Android
Is It Safe to Share Your Android?
Privacy. It’s such a potent concept, provoking some level of discomfort when mentioned in just about any context. For many of us, the term is defined as a right for every citizen to have; for others the term is more negotiable, particularly as it relates to national security concerns. Within the context of personal computing, [...]
Justifying Android’s “Slow” Update Roll-outs, Redux: Who’s Really to Blame?
In my previous article, I gave a few points explaining why I think Android takes more flak than it really needs to in terms of the time it takes to receive updates on its devices. However, after that article was published, I realized I still had a great deal more to say on the topic. [...]
Sony Tablet S Receives Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
Users of the Sony Tablet S have been eagerly anticipating the eventual release of Ice Cream Sandwich on the Android tablet. That day has finally arrived. You are now able to update to ICS from within the tablet, and the entire process takes about fifteen minutes. For many users, automatic updates are on by default, [...]
Justifying Android’s “Slow” Update Roll-outs
Perhaps one of the most common complaints against Android by haters and lovers alike is that updates seem to take forever to make their way to the devices. Unless, of course, you have the latest Nexus device, which is typically the first to receive the latest Android update (usually even on the same day of [...]
Six Simple Apps That Could Improve Your Experience with Android
Guest blogger Karl Newark writes: As a big fan and long time user of Android, it leaves me with a sad feeling in the bottom of my heart every time someone says the Android user interface and general experience to the consumer is not as good as other platforms. But it’s true: Other, more streamlined, [...]
Android Development Series, Part 2: Keeping Your Apps Compatible
Well, it looks as if I am continuing this series, so on to the next topic: compatibility. Android is developed at a speed that far outpaces traditional software (as is the norm with most Google products), so every few months there might be some major changes you need to deal with in your application. That’s [...]
Android Development Series, Part 1: Proper Design Constructs
I’m going to be doing something a bit different on LockerGnome for a while. In quite a few of my posts, I might have mentioned that I develop Android applications (namely Hubroid, a GitHub app). I also have seen quite a few people pop up from time to time asking questions regarding getting started in [...]
Borglar Turns Your City Into a Video Game Through Augmented Reality
Augmented reality has been a dream of geeks for decades. The idea of putting on a set of glasses or having a chip implanted in your head that creates a virtual HUD augmenting everything you see sounds like something right out of science fiction. Until recently, it has been. Now, augmented reality apps are available [...]
Sony Tablet S Review
Sony has really taken great strides to catch up to the quickly maturing Android tablet scene by introducing two tablets to the market. The Sony Tablet S is the first of these devices to hit the shelves, and you can tell that its development team has spent a lot of time attempting to come out [...]
Programmer’s Perspective: How Android’s Fragmentation Can Be a Good Thing
One of the chief arguments against Android and in favor of iOS in today’s mobile OS battle can be simplified to one word: fragmentation. I see that word thrown all over the place, usually padding walls of text written by an iOS fanboy who probably hasn’t the slightest clue what fragmentation really is. Isn’t that [...]
