Icon packs are a cheap, easy way to beautify your phone but they can take up a lot of precious application space and they’re usually designed to be used with one desktop manager. Here’s a simple way to make them easier to handle. You will need root access on your phone. If [...]
Cupcake Voice Recognition Now Available for Testing
Since my last article on voice recognition in Cupcake, two things have happened. The Haykuro images came out and Google released the 1.5 SDK. That means it’s time to test out the voice recognition on a real phone. I’ve compiled some example code that comes with the SDK below. You can [...]
Voice Commands Coming to Android Cupcake?
Android phones already have voice dialing and voice search. What about voice commands? The signs say voice commands are coming, and soon. The Cupcake development branch features page includes the note “VoiceDialer supports ‘open app’ command”. Also announced in the Android roadmap was the new Input Method Framework (IMF). The IMF supports other input methods [...]
Interview with PhoneGap Developer Brian LeRoux
As the number of phone platforms increase, multi-platform coding gets harder and harder. A new open source project called PhoneGap is trying to make it easier while bringing web coders into the game. I asked PhoneGap developer Brian LeRoux these questions:
AAM: Could you describe the purpose of PhoneGap for those who don’t know?
Brian LeRoux: PhoneGap’s [...]
Battle for Mars. Android Game Review.
Battle for Mars is one of the more expensive games you’ll find on the Android market, but it’s well worth it. The character art is funny and unique, it works well with the controls on the G1, and, best of all, it’s based on one of the best video games ever made, Advance Wars.
Battle [...]
Could Symbian Really Squeeze Android Out?
This smartphone article has gotten a lot of buzz around the office in recent days. (By office I mean apartment I share with my dog, but the fact remains.) Nearly everyone in the office is talking about this article. Fifty percent.
Jason Hiner does a disservice to Android, which upsets me personally, but [...]
Note To Self: Review To-Do Apps For Android
One of the most common “classic” applications on the Android Market is the to-do list manager. Easy to code and almost universally useful, the to-do list manager is tempting for developer and consumer alike. Unfortunately, there are so many more of these applications than there are good ones, and once you install one, [...]
Android Brings Freedom For All Devices
A recent headline “BlackBerry Storm Transformed into Google Android, Sorta” got me thinking. No, it wasn’t that certain news outlets are click-mongering hope stealers. It was about the future of Android. First, that the idea of a phone having a semi-portable, nameable operating system is a breakthrough in itself. A few [...]
