Category Archives: android

Caterpillar Announces Cat B15 Rugged, Android Smartphone

Posted on May 21, 2013 by glenn

WOAH, this is just downright awesome! The annual CTIA wireless industry show is on this week in Vegas and as usual, there’s plenty of cool announcements coming out of the mobile ecosystem. One announcement that really got my attention comes … Continue reading →

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Mobile Tip – Photos in the Cloud With Amazon Cloud Photos

Posted on May 10, 2013 by glenn

An interesting mobile app to help with your mobile file storage issues, now supporting iOS – Amazon Cloud Photos. Release for iOS just today (May 9, 2013) the app syncs up with your cloud storage service and makes your data … Continue reading →

Posted in amazon, android, cloud, mobile, photos |

Device Tip – 7″ Android Jelly Bean Tablet with Inbuilt 3G and Voice Calling

Posted on May 10, 2013 by glenn

The amazing Android powered mobile devices just keep on coming… is it any wonder why Android is dominating the mobile ecosystem? Enter the 7″ tablet running Jelly Bean and supporting 3G voice calling from AirTyme (India). No longer a simple … Continue reading →

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Dev Tip – Distribute your Android Apps in the Amazon Store

Posted on May 6, 2013 by glenn

Are you an Android app developer? Well, given that Android is the World’s leading mobile OS it may be a good idea to think about it if you aren’t already. Some cool news for existing developers though as Amazon has … Continue reading →

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facebook Home (Android) now in Google Play Store

Posted on April 12, 2013 by glenn

Good news for all of you facebook fanatics that happen to be sporting Android devices running OS 4+ as the much hyped facebook home app is now available for you. The app hit Play today, April 12 although I suspect … Continue reading →

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Go on a Field Trip with Android via Field Trip

Posted on March 27, 2013 by glenn

Here’s details of  an interesting mobile app for Android called Field Trip  (I heard about this from Marc Prolieau on a recent James Fee Google hangout). Some details… Field Trip can help you learn about everything from local history to … Continue reading →

Posted in android, video |

Samsung Introduces the richer, stronger, better, Samsung Galaxy S 4

Posted on March 14, 2013 by glenn

The next killer Android and perhaps iPhone killer?? Today in New York a a special event billed as “Unpacked”, Samsung Electronics announced the fourth generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S 4, according to Samsung “designed to get you closer to … Continue reading →

Posted in android, mobile, smartphone |

Esri DevMeetUp Video – Developing apps for the Android OS by @bnoyle

Posted on March 10, 2013 by glenn

In this interesting talk at Esri DevMeetup Colorado (Fort Collins) on March 6, Bryan Noyle (@bnoyle)  talks Android and fills us in on developing mobile apps for Android OS and provides loads of goodies, tips and tricks about everything Android. … Continue reading →

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PDF Maps beta for Android now available from Avenza

Posted on February 11, 2013 by glenn

Great news for Android fanatics and developers as Avenza Systems has rolled out their PDF Maps for Android (Beta). From the company… Avenza is pleased to announce that the PDF Maps beta for Android is now available. We have been … Continue reading →

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670 million smartphones ship in 2012, 67 million Samsungs in Q4 Alone!

Posted on January 25, 2013 by glenn

Some interesting stats coming our of Juniper Research this week from the mobile industry. According to the latest figures more than 670 million smartphones shipped Globally in 2012 and in Q4 of the 200 million devices that sold, over one … Continue reading →

Posted in android, apple, iphone, mobile, research |

Android Smartphone Usage Soars Down Under

Posted on January 2, 2013 by glenn

Some interesting research coming from down-under shows that Android smartphones are indeed the choice of many down-under and for developers, well, there’s really just 2 platforms to develop for.  Sales of smartphones running on Google’s Android OS now outstrip those … Continue reading →

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Google Rolls Out Android Maps API v2 – including 3D Maps

Posted on December 3, 2012 by glenn

Today via their maps dev blog, Google announced details of the new Google Maps Android API v2 – some noteworthy customers using the API include Trulia, Expedia, and FlightTrack.  A number of new features and functionality are included: Maps API … Continue reading →

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