Flash 10.1 running on Motorola Droid, HTC HD2 and Nexus One

Once Flash Player 10 is released, almost all Android devices would be provided an update that would make the phones a lot web friendly than they are right now.

This demo video shows embedded YouTube videos and a Flash-based web game on a Motorola Droid.

Motorola DROID running Flash 10.1 demo

via @mobileburn

Motorola revealed that Adobe has been working with the Droid by Motorola, during the process of development of Flash Player 10.1, which is expected to be released by the first half of 2010.

Adrian Ludwig from the Flash Player Team on Adobe demos various Flash video and game sites on two HTC devices the HTC HD2 and Nexus One.

HTC HD2 and Nexus One

(via @TV-Adobe)

More videos on Adobe Devnet “Flash Player 10.1 prerelease software demos and interviews”

SPB Mobile Shell has been available exclusively for Windows Mobile smartphones with touchscreens, version 5.0 is to be released for Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian.

Watch the new portable SPB UI Engine in action

First look on the new SPB Mobile Shell 5.0

One important innovation in SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 is the Natural Interaction Engine which includes support for G-sensor and multitouch, a dedicated Feedback Engine providing realistic visual and haptic responses, and a Physics Engine responsible for the real-world behavior of all objects.

“…, SPB Mobile Shell is planned to be spread to more mobile platforms.” SPB Software

First Images of Dell’s latest Droid Phone prototype the Dell-Mini-5 aka “Streak” or “M01M”

Once they have met with general recognition of specialists, such a tendency Dell tells secrets to assume that the Mini-5 built into so far officially unpresented Intel processor family, Moorestown.

It should be noted, however, that a very powerful ARM processors, such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tegra 250, or Nvidia, have just been officially presented at CES. The company also did not disclose how the processor used in the device. The screen resolution is higher than in the Nexus One type of smartphones with the operating system, but Dell would not give exact dimensions in pixels. Android immediately reacts to the touch screen and gives the finger to operate smoothly. Dell effectively modified the interface of Android with a few own widgets, which allow access to Facebook, Picasy and other such services without the need to open specific programs.

At apress conference at CES Dell only briefly demonstrated Internet Tablet with a 5-inch screen in a brief photo session for the journalists present in the courtroom, but later in the lounge in the company showed a bit more openness – for example, confirmed that the device will be called the Mini – 5.

The Mini 5 has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm, which should mean it’s fast enough to do a healthy amount… Read the rest

comScore’s latest Smartphone Platform Market Share anylysis from Sep. 2009 – Dec. 2009

“…, Palm with 6.1 percent share (down to -2.2 percentage points), and Google with 5.2 percent share (up 2.7 percentage points).

Can you really make a comparison between Google’s new HTC-Nexus-One and Apple’s iPhone-3GS? Apple iPhone fans can’t await Apple’s new iPhone 4G

The HTC Nexus One was introduced recently to rave reviews. Some claim HTC could add more features to the Nexus One, which at present, are not working on Apple’s iPhone 3GS.

“Comparing the two smartphones is not fair.”

First watch the video, which has been brought to us by PhoneArena.

This video compares the HTC Nexus One vs. iPhone 3GS

“…so you can get a good idea of their similarities and differences,…”

Apple iPhone 3GS and HTC Nexus One: Side by Side

The opinions still differ, some love their new HTC Nexus One phone and other would never swap their iPhone with any Android phone.

Image credits and more information to this comparison via PhoneArena

When Apple will release the iPhone 4G, will it  kick and will it pass on the HTC Nexus One?

