Posts belonging to Category Telephony
Posted by codethought on July 3, 2009
If you use and Android device like the T-Mobile G1 and you haven’t heard of Bloo yet, you will. This is probably the slickest application for Facebook on *any* platform. Excellent photo album and photo upload support, a slick user interface a small memory footprint, and it’s obviously clean, tight code judging from [...]
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Posted by codethought on May 24, 2009
T-Mobile was supposed to release Android OS 1.5 (originally code-named ‘Cupcake’) was supposed to be released the week of May 18th. However T-Mobile decided to delay the release.
Enter the Android community… Someone has found the downloadable version of Cupcake, signed and ready to install on the T-Mobile G1! And with a few [...]
Categories: Android, Java, Linux, Operating Systems, Programming, Telephony |
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Posted by codethought on May 2, 2009
In my last post I mentioned the android:minSdkVersion attribute to <uses-sdk> tag. As of SDK 1.5 the attribute values used correspond to the following API releases:
minSdkVersion
API Version
1
1.0
2
1.1
3
1.5
You can read more about all of this at http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-1.5.html
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Posted by codethought on May 2, 2009
With the imminent release of SDK 1.5 (also known as “Cupcake”) for Android and T-Mobile G1 users a new rule is being enforced on the Market when you publish your application. The rule itself isn’t new – it’s existed since the 1.1 release of the Android SDK, but it’s enforcement in the market is [...]
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Posted by codethought on April 18, 2009
Android 1.5 is just around the corner. It introduces APIs for features such as soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition. While none of this will be available on the T-Mobile G1 (until T-Mobile does an official release – IF they do) it’s worth getting ready for.
Android Developers Blog: Getting ready [...]
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Posted by codethought on April 18, 2009
Huawei confirm T-Mobile G3 for Euro Q3 launch: “
Huawei have confirmed that they will be supplying T-Mobile with their Android-based smartphone, which will launch in Q3 2009 as the T-Mobile G3. An Huawei spokesperson has told reporters that ‘I can confirm that Huawei will be releasing the third Google phone on T-Mobile this year’, with [...]
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Posted by codethought on March 22, 2009
PdaNet for hack-free Android tethering:
A new freeware app makes tethering the G1 to a PC or laptop straightforward, without requiring that users hack the Android firmware or have root access. PdaNet allows a USB-connected Android cellphone to work as a tethered modem – with either cellular or WiFi data – with a single click.
Currently in [...]
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Posted by codethought on January 7, 2009
I did some playing with this app. It’s definitely one to avoid unless you like sending your application usage data to people you don’t know for their own gains.
aTrackDog flawed and deceiving: “The new applications aTrackDog is designed to help users make sure that their applications are up to date. This application in theory [...]
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Posted by codethought on December 21, 2008
T-Mobile G1 – Review and Teardown (not for the squeamish):
For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and high-resolution pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=T-Mobile_G1
What does HTC, flavoured with Google, and served with a plate of T-Mobile give you? Apparently, its a a flavourful dream, as HTC liked to call it. Of course, we’re talking about the [...]
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Posted by codethought on December 21, 2008
First details of the next Android release code-named “Cupcake” have emerged. Some of the more interesting changes include:
MMS improvements including speed enhancements to messaging app and being able to save photo attachments (finally)
Video recorder support for the camera and gallery
Too many fixes to the email app to mention here.
Stereo Bluetooth
There’s lots of other changes [...]
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