The HTC Hero has received a lot of buzz for its physical design and new user interface. HTC Sense is the name for the newly designed UI and its set to debut across a number of devices. Developers have recognized the popularity of the HTC widgets and began to release copies. Now users with the [...]
Week 1 Winners For Android Home Screen Contest
One week ago, we asked you to share your home screen with us and we got quite a few entries. I gathered all the images and uploaded them to our Flickr page. Browse through the submissions and leave comments if you have any questions. Most of them have notes describing the theme and widgets installed [...]
Google I/O Winners, RSS Widgets, And Mobile Site Preview
I want to thank all the loyal readers who keep coming back and the new comments we get each day. If my schedule permitted it, I would be bringing you a lot more updates and content. We still have big plans for the site, but until I get free from work the posting will continue [...]
Cupcake Widgets Preview For Android 1.5
There are so many new features of Android 1.5 that it is hard to pick a favorite. Desktop widgets have been around since the T-Mobile G1 shipped, but now developers have the new AppWidget Framework to play with. Before this recent update, developers had to target their widgets for a specific home replacement app like [...]
5 Android Widgets We Want To See – Plus Cupcake Widget Contest
By now many of you have read (or at least glanced at) the article by Jeff Sharkey describing how to use the new tools in the Android 1.5 SDK to program widgets. The idea of widgets on the homescreens of our Androids got all of us giddy with excitement over here at Android and Me [...]
7 aHome Themes From On Interaction. Plus Widgets.
Themes have flooded the Android Market following the success of all the new home applications. aHome now includes its own theme browser and Google will be adding a themes section to the Android Market soon. On Interaction is one developer devoted soley to desktop additions. Their ColorBook series of themes have become popular for their [...]
