This is actually the second recording of this episode, as Guru lost the first one. Second time is the charm, right? See how we do with a rehearsal.
Show Notes
- New opener and closing, musical credit to Cliff Bruner, for When You’re Smiling, circa 1938.
- Are We Becoming a Cult of Evo? Huh, Jere?
- Lifehacker Pack for Android
- AppBrain Gets a Facelift – Demographic search
- Replacing Stock Parts of the OS
- Car Dock Followup – Extended Written Coverage
- Guru continues his search to replace stock components with Better Alarm Clock(Install Free Version via AppBrain, Install Paid Version via AppBrain, $1.99) – Includes wake by music, a flip clock, etc.
- Google has said in the past it was thinking of combating fragmentation in the market by removing its stock Google apps from the ROM and making them downloadable. The problem with this is that the providers make a lot of software uninstallable. Tested has a great analysis of the problems with manufacturer created modifications/skins. As they point out, re manufacturer customizations and such, “Motorola might also choose to restrict the apps to just their phones, like HTC restricts their Sense widgets in the Market.“
- After one week, Tweetdeck for Android is generating more tweets and updates than the 3 month old Tweetdeck for iPad. And it’s still in beta.
- Trillian releases Time-limited Beta for Android
- Fennec, the Firefox Mobile Browser for Android, is set to hit an alpha release in a few weeks, with a beta sometime this fall. For more details, visit the Planet Firefox Mobile blog
- Swiftkey Beta Keyboard(Website, Install via AppBrain)
- Games of the Week
- Galaxy Domination(Website, Install via AppBrain).
- Flight Director Lite(Install via AppBrain) – several different versions of this game. This one uses Google Earth maps, so is visually nicer than some of the others.
- Music
- Rockbox may be coming as an application to Android. Rockbox is an open source firmware for mp3 players.
- Music Mod for Froyo (Website, Install via AppBrain) – Updated version of the Froyo Stock Music Player. Browsing remains the same, but alters the Now Playing screen to support your wallpaper, and adds some great widgets that support album art.
- Mog Mobile Music(Website, Install via AppBrain) – $9.99 a month.
- ^3
- Securing your Phone – Researchers are recommending the use of pattern locks be discontinued, as the smudges on a touchscreen made by your fingers can be used to determine your pattern. Froyo now offers pin and password based options, but they are a pain.
- Motorola sends “Cease and Desist to sites hosting unauthorized Froyo updates.
- Android on a Tablet – Thoughts on Gingerbread – Better support for tablets
- Developer’s Corner
- New App Licensing Scheme may be easy to break
- The Developer of the popular Advanced Task Manager has opened his accountings, showing Android is a viable market. In February 09, the first day paid apps were permitted, he released the product. In November of the same year, he released the free ad supported version. To date, he’s made $50,000 AFTER Google’s 30% cut. The free revenue from Admob came to $29,000. The author further states that Checkout and the Market app are probably the biggest thing holding back revenue right now.
- Can’t Get Money out of Mobclix
- Guru Gets his invite to App Inventor
- Monodroid – An implementation of C# directly into the Android API, instead of on top in Java.
- Tip: Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Wi-Fi Settings -> Menu button -> Wi-Fi sleep policy -> Never – Why does Wi-fi sleep when the screen is off? Are there other non-obvious menus/settings?
- Susan Does her Announcer Duty and Play Out
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