Tag: Android

Powering Chrome to Phone with Android to Device Messaging

Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) was launched recently as part of Android 2.2. C2DM enables third-party developers to push lightweight data messages to the phone. C2DM created a nice opportunity for us to pull together different Google developer tools to create a simple but useful application to enable users to push links and other information from their desktop / laptop to their phone. The result was Chrome to Phone - a 20-percent time project at Google. Chrome to Phone comprises a Chrome Extension…

Android hacked to run on x86

I foresee this being my weekend project https://androidcommunity.com/android-hacked-to-run-on-x86-20090714/

Android Market now open. Full source released

The Android Market is now open, register to add your apps! http://www.android.com/market/ ![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ng3QbVQfLZ8/SQ8LWQBaTRI/AAAAAAAATtw/dg9Emi0zDTs /s320-R/market.JPG) The full source code for Android is now available: http://source.android.com/

Chrome coming to Android?

Android Community and a few other blogs have stated that Chrome will be making its way to android, but aside from the processing stack and improved javascriptability (yes I just made up a word), is it really going to be the full chrome app everyone is playing with or just a tweaked out webkit (which we already knew was going to be the native Android browser)

New Android news

T-Mobile G1 phone images leaked! Android Developer Challenge Winners Announced Android App Market Confirmed. EAT IT IPHONE

T-Mobile Android slated for Oct 13th

Highlights pre-order will go until Oct. 3 at 5pm Phones will be received on Oct 13th Price: $199 $18 "upgrade" fee 2 year contract required $35 unlimited data & messaging plan $25 plan including 400 messages Phone Features Touch Screen Full Qwerty keyboard 3G/ WiFi Full HTML internet capabilities Easy access to all Google applications (Gmail, Gtalk, search) Maps Street view You Tube Phone IM/Text Email Camera 3.0mp Video (playback only, no recording) Music player & 1GB memory card pre-loaded Applications…

Google I/O session videos posted with slides

As I said earlier, Quite a few presentations from Google I/O have been posted for your viewing pleasure. I'll be glued to these this weekend while I'm on call. Topics include Ajax KML Sketchup Android OpenSocial Appengine Data APIs Theory Talks Youtube Gears Mashups Maps and more!

5 Reasons Why RIM Should Make A BlackBerry That Runs Android

I'd really enjoy this. 1) I'm obviously addicted to my crackberry. 2) I'm not sure how I feel about lots of typing in a touch screen. I played with the HTC Touch over the weekend. It was cool, it was pretty, but the screen wasn't as responsive as I would have hoped. We'll see what HTC can do with the Diamond and the Dream