Should you develop native apps or web apps when targeting mobile devices? There is no single simple answer, of course: context and requirements are essential factors in the decision process. I mentioned an article that clearly favors native applications, but here’s another take on the matter: “Creating Cross-Device Compatible Mobile Applications that Integrate with SharePoint“. [...]
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Easy Mobile Application Development?
Posted in Android, Internet, iOS, Software Development on 28/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Android Tablet For Education
Posted in Android, Internet, Technology on 10/05/2012 |
It’s a coincidence surely, but while I was tinkering with my EeePc in order to get Android running on it, a Belgian (non-profit?) organisation called Tabbled is starting to sell Android 4 tablets priced at less than 100€! If you find that hard to believe and if you’re in the neighbourhood, then by all means [...]
Android On My Netbook
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing, Software on 06/05/2012 |
The good news is that it isn’t too hard to get Android to run on an x86 portable computer: just visit the Android-x86 website for more information. The essence of the procedure goes as follows: download the required ISO image (you get to choose between several versions of Android and several target machines); format an [...]
Troubling Security Issues
Posted in Android, Apple & Macintosh, Internet, Mobile Computing, Software on 04/05/2012 |
Microsoft signals “An interesting case of Mac OSX malware” targeting Office 2004 on “older” versions of OS X. Unfortunately, the update won’t install on our iMac with OS X 10.5, just like all the updates I tried to install since many years… Let’s call it another good reason to forget about MS Office and stick [...]
VLC On Android (update)
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing, Software on 31/03/2012 |
As mentioned a week ago, I have installed the preliminary version of VLC on my smartphone. I still haven’t had any crashes, but somehow the music stops after about a quarter of an hour… Another quibble: it takes a long time for the app to find all the songs on the machine, even though I [...]
VLC On Android
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing, Software on 23/03/2012 |
Just a quick note: I followed the instructions on the Android Authority website and installed an early alpha version of the VLC Player for Android on my Samsung Galaxy S Plus. I haven’t tested it extensively, but it did (slowly) find a series of MP3′s on the machine and played them without a problem. No [...]
Android Development Tool On Your Smartphone And Tablet
Posted in Android, Java, Mobile Computing, Software, Software Development on 23/03/2012 |
A long time ago, I dabbled with Basic, Lisp and Python on my trusted Palm PDA’s. Yes, even a decade ago you could install interpreters for such programming languages on a small computer. I won’t pretend that such environments were destined for the construction of gazillions of enterprise apps, but as a challenge for geeks/developers [...]
Do You Know A Good Android Metro Map For Paris?
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing, Software on 20/03/2012 | 2 Comments »
We’ll be spending a few days in Paris for our Easter holidays, and we will be using public transportation to get around. Remembering a fantastic app from the glorious days of my Palm, I installed the MetrO application from Kinevia. The Android version of MetrO is however still quite young, and by definition it requires [...]
Privacy And Android – Tips From ‘Android Authority’
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing, Software on 16/03/2012 |
You don’t have to install all the tools mentioned in Privacy & Android – what you need to know. Tips, apps, & more, but you should at least think about the subject! Not exercising at least some caution could cost you dearly…
HTML5 Presentation Systems Look Great
Posted in Android, Design and Art, Internet, Software on 15/03/2012 |
A few years ago I wrote about (and used!) S5, the Simple Standards-based Slide Show System. A few days ago, SitePoint offered an overview of “5 of the Best Free HTML5 Presentation Systems“. It cannot be denied that these five, possibly along with others, go beyond what is possible with Eric Meyer’s S5. But that isn’t [...]
It’s Not An IPad…
Posted in Android, Linux, Mobile Computing on 09/03/2012 |
No, it won’t turn your netbook into an iPad, but it looks like a good way to check out the Android version that Samsung does not seem to want to give to my Galaxy S Plus anytime soon: Run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on Your PC.
Is It A Writing Tool, Or Is It A Wiki?
Posted in Android, Content Management, Mobile Computing, Software, Wiki on 28/02/2012 |
There are several good apps for editing text on Android, and one of them is Writer. Whereas Textwarrior (see my previous post) is a developer tool, Writer is for those of use who just want to produce well-formed texts. Yes, you can take simple notes with it, but since Writer supports the Markdown markup it’s a [...]
Is It A Phone, Or Is It A Computer?
Posted in Android, Linux, Mobile Computing, Technology, Ubuntu on 23/02/2012 |
If you’re still doubting that “smartphones” are real computers, just check out this article: “Ubuntu for Android: Canonical brings Ubuntu desktop to docked smartphones“. OK, you currently need a top-end smartphone with a dual-core ARM CPU and HDMI output, but in this market today’s top-end machine is tomorrows standard. To further prove the point: TextWarrior [...]
Android Sound Effect?
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing on 08/02/2012 |
I’m not really a gaming app fan, but I have always admired billiard players: getting those balls to collide is pure physics – and yet very hard to do. I saw Ronny “the Rocket” O’Sullivan win the German Masters (snooker, for those not in the know) a few evenings ago, after a fantastic match against [...]
Gadget Of The Year 2011: My Samsung Galaxy S Plus
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing, Personal on 02/01/2012 |
I was very busy during the last weeks of 2011, with too few spare moments for writing and blogging. But now I can spill the beans: I have replaced the ZTE Blade with a Samsung Galaxy S Plus as my mobile phone. I have explained the reasons for this move earlier… The Plus isn’t really [...]
