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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
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Category Archives: Android
Motorola announces DROID, the world’s first smartphone powered by Android 2.0
Today I received this from the Motorola marketing folks, here for your reading pleasure: Motorola today announced DROID, the first device powered by Android 2.0 and features the brainpower and breakneck speed of a modern smartphone. DROID is designed to … Continue reading
Android 1.5 Cupcake Install Instructions
Below are modified instructions for Android 1.5 update/install: (Make sure the G1 is fully powered or connected to power) For Android 1.5 Cupcake download the update from: http://android-dls.com/files/ota/signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip Rename the downloaded file to “update.zip” Connect your G1 to your PC; … Continue reading
Android Widgets coming soon and they look fantastic
Android Widgets, which will be made available with the release of Android 1.5 (Cupcake) is a great addition to the platform; I’ve been waiting for such widget API for a while now. Android Widgets is an example of Local widgets … Continue reading
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What will drive differentiation across Android platform providers?
The Android platform is an open platform, governed by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). OHA has many members, and today it includes seven network operators and four handset manufacturers. While the platform itself should be consistent across vendors/providers, thank God, … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, carrier, differentiation, handset, manufacturers, network, operator, provider
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(Android G1) 3G’s main weakness: power usage
Call it 3G’s weakness, its Achilles’ heel, or 3G’s worst enemy…. ==> Power consumption Ironic it is, having a 3G device, but forcing it to 2.5G, to have a usable handset over time… After a 1-day test running on EDGE … Continue reading
Android G1: First Impressions
So I got an Android G1 handset. Cool. I’ve been using it for 2 3 days now. Overall I think it is a fine handset and mobile environment with great potential. Below are my quick first impressions: the good, the … Continue reading
New Android Dev Austin group
I’ve created a Google Group for Android Dev Austin. If you are interested in Android you should register. This list will be used for Android Dev Austin related news and events, including future AndroidDevCamp for Austin. Here is the info: … Continue reading
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Google Apps on Android
Google Apps for Android, which includes YouTube, Search w/ suggestions, Mail, Calendar, Maps, Contacts and Talk, all seem very well implemented and very well integrated with the web and their corresponding web-based applications: The Android platform is looking good… ceo
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Richard Monson-Haefel on Is Android Fragmentation Inevitable?
Richard Monson-Haefel (author of a number of books in Java, Web Services and JMS) and who is a Sr. Analyst at the Burton Group, wrote a good piece on Andriod vs. fragmentation… I agree with most of his points. Time … Continue reading
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James on Android
Good writeup by James Pearce, CTO at dotMobi, on Google Android – as told and used by its own developers. I met James at the Mobile 2.0 event, and he is a sharp guy, so you should listen to him … Continue reading
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The Android SDK, Demo Video and Contest
Warning…Warning Will Robinson! The Android is out! So the Android SDK is out… looks very interesting and well thought out. Below is a video of Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz discussing the availability of the SDK and demo applications on … Continue reading
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