Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Droidify

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Encrypted by the name, this is a non-office Spotify client.

I would love to comment, but I don’t have a premium account, therefore cannot use.

Anybody out there who will lend me their username and password?

Not really worth the shot.

Things I didn’t know about the browser

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

I’m currently running Cyanogen’s stable ROM build, so I’m not sure whether this stuff is stock or not, but….
I just noticed there is a find button in the options menu. So you can search for text.
I also found out (via the mighty web) that cut and paste is just a shift click touch and drag opperation.
Gazooks!

Android Slow Down

Monday, August 10th, 2009

This weekend I had a really slow phone.

It turns out that after a load of browsing and application stalling, I had 0 memory left on the phone. Subsequesntly, the phone ran like a dawg and the best solution was to wipe out the browser cache and uninstall a couple of useless unused apps

Cupcake

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Tonight I upgraded my G1 with cupcake. Usually there are few updates and there is nothing to write home about, however….

Cupcake has brought the G1 into a proper phone/interface.

It looks slicker, things seem to run quicker and the bluetooth now supports stereo headphones.

Rooted G1

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Tired of having all the power of an Android in my pocket and not being able to use it all because of restrictions has prompted me to take the plunge and root my G1.

Like the first time you type format c: I was a little neverous as I still have best part of 13 months on my contract and the last thing I need was to pay T-Mobile for a brick.

Anyway. Following instructions from the internet, I am now writing this on my Rooted G1 with Rc9 by JesusFreke.

I also have Google latitude thanks to GeekYouUp and a wifi tether, not that I have a laptop powerful enough to enjoy it.

Google Latitude not in the UK

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

It turns out that the UK gov has put the brakes on Google Latitude being enabled on my Google phone.

As suspected, after the uproar of Google Street View invading our privacy it is no surprise that Latitude has scared people to know where we are.

Of course anyone who knows me knows where I work and where I live and if I do anything dodgey, I’ll either not take my phone with me or switch it off.

The long awaited RC9

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Well, happy as can be that my phone has decided to update to RC9.

Now I’ll be able to find my friends using their Nokias, SEs and windows mobiles running google latitude.

I’ll be able to use by Bluetooth headphones I got for my old SE W880i

I might even use the voice dialling while I’m driving so I don’t kill myself and others trying to find contacts in the phone book.

Well, it looks like I may have to wait a little longer or indefinately, as the update contains nothing which will improve my phone experience.

Latitude is in Google Maps app, but is disable for UK (and europe?) users.

I’ll have to still use the wired, too big for my ears headphones which came with the phone as stereo bluetooth isn’t enabled.

And look out if you see me staring at my crotch when I’m driving, as voice activation hasn’t arrived.

On the plus side, The Market now tells me when applications have updates. A bit like aTrackDog app. So good for me, not so good for the aTrackDog developers.

PicPush App

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

I installed PicPush the other day.

The app uploads photos to your selected social photo site such as flickr.

I’m still getting to grips with it as it will upload all photos. This is a bit annoying as I don’t really want to upload blurry pictures (as the G1 camera is so slow, or the accidental shots of my pocket.

Astrid App

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

I’m not the most organised person in the world.

However, I’ve been using Astid to organise, well list the thing I need to do.

Now I spend more time writing down what needs to be done instead of doing any of them, but the though is there.

There have been a couple of useful reminders, such as, File my Tax Return, book ski holiday, etc.

Please insert SD card before using camera

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

As data transfer is mainly done via USB, there is always the danger of removing the cable before unmounting the card.

Microsoft XP does not warn you of this error anymore, maybe they have fixed hot plugin, however, if it isn’t done, there is a chance the camera stops working with the error mentioned above.

On Mac OS X, to fix this proble, you can go to Disk Utility. If you verify the volume, it will say that there is an error with the non HFS+ disk.

If you press the fix disk button, it will say that there isn’t anything to fix, but the camera will again be functional.

On Windows, people have fixed the problem by re-formatting.