[The Java Posse] Re: iPad 2

Debunking some FUDs here On Friday, March 4, 2011 2:35:49 PM UTC+5:30, Karsten Silz wrote: > > This is coming > from a company that knows so much more about you than Big Brother ever > did - all your phone calls, emails, contacts, friends, appointments, > tasks, mobile me does the same thing

[The Java Posse] Re: Google "not happy" with Android app purchases, outlines planned improvements

On Tuesday, February 1, 2011 2:56:16 PM UTC+5:30, Vince O'Sullivan wrote: > > These are good examples, but they are examples of functionality > provided with the phone. What I meant (but didn't properly write) by > "interesting stuff" was third party apps. All the interesting third > party app

[The Java Posse] Re: Android 3.0 SDK Preview released

On Friday, January 28, 2011 2:59:19 PM UTC+5:30, Karsten Silz wrote: > > On off-topic question: Why is the Android emulator so slow? The startup of the emulator is slow. The good thing is that you only need to start the emulator once. If the emulator is already running and you run your app aga

[The Java Posse] Re: Tablets, The Consumer Computer

On Friday, January 21, 2011 3:50:17 PM UTC+5:30, Karsten Silz wrote: > > From the first Honeycomb videos on > CES, it seems that "tablet Android" will be a lot different than > "phone Android", Not true. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=904311 and http://www.engadget.com/

Re: [The Java Posse] Listener predictions for 2011

Another killer app already present in android is the new Google Maps.. See this tweet from Robert Scoble http://twitter.com/#!/Scobleizer/status/16270184184549376 "The new Google Maps on Android is so superior to all others it isn't funny (especially compared to iphone). Killer feature!" -- Y

[The Java Posse] Re: Can't wait for the discussion on this one... Apple bans magazine with articles about android from app store.

iPhone too has lots of such cases. Don't be blind in trusting apples security. See these http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/29/iphone_phishing_threat/ http://www.discountvouchers.co.uk/news/57853535.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/bank-apps-for-phones/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/11

[The Java Posse] Re: Disappointment in Oracle

Google has open sourced hundreds of products which can be searched in http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/ On Aug 17, 12:50 pm, Fabrizio Giudici wrote: > they owned (with very few exceptions). OTOH I don't see Google open > sourcing any of its services (the search engine, GAE, GMail and the >

[The Java Posse] Re: Disappointment in Oracle

It was not openmoko , but SavaJe that Sun bought and initially thought of releasing as a java/linux based mobile platform. On Aug 17, 12:47 pm, Fabrizio Giudici wrote: > > Note that Sun did try to pursue this trail with OpenMoko (remember > it?). But having only an obscure phone manufacturer sup

[The Java Posse] Re: How do we like the Nexus One?

I enjoy the freedom of not being tied to the one single computer that cloud bases services offer. Eg, Podasts - Google Reader (access from mobile, office computer,home computer, laptop, a cafe,). Android has many apps that sync with google reader. Music - Spotify/Last.fm/Pandora/etc Video - Youtube

[The Java Posse] Re: Chrome OS and Java?

Microsoft's web version of Excel does not require silverlight http://workspace.officelive.com/en-us/FAQ#bkm6 ChromeOS does not support silverlight and no comments from Google on this http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=27578 "10:58 am: Will you support Silverlight? In the case of certain specific plu

[The Java Posse] Re: a good calendar wabapp to install in-house?

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