetti Code Talks Android with Donn Felker
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Feb 10
Google: Android now shipping on 60,000 handsets per day
With in MWC 2010 done, Eric Schmidt’s Mobile World Congress keynote, where the Google CEO disclosed an interesting fact: Google and their hardware partners are now shipping 60,000 Android handsets each day.
via Google: Android now shipping on 60,000 handsets per day.
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Feb 10
Google Earth for Android
This is totally awesome!
Download Google Earth for Nexus One today by searching for Google Earth in the Android Market.
22
Feb 10
Google Android App Tutorial Training via hometutorials
Yet Another “Hello World” App Tutorial
22
Feb 10
DroidScript – Live JavaScript on Android
DroidScript is a programming tool for Android. The text in this window is a JavaScript program that can run on your device.
22
Feb 10
Gowalla for Android … Scary but Cool, works in Pretoria
Gowalla beta for Android now available
Today, I learned that the Gowalla GPS/location-based game/app has released a beta version for Android, which I have been anxiously awaiting for months
Works totally awesome in Pretoria!
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Feb 10
The new HTC Sense Reviewed via Android Central
Here we go, folks. The first round of a new day in the life of HTC’s Sense user interface. In Part 1 of our review, we take a look at setting up your phone for the first time, including the new “Friend Stream” service, which integrates some of your favorite social networks.
via The new HTC Sense reviewed: Setting up your Android phone | Android Central.
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Feb 10
Book: Professional Android 2 Application Development, 2nd Edition
Author : Reto Meier
ISBN: 978-0-470-56552-0
Paperback
576 pages
March 2010
Build unique mobile applications with the latest Android SDK
Written by an Android authority, this up-to-date resource shows you how to leverage the features of Android 2 to enhance existing products or create innovative new ones. Serving as a hands-on guide to building mobile apps using Android, the book walks you through a series of sample projects that introduces you to Android’s new features and techniques. Using the explanations and examples included in these pages, you’ll acquire the foundation needed to write compelling mobile applications that use Android, along with the flexibility to quickly adapt to future enhancements.
Professional Android 2 Application Development:
- Reviews Android as a development platform and¿best practices for mobile development
- Provides an in-depth look at the Android application components
- Details creating layouts and Views to produce compelling resolution independent user interfaces
- Examines Intents and Content Providers for sharing data
- Introduces techniques for creating map-based applications and using location-based services such as GPS
- Looks at how to create and use background Services, Notifications, and Alarms
- Demonstrates how to create interactive homescreen components
- Explores the Bluetooth, telephony, and networking APIs
- Examines using hardware, including the camera and sensors such as the compass and accelerometers
via Wiley::Professional Android 2 Application Development, 2nd Edition.
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Feb 10
tapsoffire – Frets on Fire for Android
Taps of Fire is an implementation of Frets on Fire Guitar Hero like game for Android platform. It supports plain FOF songs just put them in /sdcard/TapsOfFire/songs.
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Feb 10
Shopping smarter with Google Shopper for Android
We’re happy to announce a new Android application called Google Shopper. Shopper lets you find product information quickly by using your phone’s camera. It can recognize cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, along with most barcodes. You can also speak the name of the product you’re looking for. Use Shopper to make smart decisions about what to buy, what price to pay, and where to buy it. You can star items for later and share them with friends. Shopper also saves your history so you’ll always have product and price information at your fingertips, even when you don’t have a signal.
via Official Google Mobile Blog: Shopping smarter with Google Shopper.
