Archive for January, 2009

Android running on Nokia N800 tablet now with touchscreen

Nokia N800 is a cool talet, responsible for very high volume of mobile web traffic throughout the world. It is basically a very small tablet PC, running Linux. And the development is done mainly under the maemo umbrella. The first attempt to port Android was made on the very early version and the results can [...]

AdMob raises 12.5 Million in series C extension funding

AdMob was the center point of the mobile news recently. We have recently mentioned that they just closed round B funding and today they announced to close additional 12.5 million round C funding lead by Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s (DFJ) Growth Fund and Northgate Capital. This bring the company funding to the total of $28.2 million. [...]

AdMob Android SDK LunarLander example download

As I have recently mentioned, AdMob released Android SDK to support ads for Android devices. I downloaded the SDK, it was however a pain in the a** to find it (AdMob, please make it easier = more obvious to find the SDK, please). In general you have to open an account with AdMob, which I [...]

Bug fixes in Android version of Opera Mini 4.2

We wrote about Opera Mini 4.2 release for Android some time ago. While it is wonderful to have an old friend Opera on Android, it had its problems. Fortunately, lately the following bugs and issues were addressed: Access to the SD card for uploading and downloading, and for saving pages Video playback hand-off, when needed, [...]

AdMob launches ad units for Android with its Android SDK

AdMob – the San Mateo-based company currently which according to CNET works with over 6, 000 mobile sites and 450 iPhone applications has announced today the release of Android advertising SDK as well. It is reported that the first test applications to utilize the ad units are AccuWeather (a weather application), TapJoy(has 2 gaming applications [...]

MultiTouch on G1 with modified Android OS

Luke Hatchison has posted a while ago a demo on multitouch functionality of standard Android phone. And just recently he has posted a greatly enhanced post with more examples and directions on how to hack the G1 to allow multitouch functionality. Great and interesting read!

Blackbery StoreFront the present and the future!

Very interesting and insightful interview with Mike Kirkup, RIM’s head of developer relations was posted today by ZDNet. Q: Google is fairly relaxed about which applications can go into the Android Market, and Apple is quite strict about keeping out App Store submissions that replicate functionality already on the iPhone. What level of gate keeping [...]

Blackbery soon to open appstore and is accepting application submissions

There’s no doubt that Apple is definitely contributing BIG innovations. One of the recent ones which was not directly celebrated by the customers, but which opened a lot of new possibilities and directions is the appstore.The idea is simple and yet genius – let’s give people instant access to the content specialized for their OS [...]

Last.fm adds company to imeem on Android, will Pandora join?

Last.fm, a known web radio streaming service, debuted its Android version recently. They are operating in the same space as Pandora. Although the approach to the suggest organizaion is different, the idea is the same – help people find new music they will like based on the music they already like and votes on the [...]

F.A.Q. section of DailyHoroscope updated

The frequently asked questions (FAQ) section of the DailyHoroscope has been recently updated with the new questions and answers. The most frequently asked questions is definitely “How do I send the horoscope to my friends”. I didn’t have much time to work on this application lately, but the update will definitly follow, so stay tuned!