To celebrate the Londroid group reaching over 1000 members a hack was organised and held in the crypt at Clerkenwell Despite having had a busy but productive week I went along with the hopes of some sort of inspiration would hit me at the event itself, that could possibly lead to something productive being produced. [...]
Read More Android, Google, IOS (Apple), Lolcats, Lovefilm, tabletI was lucky enough to be able to personally grab one of the in demand tickets for GoogleIO back in February; the event sold out in 58 minutes so these were obviously heavily in demand. The question for those of us outside Northern America is is the event worth attending? Thankfully a short answer: without a doubt [...]
Read More Android, Event, Google, Google I/ORomain Nurik posted an excellent article today on why you need to hand edit layouts for Android rather than using a WYSIWIG tool First off, there will be some obvious bias in this post. I have been very fortunate in my working career to work with some truly great product managers, designers and artists on [...]
Read MoreSlides from the February Android meetup Into to Android Live Wallpapers View more presentations from kgutteridge.
Read MoreOne of the great advantages and potential minefield of Android, is the simple fact that an application does not need to be in the Android Market as Spotify have clearly illustrated http://www.spotify.com/en/mobile/overview/install-for-android/ Clearly this is aimed at the Finish owners of Android handsets where there is no Android Market. The downsides of this ad hoc [...]
Read More Android, Open, SpotifyCongratulations to Spotify on the launch of their mobile client for iPhone and Android, Videos of which can be seen below iPhone Video Android Video One thing that strikes me as a little odd though is the amount of coverage this application is getting, if I want a DRM music solution for a mobile phone [...]
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