Nexus One?
Posted 19:37 CET Friday February 5th, 2010 (33 days ago). 197 views. 2 comments. Tagged with Android, Gadgets.
Google recently unveiled the HTC built Nexus One, an Android phone poised to challenge even the mighty iPhone. I have praised Android in the past, and is the happy owner of an HTC Hero. I have even been talking about starting to create applications for the Android platform, but that is yet to happen. Even though the Hero is a great phone, it has a few shortcomings compared to the iPhone and the screen is what comes to mind first. The camera also sucks monkey balls and it doesn’t come with a flash. Neither does the iPhone, though, and I don’t really use my phone as a camera that much, but every time I do, I wish the Android camera was a little better, at least when there is not much ambient light around.
So, what about it? Should I ditch my HTC Hero in favor of a brand new Nexus One? It’s an impressive piece of hardware that is crammed with lots of equally impressive software and with the recent update from Google, it has also got multitouch support. The screen is huge, the Snapdragon processor is lightning fast and the phone has even got a “Tri-color clickable trackball“. Come on, what more can you possible ask for!? Continue reading "Nexus One?" →
Going Premium.
Posted 20:08 CET Tuesday October 13th, 2009 (148 days ago). 189 views. 11 comments. Tagged with Android, Music, Technology.
I like music, I have to admit that. Recently I realized that I really don’t listen that much to the lyrics, with some artists it’s virtually impossible to understand what the hell they are rambling on about anyway. I’m more interested in how the voice of the lead singer sounds and for some reason drums and percussion tends to fascinate me. But I guess it’s with music as any other art form, people like it for different reasons.
Even though I listen to a lot of different music, I don’t have that many CDs; it’s been a while since I made the move from CDs from downloads. iTunes and torrents are to blame for that. For a while I downloaded pirated version of the album and then bought the CD online. Yes, I downloaded pirated music, but I also bought the CD. Probably not entirely legal, but I feel I’m in the clear. Because of this I’ve got quite a lot of CDs that I’ve never actually taken out of the cover.
Then I started to buy all my music as digital downloads and now it’s time to take the next step in the digital music evolution: Spotify Premium. Continue reading "Going Premium." →
Going Android.
Posted 20:42 CET Friday September 25th, 2009 (166 days ago). 92 views. No comments. Tagged with Android, Computer Games.
I’ve decided to ditch my iPhone in favor of an Android handset, notably an HTC Hero. I was considering the Samsung I7500 Galaxy as well, but it doesn’t look like it flies too well with the interweb crowd, and everything you read on the internet is true.
The decision to go Android wasn’t a very hard one. My iPhone is beginning to get old and the wear will soon result in a hole in the back cover. It’s also getting very, very slow so the only humane thing to do is to put Old Yeller to sleep. I’ve been playing around with the Android SDK and the emulator a little and read through the tutorials available on the Android Developers website. It’s all very interesting stuff and from what I gather, the road from the concept phase to a working prototype can be surprisingly short.
I’ve had another idea for an application as well, which I think can be very interesting. The application itself is not that innovative, but I’m hoping to be able to add a feature to it that I don’t think similar applications have. I could be wrong of course, so I should probably do a little research before I even start the design process, because implementing the feature might turn out be a rather daunting task.
So now I’m off to get a Google Maps API key and then play a little bit of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. I got it a while back when Steam had a 50% sale on the title. They’ve actually been able to sucker me into buying a few good titles when they’ve had some ridiculously good sales and bundles available. The bastards.
Yes, this is what I do on a Friday evening. I’m such a nerd.
Now With Even More Mobile Phone!
Posted 20:08 CET Sunday September 20th, 2009 (171 days ago). 145 views. No comments. Tagged with Android, Gadgets, iPhone, Technology.
First of all: My Twitter feed is a bit more active than this site has been lately. What about following me there? A brilliant idea!
And while we’re on the subject of mobile phones; I’m considering ditching my iPhone in favor of an Android handset. The HTC Hero has become rather popular at work and I’ve had the chance to play around with it for a while. So far, so good. According to the reviews I’ve read, the major drawback of the Hero is that it can be a bit laggy at times, but this has been addressed by HTC in a recent patch. Also, my first generation iPhone is getting slower and slower for each update Apple releases, opening the Messages application can take as much as half a minute some times. Continue reading "Now With Even More Mobile Phone!" →
Android.
Posted 13:42 CET Sunday September 14th, 2008 (1 year, 177 days ago). 87 views. No comments. Tagged with Android, Technology.
We all know that Google’s ultimate goal is World DominationTM. What started ten years ago with a good search algorithm and web spiders on speed has now turned into a multi-billion dollar company with more than nineteen thousand employees. Their products range from web advertising to 3D animated chat programs. Google is also an important player on mobile platforms, like cellphones, and many of their web applications are also available for mobile users.
Only providing mobile applications and services is not enough for Google, of course. They will soon, as a part of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), be launching Android.
The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use, which runs on top of a Linux kernel.
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