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Category Archives:Android
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

I was discussing on Buzz a few days ago about the best ways to keep in the loop while on the go. I thought I would briefly note down my thoughts for the record. On my Nexus One I use a combination of two apps to keep me in touch over Buzz. I use the [...]

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Monday, August 16th, 2010

I was thinking the other day about how I use the iPad, Nexus One, netbook, MacBook, desktop PC and so on together. I found it strange how I could accept iOS 3′s restrictions on the iPad, but when I tried to use an iPhone I found myself constantly annoyed about being unable to perform the [...]

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Friday, August 6th, 2010

Earlier this month Google announced App Inventor, an easy way for anyone to get started on building Android applications. Earlier this week I got myself an invite, and headed over to see what’s what. App Inventor is in its very early stages. It’s a closed beta, with invites going out to people when Google have [...]

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Monday, May 24th, 2010

Remember that awesome demo done on-stage at Google IO’s day 2 keynote? (If not, I embedded it below). They showed off Froyo’s data push system by having a Chrome extension, that when clicked, opened the same web page you were viewing on your Android phone. Now, you can go download the application to your phone, [...]

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Well I managed to wedge the Froyo update on to my Nexus One, at last. I got a bit impatient waiting for it, so seeing as it was the official download I thought I’d take the opportunity to give it a go. I haven’t had much of a chance to play with it so far, [...]

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