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In-App carrier billing for Android announced; nobody knows if it’s ‘allowed’ though

By Ewan on June 2, 2010 in Services

Hello Mr Developer, would you like to use in-app payment for Android? Yes? Good. What’s that? You want to know if it’s allowed? Well of course it’s allowed. What about Google? Well, they’re … they… they haven’t really said much about it. So when can we get you signed up? What’s that? You want to [...]

Developer on Android fragmentation: “Really frustrating”

By Ewan on June 2, 2010 in Applications, Devices

I’ve raised the issue of Android fragmentation quite often when people tell me that Android is ‘here’ and that ‘Symbian is dead’. Symbian has had it’s fair share of fragmentation problems — they’ve been through a heck of a lot of teething troubles and they’ve come out the other end with a very powerful, reliable, [...]

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Dell Streak heading to o2

By Ewan on May 25, 2010 in Devices, News

UK operator, o2, are amongst the first to offer the all new Dell Streak Android handset. There’s no pricing or price plan indications as yet so keep your eyes open. Here’s the overview from o2: Dell and O2 today announced that the Dell Streak will launch exclusively on O2 early next month, bringing the internet, [...]

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The Android march continues: 100,000 Android handsets activated dailiy

By Ewan on May 21, 2010 in News

I’ve just sat and watched through the Google I/O Day 2 keynotes about Android. Despite the misgivings I have about the platform’s increasing fragmentation and their rather ‘plain vanilla’ UI that isn’t necessarily that useful for ‘new’ consumers, you have to respect what Google’s doing with the platform. Vic Gundotra, the VP Engineering for Google [...]

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Our man David is building the MIR Android client

By Ewan on May 18, 2010 in News

Our man David is working away furiously on the MIR Android client. For a long time I’ve been hunting for an Android version of the Mobile Industry Review application (think branded news reader) and I’m delighted that David had stepped up and offered his services. We should have some news soon. I’ll post a note [...]

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OpenTable’s mobile app generate $150m for restaurants; seats over 3 million diners

By Ewan on May 5, 2010 in Applications

Analog restaurant booking has always been a hellish experience for me. I really can’t stand arsing around having to spell out my name or my telephone number. I also really object to calling at 11am to book a table only to realise that the restaurant ‘isn’t open yet’. Ridiculous. Which is why when OpenTable came [...]

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The low-cost Android dream takes shape with the Vodafone 845

By Ewan on April 28, 2010 in News

Despite the burgeoning fragmentation of the platform, the low-cost Android dream (i.e. a smartphone at a very, very accessible price) is continuing apace. Today, Vodafone UK announce the forthcoming introduction of their Vodafone 845 device, the first Voda-branded Android handset. It’s low cost (no pricing news as yet), it runs on the latest version of [...]

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Nexus One available for pre-order on Vodafone UK

By Ewan on April 26, 2010 in Devices

When the Nexus One launched a little while ago, we were told that you would only be able to get it from the infamous google.com/phone website — a rather interesting strategy that promised to generate pained fake smiles from mobile operators the world over. Turns out, however, that this is not the case. The Nexus [...]

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Touchnote is hunting for an Android developer

By Ewan on April 1, 2010 in Applications

Got this mail in from Ed, Head of Mobile at Touchnote: Hi Ewan, Touchnote is looking for an Android developer to join the team for a 4-6 week project starting as soon as possible. We’re in the exciting phase of working with a major client and need additional team resource for the project. If you’re [...]

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Checking out the Acer Liquid Android handset

By Ewan on March 31, 2010 in Devices

I’ve been checking out the Acer Liquid Android handset — Acer’s first Android device. I’ve been looking forward to actually getting hands-on with the device because I’m excited to see what manufacturers make of the platform. Initial impressions are good. I like what they’ve done with the device. Just to be clear, the Liquid is [...]

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Vodafone is on a roll; opens Legend pre-ordering

By Ewan on March 30, 2010 in Devices

Vodafone’s UK handset team are on a roll. They really are. If you’re looking for a new handset and one of the widest selections of new handsets, you should be examining Vodafone. Hardly a week goes by when I haven’t had a piece of news in from the nice ladies at Shine Communications telling me [...]

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Got an Android handset? You need ThickButtons!

By Ewan on March 22, 2010 in Applications

Got news in today from ThickButtons. They’re introducing their all new method of text input on Android phones. Whilst there’s been a lot of attention going to Swype’s rather jazzy text-input facility, I think you should take a look at ThickButtons. Quite simply, it looks at what you’re typing and makes the probably next letters [...]

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