Engadget has uncovered some new features on Apple’s new iPhone OS 3.2

• CoreGraphics to PDF API for sure, printer API is being prototyped
• Spell checker in text fields and web views using AppleSpell
  • multiple languages
  • grammar checking (English-only so far)
  • address book integration
  • user added words
  • SDK access
  • Included dictionaries: Apple Dictionary, New Oxford American

… Read the rest

Is your Android phone and your private data on it secure? This list of Android security apps will help you to secure all your private data and your private communication on your Droid

Now that Google’s Android mobile OS has been released to the public for some time and now thoughts of security are floating around in our minds. I am sure that many people just want a simple app to take care of security for them. Well, the good news is that since Android is based off of Linux inherently it is less susceptible to malware. The the flip side, Android users should think about their own private security since even Android developers say that their product is not completely secure due to the fact that apps must intercommunicate. Ultimately you will need to decide how much security you want on your phone. Androlib.com offers several free security apps to help you browse the internet, text your friends, and talk as securely as possible.

Secure SMS

This app will allow you to encrypt and decrypt your texts. This can be great for users who communicate potentially sensitive information via texting.

more via Handango

WaveSecure Mobile Security

WaveSecure is an app that takes action when your phone is lost or stolen. Via a secure website you can destroy or recover data, track changes to your SIM card, lock the phone, or back-up your personal… Read the rest

Here is a list of free Smartphone winter sports apps, games, themes, wallpapers and sources where you can find more skiing and snowboarding applications especially for the Android-phone and the iPhone

With the 2010 Winter Olympics approaching fast, interest in winter sports is on the rise. Even if you live in a tropical climate (lucky) or do not particularly like leaving the house, you can play winter games by downloading them to your mobile phone. There are several Android games available for indulging your inner snowboard star. If getting in the snow is your thing, there are applications for making your outdoor time easier and more interesting. These sites offer reviews of winter themes, winter games for mobile download, Android and iPhone applications for skiing and snowboarding, and winter sites for optimizing your outdoor experience.

Android Winter Sport Apps and Themes

1. Android Freeware offers a variety of sports centered freeware for your Android device, including but not limited to winter sports.
2. Snow Report provides snow and ski conditions from over 125 ski resorts around the world to help you plan your next vacation, or help you decide whether you want to leave the lodge that day.

3. Gadget Review offer reviews of Satsports handheld GPS Navigation device, and also the Satski application for Android users. Satski uses your smartphone’s GPS software to track you… Read the rest

How to install your favorite theme on your Android phone

The future of the mobile phone is here with the new Android phones. These phones are much more advanced than any other phones on the market, and though there are different brands of Android phones they all seem to function pretty much the same with a few minor differences. If you have an Android phone you most likely know about themes and wallpapers that you can download to your phone, but installation can be risky and cause a lot of damage to your phone if you do not read the instructions and follow proper installation procedures. Here you will find a simple process to install themes on your Android phone. Make sure that you pay attention and do as the instructions say.

Internet Browsing the HTC HD2 on edge vs. iPhone 3GS on wifi

HTC-HD2 has no flash support

You won’t believe it, the HTC HD2 still kept up with the iPhone.

HTC HD2 vs iPhone 3GS: Internet Browsing

Check this comment by Ordoron

“If you use Backgrounder you will see that the IPhone allways starts the browser so it allways runns in background. When? you let the opera on the hd2 open in backgrund it s open as fast as on the iphone 3gs… otherwise good review thx”

What are your thoughts about this comparison?

Today the Android developers team (Android-SDK-Tech) announced several updates for the Android SDK

The Android 2.0.1, revision 1 release “includes minor API changes, bug fixes and framework behavioral changes” here is the direct link to the summary of API changes. This update fixes a Bluetooth enable bug and saving contacts issues.

The Android developers provides an update of the Android 1.6 platform to revision 2, which “includes new features for users and developers, as well as changes in the Android framework API….”

The SDK-Tools have also been updated by the Android developpers to the  revision 4 these updates mainly fixes bugs in the SDK-Manager.

Updating the SDK-Tools and SDK-Manager includes also an update of the Eclipse-plugin ‘ADT 0.9.5‘ read more about the latest at this ADT Plugin Notes.

Xavier Ducrohet the Android SDK Tech Lead states

“…developers of applications affected by the behavior changes should start compiling and testing their apps immediately.”

