Tag: Android
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Mobile contacts are a key mobile application battleground
This is a very interesting article about the importance of mobile phone contacts. Here is an excerpt but it is worth reading the whole article.
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Keyapt SMS: Type on your PC, send from your phone
Chris and I have just released the second version of Keyapt SMS for Android phones. It lets you see your contacts and send and receive SMS in your web browser. The SMS are actually sent from your phone. This version is much faster and very slick. You don’t even have to touch your phone. We…
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Turn your PC into a WiFi hotspot
Connectify Hotspot is a great free utility that lets you turn your PC or laptop into a WiFi hotspot. Typical use cases include You have an Ethernet connection to your laptop and you can now share it with your mobile phone or tablet. You are in a meeting room that has wired Ethernet but no wireless. Now…
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FlurryAgent.setUserID error
Flurry is an excellent tool for understanding how users are using your mobile application. Although they only have a few methods they have still managed to get an error in the documentation. FlurryAgent.setUserID(String) Should read FlurryAgent.setUserId(String) (keywords: Flurry bug, fail, error, documentation, token, compile, class name, method name)
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Keyapt – how to get an AJAX application in the Google index.
Our Android application Keyapt SMS is coming along nicely. Chris is tweaking the session management and I am doing the marketing plan. Keyapt SMS has three parts: the Android Application, the Web Client and the Keyapt Server in the middle that connects the PC to the mobile. The Web Client is a rich interface application…
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Londroid 16 Sep 2011 – 1.6 million downloads
The Londroid September meetup was a great success. Here is a quick review for people who could not make it. Kabbee – A marketplace for minicab journeys – Phil Makinson What is Kabbee? Kabbee is a price comparison and booking service for quality minicabs in Greater London. Very nice use of a smartphone. This is…
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AWS SDK for Android – A Library for Building Android Applications on Amazon S3, Amazon SimpleDB, and more.
I am a big fan of Amazon Web Services. We use it for the serverside components of our Android application Keyapt. Today I came across this useful SDK that helps you use AWS services from within Android applications. AWS SDK for Android The AWS SDK for Android provides a library, code samples, and documentation for…
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Skype on Android – save serious money
I provide FogBugz training and spend quite a lot of time on the phone to the USA. I prefer to use my mobile phone with its headset but I really don’t like paying £ 1.76 per minute or whatever it is. I don’t even know what 02 charge me because I can’t understand their tariff.…
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Firefox maker moves towards a browser-free world • The Register
This is an interesting article about mobile, web and HTML5. Mobiles need ‘a strong infusion of Mozilla values’ via Firefox maker moves towards a browser-free world • The Register.
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Android-12 (Honeycomb) emulator does not work
If you have recently updated your Android SDK you will find this target; id: 17 or “android-12” Name: Android 3.1 Type: Platform API level: 12 Revision: 2 Skins: WXGA (default) You may be lured into creating an emulator using it. If you do, don’t expect it to work. I wasted…
Dr James Bayley 