Tag archive for "developers"

Devs, start your compilers: Peek offers free/cheap devices to hackers

1 Comment 02 February 2012 by

If there’s one thing the Android development community can’t resist, it’s a cheap mod platform. The Nook Color and (eventually) the HP TouchPad both owe their legacies to budget-conscious Android users looking for something to mod. The latest platform for cheap hacking might just be the Peek, a single-function device built for SMS on the cheap. [...]

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RIM lures Android developers with free BlackBerry PlayBooks

5 Comments 02 February 2012 by

Are you an Android developer? Do you collect obsolete and failed pieces of technology in a museum of electronic sadness? Looking for something to fill the space in between your HP TouchPad, Palm Folio and Nintendo Virtual Boy? Then Research in Motion has a deal for you. The Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer wants to build buzz around the [...]

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Rovio, creator of Angry Birds say piracy can be a good thing

5 Comments 31 January 2012 by

Piracy is a touchy subject and has been looked down upon by many many different markets, Android included. Obviously we all know how the music industry feels on the matter, and we’ve seen the countless attacks and results from their approach. When it comes to Android or apps in general some might feel different. The [...]

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Official Android Developers now on Google+

0 Comments 30 January 2012 by

Android and Google just keep getting more and more social. After making an official Twitter and Google+ page late last year they are back and now have an official social page for all things Android Development. The Android dev team now has a dedicated social space for developers to meet, share, learn, and connect with [...]

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Motorola offers bootloader-unlocked RAZR XT910 Developer Edition

1 Comment 30 January 2012 by

Motorola has announced a new variant of the RAZR, the RAZR XT910 Developer Edition, targeting coders with its unlockable bootloader. Currently up for pre-order in Europe, with a US version in the pipeline, the new RAZR is intended for developers looking to create and test Android apps on a recent handset.

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Google tells devs how to kick the Android menu button to the curb in ICS

4 Comments 26 January 2012 by

Ice Cream Sandwich removes the ubiquitous Android Menu bottom from its comfy place below the screen and casts it adrift on the sea of interface, where it floats around the screen like Tom Hanks and a volleyball. This change has given grief to a lot of developers (not to mention users): Is the Menu section hiding out [...]

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Tapjoy invests in 130 different Android games

1 Comment 25 January 2012 by

Android gaming is growing by leaps and bounds, due in no small part to the prevalent use of free games supplemented with advertising. Mobile application/advertising platform Tapjoy knows this: that’s why they set up a  fund for aspiring developers, helping them publish their apps to both Tapjoy’s directory and the Android Market. The company announced that to date, they’ve [...]

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Report: Android replacing iOS as key platform for Asian devs

0 Comments 23 January 2012 by

Android is gaining market share all over the world, as even the staunchest Apple fanboy will now admit – though they’d add that the smartphone market itself is growing so fast that both Android and iOS are making gains. One area that has so far vexed Android has been development, or at least, that part [...]

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400,000 active apps in Android Market

0 Comments 04 January 2012 by

The Android Market now contains over 400,000 active applications, checks from Distimo have revealed, with the growth of Google’s software store accelerating at a faster pace than Apple’s rival App Store. 68-percent are free or freemium, versus paid, a possible reaction to the increase in in-app purchasing noted recently. While Google lagged behind Apple when it [...]

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Nexus Tablet? Eric Schmidt teases official Google-branded slate

9 Comments 19 December 2011 by

The Nexus line of smartphones has been coveted by Android fans for its “pure Google” experience, eschewing carrier and manufacturer customization in favor of the latest clean build on Android. But if you want a pure version of Android in the tablet form factor, you’re largely limited to the original Motorola XOOM. Speaking with an Italian newspaper, Google chairman [...]

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