ASUS pushed out the Android 3.2 update to its Eee Pad Transformer devices a few days ago. This has caused the expected problems for my application, most of which were easily resolved.
However, my testing has revealed what appears to be a significant...
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After many months of development and exhaustive user testing, our new restaurant guest management system for Android Honeycomb tablet devices, Servus, is available. It is intuitive, powerful and can accommodate both large and small establishments....
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I just purchased an Arduino Uno which will be used to prototype one of our next projects. It will involve controlling an RS-232 hardware device via Android's bluetooth. It should prove to be a fun endeavor!
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According to Distimo, the number of free Android apps outnumber free iOS apps 134,342 to 121,845. However, I think that statistic is misleading.
A quick search of the term "hello world" on the iOS App Store returns 4 free results, most of which seem...
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This article on Ars Technica ponders the mystery of why there are so few Honeycomb-specific applications on Google's marketplace. They are comparing the situation with the iPad which had almost 1000 apps on launch day. I can agree with the speculation...
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Amazon has finally released their Appstore and with it comes Mayan Madness for Android. It was submitted back in mid-December so it trails behind it's iOS counterpart which made the jump to 2.0 about a month ago. I'm hoping Android sales will justify...
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For the current project I'm working on, I chose to use the excellent JmDNS library to facilitate Android device service discovery on the local Wifi network. Just be sure to use version 3.4.0 or greater since it fixes some issues with using JDK methods...
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