Archive for May, 2008

Another open source sample application added to Android Apps

Another sample application was added to the collection of open source sample applications that demonstrate features of the android platform. The first application was WikiNotes, which was presented and discussed at length at Google Android day in Cambridge, by the author. Another application called
AndroidGlobalTime was released today.
AndroidGlobalTime is a 3D clock and the application shows [...]

Android winning applications detailed – TuneWiki

The TuneWiki application brings you nice and sleek media player and what is most important – the lyrics synced with the media both to the iPhone and now to Android phone!
When playing the media, the phone connects to the TuneWiki servers and pulls the synced lyrics. If for some reason the lyrics are out of [...]

The 46 winning apps in Android Developer Challenge announced!

The 46 winners of the Android Developer Challenge phase 1 were announced. These are the lucky and talented developers who earned the top scores from the judges:

AndroidScan – Jeffrey Sharkey
Beetaun – Sergey Gritsyuk and Dmitri Shipilov
BioWallet – Jose Luis Huertas Fernandez
BreadCrumbz – Amos Yoffe
CallACab – Konrad Huebner and Henning Boeger
City Slikkers – PoroCity Media and [...]

The results of the ADC have been sent out

The results of the ADC have been emailed. It seems only the “captains” of the teams get the email. Congratulations to all the winners and good luck to all the up comers who plan on developing their applications further!

ADC results soon to be announced!

ADC results are coming and so many disappointments that will follow. To be more exact, 1738 developer teams will be soon disappointed. The winners of the challenge were supposed to be announced yesterday May 5-th, but the deadline was pushed to as it seems to 7-th now. There are some mixed postings and it seems [...]

SiRF to deploy location features on Android platform

As a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., a provider of GPS-powered location platforms, has announced that it will rapidly implement key end-to-end location-awareness features needed to enable mobile devices powered by the Android platform to provide an optimal location awareness experience for consumers.
“We are only beginning to scratch the [...]