Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Android 3.0 Being Tested In The Wild?
Most of us haven’t even gotten an official update to Android 2.2, and there are signs that some people are already running Android’s next update (3.0), otherwise known as Gingerbread. GreeneComputing found evidence supporting this through their popular android benchmark software, Linpack for Android.
While checking users results from last week, they found 17% of phones that used the software were using something other than Android 2.2 or 2.1. That added up to around 158 ROMs, the most unique being Android 3.0, 3.0.1, and 3.2. My best guess is that the Android team is testing the next version of the the Android OS on some devices and were looking at some benchmark results. It’s still interesting to see it being used, especially since there are versions higher than what we originally thought for Gingerbread (just 3.0).
I should also note that even though not many of us have gotten the official update to 2.2, that hasn’t stopped us from getting it other ways. Benchmark tests were used on phones using Android 2.2 the most at 43.1%, suggesting that many have already rooted their Android phones and installed a custom ROM built from Android 2.2. Of course, the general population of Android users that don’t mod their phones have probably never used Linpack, let alone heard of it, so we don’t know how many phones aren’t included in the results.
Are you part of the 43%? Do you wish you were that small part of the 17%? I know that if I got the chance to try out 3.0 early, I definitely would.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
App Inventor for Android
App Inventor for Android
Simple but Powerful!
App Inventor is simple to use, but also very powerful. Apps you build can even store data created by users in a database, so you can create a make-a-quiz app in which the teachers can save questions in a quiz for their students to answer.
 | Because App Inventor provides access to a GPS-location sensor, you can build apps that know where you are. You can build an app to help you remember where you parked your car, an app that shows the location of your friends or colleagues at a concert or conference, or your own custom tour app of your school, workplace, or a museum. |
 | You can write apps that use the phone features of an Android phone. You can write an app that periodically texts "missing you" to your loved ones, or an app "No Text While Driving" that responds to all texts automatically with "sorry, I'm driving and will contact you later". You can even have the app read the incoming texts aloud to you (though this might lure you into responding). |
 | App Inventor provides a way for you to communicate with the web. If you know how to write web apps, you can use App Inventor to write Android apps that talk to your favorite web sites, such as Amazon and Twitter. |
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
PHPforAndroid.apk HOWTO install and test PHP on Android
PHP on Android! Now this is a great news for developers. The company behind this project is Irontec (http://www.irontec.com/). Do watch this video for testing and installing PHP on Android:
Monday, July 12, 2010
fxTrade for Android, Forex trading app
Here’s another great example of an app that was previously available on the iPhone, making its way to Android. If you’re a Foreign Exchange trader, this app might be just the thing for you, just check out the features:
24/7 trading at interbank rates
Trade 54 currency pairs and 4 precious metal pairs
One-tap trade execution from any screen
Limit orders: take profit, stop loss, trailing stops, lower and upper bounds
Live streaming rate feed
Landscape color charting in multiple timeframes for optimal visualization
Account values updated in real time: unrealized/realized P&L; margin used/available; net asset value
OANDA customer service support accessible by email from inside the app
To download the app, just search for “OANDA fxTrade” in the Android Market
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