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This week, we catch up on some things we missed last week. And we’re joined by special guest Craig Scholle, host of the Entertainment 2.0 Podcast. We launch a contest where your creativity can win you a prize, and more. And Craig has requested the full Cliff Bruner theme song be played at the end of the show again. Thoughts?
Show Notes
- Platform News
- A Clamshell Android Phone
- One-Third of Smartphone Users Load Apps Before Getting Out of Bed – 35% of people launch an app before getting out of bed, 18% use social media apps before they rise, 34% use them late in the evening, and 20% before going to sleep.
- AT&T permits sideloading to support Amazon App Store.
- Dual Core phones not offering full benefits under current versions of Android for phones. Will have to wait for Ice Cream Sandwich
- Cyanogen adds feature to allow In Call Screen to rotate
- Android new movie rental feature blocked from rooted devices
- Android on TV
- The Android Market on the Big Screen
- Open Source Google TV remote app
- Apps that use the camera, microphone, or other sensors are not supported
- CyanogenMod now supports Galaxy S phones.
- Market Watch
- New version of the web market, offering Top Free, Top Paid, Top Grossing, Top New Paid, and Top New Free.
- Beginning in June, the launch of multiple APK support, which will allow Android developers to support apps on different screens, versions, and compression formats – all under one name in the Android Market.
- Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words “app store” together denote a store for apps.”
- What Happens When it is Google/Android vs Amazon/Android?
- Nook App Store reaches 1 million downloads
- App News
- Paper-To-Go for Android offers OCR and cloud storage document service. Service is $9.99 a month. (Market Link)
- Trillian for Android is now free. Those who paid $4.99 are offered an ad-free version. (Market Link)
- Connection Checker for Android…for people who have horrible connections. (Market Link)
- Paypal now lets you deposit checks using a photo (Market Link)
- Thumb Keyboard Receives Update to 4.0, best keyboard for tablets right now. New features, adjustable size keys, toggleable toolbar, shortcuts, new styles, etc. (Market Link)
- Version of Netflix app hacked for unsupported devices
- Developer behind LauncherPro working on alpha release of a music app
- Pizza Hut app now available. (Market Link)
- Hacker’s Keyboard offers full keyboard for ConnectBot for SSH and other programs with Tab, Ctrl, Alt, Etc, and Arrow keys. (Market Link)
- Jenga for Android released. (Market Link)
- Mozy for Android now available.
- Web Talks – Listen to RSS Feeds (Market Link)
- Developer’s Corner
- Android Open Accessories – “Android’s answer is to turn the normal USB relationship on its head. In accessory mode the Android phone or tablet acts as the USB Device and the accessory acts as the USB Host. This means that the accessory is the bus master and provides power.”
- Miguel de Icaza leaves Novell/Attachmate, spins off Xamarin to focus on Mono-based products, includes goal of building commercial .NET for Android.
