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Finding the Android Dev Phone 1 ROM Images

For some reason the ROM Images for the Android Dev Phone 1 have the links missing from the main ADP-1 download site. When you go to http://developer.htc.com/adp.html You’re greeted with a table of ROM images and file names but the links have been removed:

(You can click on the image to see the full-size [...]

Installing Java 1.5 back into Snow Leopard

In an amazing moment of WTF I discovered this morning that after installing Mac OS X 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard) that the only version of Java running on it was 1.6. Now as an end-user, people probably won’t care. And I can kind of understand why Apple did it, given that Sun has [...]

Subversion and Snow Leopard

Along with so many others, I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Overall the upgrade went without a hitch. However, I noticed that my Subversion repository was no longer available from Subclipse or via the Web Browser. Not good.
So I did some digging around and upon finding this article from Patrick Rice http://patrick-rice.net/daybook/2009/09/20/subversion-snow-leopard-etc/ I [...]

Manually Update your T-Mobile G1 to OS 1.5 (Cupcake)

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 [...]

Android – Matching minSdkVersion to API version

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

Getting Started in Java Development

I get asked this question.. a lot.
David, any tips on how I can learn Java quickly?

Open Handset Alliance signs up 14 more Android-lovers, including Sony Ericsson, ASUS and Garmin

Open Handset Alliance signs up 14 more Android-lovers, including Sony Ericsson, ASUS and Garmin: “The Open Handset Alliance just made a major score with 14 more members: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc. (previously rumored), Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca [...]

Dive into Android OS Development!

With the shipment of the T-Mobile G1 there’s now an ever-expanding base of users on the new Google Android Platform. If you are an application developer this is an excellent platform to develop on with a bright future ahead of it.
Here’s some development resources to help get you started:

The Android HomePage
This is where it [...]

Borland finally sells its CodeGear tools division

From CNET News:

Borland Software has sold its CodeGear development tools division to Embarcadero Technologies for about $23 million, the companies said Wednesday.
CodeGear sells the products that Borland used to be best known for–its JBuilder Java development tool, Delphi, and C++Builder. More recently, CodeGear has created development tools for PHP and Ruby.
Two years ago, Borland CEO [...]

The Latest on Software Update for OS X – Java 6

This Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to your Mac. This update does not replace the existing installation of J2SE 5.0 or change the default version of Java.
For more details on this update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307403
Please note what the aforementioned article says:
This release is only [...]

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