Archive for May, 2009

Slide ME- A Community for Android Applications

May 17, 2009 No Comments

Slide ME is an Android application store- founded last year and headquartered in Seattle. Developers can provide their applications to users at cost or for free.  Slide ME offers developers a forum in which to interact with end-users and promote their applications.  While many of the currently listed applications are free, developers can enter a paypal ...

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Widgets Tutorial Part 1: Planning

May 16, 2009 2 Comments

About a week or two ago, we bought you an article about the support of widgets in Google SDK 1.5. In that same article I mentioned the Droid Dev challenge sponsored by Android-dls.com. I’m using this competition as an opportunity to provide a tutorial for creating widgets that builds upon the existing ...

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Flurry: Bringing Comprehensive Application Usage Data to Developers

May 15, 2009 No Comments

I am using speech recognition software to write this article.  It’s frustrating to say the least, but a surprisingly intuitive program.  While I had a faint idea about the accessibility settings provided in windows, it never occurred to me that they could serve some practical use to un-impaired users.  While searching frantically for free speech-to-text ...

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Samsung strongly enters Android Market with two devices

May 14, 2009 1 Comment

Earlier we reported to you news of T-mobile’s line-up for the rest of the year.  One of said phones was the Bigfoot, slated to come out during T-mobile’s back to school section of the year.  More information about this phone has leaked along with info about a second phone from Samsung.  This one, called Spica, ...

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Where to next? Android Roadmap is Needed

May 13, 2009 No Comments

Ok the hype is done. Cupcake is being released to the end user, everyone, including myself, has talked about its features and analyzed it to a crisp. Now its time to move our focus to the future. And thus begins another wait until the next Android update. Called donut, people are clamoring for ...

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Droidtip: Install e-mailed .apk files via tAttachApkInstaller

Ever received an .apk attachment via gmail?  As an application reviewer, I most certainly have. For the longest I’ve wished...

Protect your Android Device with Stealth Guards. For Free.

Here’s a limited time offer all you Android phone owners should jump on quickly. StealthGaurds.com is offering its...

TweetDeck for Android is Arriving and its Amazing!

If there’s one area that has no clear winner yet for Android, its Twitter apps.  We have seen apps...

Nexus One Revived as Next Android Developers Phone

In the (not so) recent news, Google announced the discontinuation of the Nexus One.  For many Android fans, this...

Android Development Made Simpler with Droid-fu

android,progrmaming When you program for Android you find yourself doing some of the same tasks repeatedly. As a programmer you know...