Go ahead and update today and start compiling to develop the greatest Android-apps.

Are there any hints, experiences, thoughts and critics out there?

Comparisons to the iPhone-SDK? Are there links available?

In my mind is Android-SDK vs. iPhone-SDK. “SDK showdown: iPhone vs. Android” I am interested in that because of you know Gartner says Android sales to outstrip iPhone’s by 2012 (2012 is this not the Mayan date of the end of our world?) and because of I want to know what you think about programming on both platforms iPhone-SDK and Android-SDK

Check out the Motorola Droid Ultra FAQ

- – – Hardware features – – -

What’s the resolution of the Droid?
854×480

What do the two dots/holes at the top of the Droid do?
The one on the left is an IR emitter and sensor to blank the phone during a call when it’s against your face. The one on the right is a light sensor to activate automatic brightness.

Follow the most influential Android Geeks, Experts, and Groups on Twitter, Facebook and Google-Groups

Android is Google’s proprietary mobile phone operating system. It’s seen less media saturation than the iPhone, but its reach is growing, and it already has a passionate following online. There are literally hundreds of Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and Google groups dedicated to discussing news, applications, features, marketing, and everything else related to Android. If you’re at all interested in pursuing this underdog of an operating system, be sure to follow some of the more popular . Information on the Internet is all the same, anyway – it all gets around. Popularity on the Internet is based on each individual’s take on and dedication to the information.

Social-media-image credits to SearchEngineWatch

Here are some unique, popular sites for spreading information on all things Android.

Great help and information source for Android User and Android Platform Developer

Droid Forums

Forum Categories:

Droid Forums (News and Polls), Droid Discussions, Droid Phones by Model, Smart Phones, Supporting Vendors, and Off-Topic Discussions.

Overall Rating: 1 out of 5

The Bottom Line:

Compared to other Android Forums, Droid Forums does not measure up in terms of depth and breadth. At Android Forums, for example, the Android Phones list is extensive and complete; by contrast, Droid Forums’ list of Droid Phones by Model is not as thorough, even when their Smart Phones category is also considered.

Hottest Threads: Droid General Discussions

Talk Android Forum

Forum Categories:

Google Android, Android Software, Android Phones, Android Carriers, Android Coders, Android Market Forums, Android Media, and Off-Topic Forums

Android Developers Challenge (ADC) announced 30 Best Mobile Apps for Android

Yesterday Eric Chu of the Android Mobile Platform group “announced, .. I am pleased to present the ADC 2 winners gallery, which includes not only the top winners overall and in each category,…” there are winners in different categories from Social Media to Education applications as also from Entertainment to Productivity tools.

What is it all about ADC

Google Code page

“These winners were selected after two rounds of scoring by thousands of Android users as well as an official panel of judges.”

I’m sure this list includes some must-haves for seasoned Android owners and nervous new Droid users alike. And…

The overall ADC 2 winners are:

The Lifestyle app SweetDreams tops Googles’ Android-app award

“SweetDreams is a revolutionary tool that will finally allow you to go to sleep without worrying about changing your phone settings in order to avoid unwelcome late night calls. You can even use those inactivity periods to save battery power as well, and of course forget about enabling WiFi, Bluetooth or ringtones volume …”

Go ahead to the ADC 2 winners gallery

The winner SweetDreams gets $250,000 for the first place, ‘What the Doodle!?’ receives $50,000 for the second price  and ‘Wave Secure’ goes home with $25,000 for the  third place.

Inspiration and heads-up via ReadWriteWeb a great Blog

Great comparison table of Android-phone, iPhone 2 and iPhone 3 features

found this image via Lifehacker’s post Android Versus iPhone 3.0: The Showdown

People are talking about the Motorola Droid in my opinion this is the best video comparison between Android vs. iPhone 3GS

Motorola Droid Vs. iPhone 3GS

BTW check also this funny comic

Android-phone vs iPhone (comic)

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