EVO 4G will Taste Froyo Soon

Sprint is the first wireless carrier to bring Android 2.2 to customers using the award-winning HTC EVO™ 4G beginning Tuesday, Aug. 3

Sprint is going to release Froyo (Android 2.2) to few of their customers on August 3rd. If everything goes well, then Froyo will be released to the larger audience. Lot of enhancements and feature additions have been made to HTC EVO 4G. Check out the press release here. Hit the source link for all the enhancements and feature addition details.

 

Source: Engadget, Sprint Community

Droid 2 Manual Leaks, Cases seen at Best Buy

Droid 2 manual has been leaked and is now available at Droid Life. Droid 2 cases have also been seen at Best Buy. Is Droid 2 coming soon? Rumor is that Droid 2 will be releasing 3rd week of August to compete with the Samsung’s EPIC 4G for Sprint and Fascinate for Verizon. Hit the source links for more.

 

 

Source: Droid Life, Engadget

Android Based Tablets from Samsung in Q3

Seoul (Reuters) — "Samsung Electronics Co plans to introduce tablet computers this quarter based on Google’s Android operating system, joining a growing list of firms seeking to challenge Apple’s popular iPad."

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Source: Yahoo Finance

Motorola Droid getting Froyo Next Week

The hugely popular first edition of Motorola Droid will be getting the sweetness of Froyo (Android 2.2) next week. Hit the source link for more details.

 

Source: Engadget

Samsung confirms September release of Froyo for Galaxy S

Samsung has confirmed the release of Android 2.2 a.k.a. Froyo for their Galaxy S series in UK. Sources say that it will also be released in US too to all the carriers namely Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. Hopefully we will be getting some sweet Froyo in September.

 

Source: Samsung (Twitter)

Adobe Reader Crosses 1 Million Download Mark

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

Samsung EPIC 4G – August 20th Release ?

Considering the past record of Samsung, we might have the release date for the gorgeous EPIC 4G on Sprint. Samsung had posted 2 SPS TV (Samsung TV) videos to showcase their Captivate and Vibrant phones with the post dates coinciding with the official release of the phone.

Now, Samsung has posted August 20th as the date to showcase the EPIC 4G. So considering the clash of previous official release dates with the showcase, we might have 20th August as the date for the EPIC phone. Some tweets from the Samsung Mobile US division also suggest the same as shown below. Hit the source link for more details.

Android Development Tutorials (Updated)

 

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

BlindType – A Keyboard with an Extraordinary Word Prediction Algorithm

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

You think iOS4 has multitasking? Think again

Jared Newman, PC World:

When Apple chief executive Steve Jobs introduced iOS4, he said this: "When it comes to multitasking, if a user has to use a task manager, they (the developer) blew it." I suppose Jobs was referring to Windows Task Manager, which you use when all hell breaks loose on a PC. But taken literally, iOS4 has a task manager too, and all hell breaks lose if you don’t use it. This time, Apple blew it.

Click the source link to read all about it.

And click here to learn how Android handles it.

 

 

Source: PC World, Android Developers