Adobe Reader for Android has crossed 1 Million Downloads today. The reader was released just two months back for the android platform. The mobile e-book reading is attracting a lot of ardent readers and more and more are joining the ebook mobile saga. PDF is known for its fine print technology in the desktop world and now is also considered the best for the mobiles. More enhancements and feature requests have been placed in the Adobe Reader Forums and the team has promised to bring in some fantastic features into the application. Recently, Adobe Reader was considered part of the top 10 must have apps list for Android by eWeek. Hit the source link for all the details.
Source: Adobe Blogs
Those of you interested in Android Operating System and and want to develop applications for the same can find various tutorial links in this post. This post will be updated often with good tutorials to get you started and create great applications for Android.
To begin with, below are few links for developing your very first App.
From Hack a Day:
Android Development 101: A Tutorial Series
Android Development 101 Part 1: Hello World
Android Development 101 Part 2: Graphical Elements
Android Development 101 Part 3: Introduction to Databases
From O’Reilly:
Developing Android Applications, Workshop One
Important Links:
Download SDK and Setup Development Environment
Application Fundamentals
Activity Class
UI Design
Data Storage
Mind you, the keyboard isn’t for blind people if that is what you were thinking. The keyboard has an extraordinary word prediction algorithm. It also adjust its size based on how you type. The sheer brilliance of the software has to be seen with your own eyes. The software is soon coming to Android and iPhone. Well, Apple has a policy of not changing the default keyboard on iOS but the company BlindType says “this might change how Apple works”. We have to see if at all it changes but until then check out the video or hit the source link for more details.
Source: BlindType
Complete details about the ecosystem in which the applications and operating systems co-exists. Click image for a better view.
Source: Online MBA
100,000 Apps and more than 1 Billion downloads on android devices registered. Hit the source link to read more.
Source: AndroLib
Google has introduced a new application today named “App Inventor”. It is basically a WYSIWYG editor for creating applications for the Android platform. Is this a step in the right direction? Well, I can see two things happening. One, it will help broaden the Android community and two, it will bring in a lot of useless applications in the market. But still, I would like to be optimistic and would consider this application a great way to make Android much more useful than it already is. Click the video to see it action. Hit the source link for more details.
Source: GoogleLabs
Remember the soccer ball juggling game bsaed on Augmented Reality that was first seen on the Samsung’s Bada OS? A similar game is now available on iPhone. The application is named as ARSoccer and is available on iTunes for $0.99. Check out the video to see it in action. Click the source link for more.
Source: GigaOm
Live Wallpaper was one of the best thing that happened to Android Éclair (2.1). A new live wallpaper has been seen in a market having a interactive circuit board design. It costs a little more than a dollar but worth it for the geek in you. Check out the video to see it in action. Click the source link for more details.
Source: PocketNow
Swype keyboard has brought in a whole new way of typing on the software keyboard. It is considered to be much faster than the normal way of input and it is now being made part of the android OS in the upcoming smartphones.
Check out the videos for more details.
How to Swype?
Swype VS iPhone keyboard
Click the source links for more.
Source: ArsTechnica, MySwype, TechCrunch
Tired of searching for a parking spot? Tired of driving around the neighborhood just to park the car? Google has the answer for you.
Google has added a new functionality, still a lab version named Open Spot which gives you details of Open Parking Spots in your area. Click here to download the application.
Click the source link for more details.
Source: GoogleLabs
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