Posts tagged android
Why iPhone still ruleZ
Feb 17th
I’m going to make a simple point. And because people that know me think I’m a “unfair-Google-aficionado-that-doesn’t-see-how-evil-Google-is”, I’m going to use Android as victim here.
iPhone ruleZ
Other OS? I’m not even taking into consideration old stuff like Symbian: is just too easy to trash it now-days (Qt is a whole different story though).
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At the Google I/O 2009
May 28th
Just a quick one.
First day of the Google I/O 2009 in San Francisco (CA).
Apart from a lot of informative and interesting topics and breakout sessions (I mainly focused on App Engine and Android), I came back at home full of:
- Stickers
- T-shirt
- Google Chrome comic paperback version
- A brand new “Google I/O device”, that is a black HTC Magic sim and firmware unlocked for developers + Android Market with Paid Apps support + Amazon Mp3 store +…!!!. How much? For FREE, of course!!!
Thanks Google for all the amazing stuff, presentation, technologies, gifts… and food! 
«Mom, I want to do Open Source too…»
May 6th
After I received an email, this imaginary story came to my mind:
Kiddo>Mom, my friend G. Android came today at school and said “he is Open Source and it’s cooooool”. Not everyone understood in it and ignored him. Then we all got it, and he became very popular. Can I do it too? Pleeeeeease!!!
Mom>Ok S. Symbian, but don’t forget that you need to explain IP, binary compatibility, Active Objects, Descriptors… and you can’t give away all the secrets of your mommy away to those Open Source folks.
Kiddo>But moooom, this is not really…
Mom>Hey young man! This is my house and I say what you can do and can’t do. You do Open Source, but in my way! Nokia way!
The email was the 3rd or so in which Symbian Foundation guys apologize about something that doesn’t work or is missing from the website. Sometimes is the login, sometimes is the registration, sometimes is Mercurial…
I’ll never forget how many time I repeated to all the folks in Symbian (while the Nokia “Open Sourcing Plan” was rolled out): «Saying you are Open Source, doesn’t make you so. You need to know HOW to be Open Source: just giving the code could be not enough».
Note: I know this post is going to “piss off” a lot of guys in (and out) the Foundation, but… this is another part of being Open Source: understand critics, learn from them and get better at what you do.
Android Dev Phone 1: Official Updates
Apr 5th
For the once of you that tried “home made ways” to update their ADP1, like my previously published how-to, this news can be interesting.
Google and HTC finally managed to push-out an official page on the HTC site, to explain step-by-step how to update firmware and baseband of the device.
I just did it, having a very pleasant and straightforward experience.
The phone seems to be way more stable, bug-free and the battery lasts for more then 50 seconds
Enjoy!
Android Dev Phone 1: to GIT Master and Back
Mar 8th
If you, like me, have a Android Dev Phone 1 (“ADP1″ from now on), you are probably wondering how to take the latest version of the Android Source Code, the “GIT Master”, compile and put on your device.
I googled and googled and googled, finding some sparse material. But it’s all messed up: sometimes it was incomplete or partial, sometimes it was a matter of formatting/style, it could get very difficult to read. So, this post is my way of making it organic and organized.
Let’s get it started!
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