Made by casual games maker Rovio Mobile.
Sold about 7 million iphone download and about 2 million Android downloads in only its first 2 days of release in mid-October this year.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Android - Fragmentation Issue
Android is an excellent platform that has been hugely successful. But it is not without its problems. Fragmentation is one of those problems.
Based on information from developer.android.com , about 36% of Android phones are running Android 2.2, about 40% are running Android 2.1, with about 15% on Android 1.6, and 8% running Android 1.5, and around 1% running older obsolete versions.
In a statement from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, he expresses that there is a challenge for the Android developer community due to the fact that many Android apps only work on selected handsets, or selected Android release versions. In contrast, iPhone developers only have two versions to test againt, which are the current version and the most recent predecessor.
Based on information from developer.android.com , about 36% of Android phones are running Android 2.2, about 40% are running Android 2.1, with about 15% on Android 1.6, and 8% running Android 1.5, and around 1% running older obsolete versions.
In a statement from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, he expresses that there is a challenge for the Android developer community due to the fact that many Android apps only work on selected handsets, or selected Android release versions. In contrast, iPhone developers only have two versions to test againt, which are the current version and the most recent predecessor.
Android - Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Android's next OS update will be Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced that Android 2.3 will integrate Near Field Comminications technologies which enable users to make retail purchases using the Android smartphone. Future Android devices will optionally have NFC chips that allow users to "bump" their phone against participating retailer's point-of-sale technology, which will complete the purchase transaction.
This "bump" solution will also be used to allow users to "bump" Android smpartphones together to share/transmit data and information.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced that Android 2.3 will integrate Near Field Comminications technologies which enable users to make retail purchases using the Android smartphone. Future Android devices will optionally have NFC chips that allow users to "bump" their phone against participating retailer's point-of-sale technology, which will complete the purchase transaction.
This "bump" solution will also be used to allow users to "bump" Android smpartphones together to share/transmit data and information.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Blackberry - Lab2 - Task1 - adjustment
An adjustment object can be used to encapsulate the data structure in use by many different UI components.
Adjustment components are useful for any components that need to share access to a model containing a range of values.
Adjustment components are useful for any components that need to share access to a model containing a range of values.
Blackberry - Lab2 - UI Toolkit Lab
This lab demonstrates some advanced UI components.
The app includes 3 screens, one to demonstrate "Adjustment", "Titlebar", and "Trackpad Gestures" APIs, respectively.
This lab contains 4 java files.
***For additional information on the various API classes used in this lab, refer to the Blackberry JDE API Specification (Javadocs)
The app includes 3 screens, one to demonstrate "Adjustment", "Titlebar", and "Trackpad Gestures" APIs, respectively.
This lab contains 4 java files.
***For additional information on the various API classes used in this lab, refer to the Blackberry JDE API Specification (Javadocs)
Friday, November 19, 2010
Windows Phone 7
New Mobile Operating System - Windows Phone 7
Microsoft's new Smartphone OS
Microsoft's old mobile operating system used to be called "Windows Mobile"
Instead of bringing a desktop experience to mobile devices, Microsoft decided to totally revamp everything and build their new OS from the ground up.
They call their new interface Metro UI, and it is extraordinarily simple and intuitive to use
Big colorful "live tiles" are where you access your apps, and they also allow you to easily see notifications for new emails or text messages
Windows Phone 7 currently lacks copy and paste, and multitasking, but MS promises that these will be available in future updates
Currently version 1.0
Currently not many apps available for it
Windows Phone 7 is a complete redesign from MS's previous mobile OS Windows Mobile
image from: digi.tech.qq.com
reference: Daily 2.0 column by Husain Sumra "Microsoft's new smart phone OS proves worthy of consumer interest"
Microsoft's new Smartphone OS
Microsoft's old mobile operating system used to be called "Windows Mobile"
Instead of bringing a desktop experience to mobile devices, Microsoft decided to totally revamp everything and build their new OS from the ground up.
They call their new interface Metro UI, and it is extraordinarily simple and intuitive to use
Big colorful "live tiles" are where you access your apps, and they also allow you to easily see notifications for new emails or text messages
Windows Phone 7 currently lacks copy and paste, and multitasking, but MS promises that these will be available in future updates
Currently version 1.0
Currently not many apps available for it
Windows Phone 7 is a complete redesign from MS's previous mobile OS Windows Mobile
image from: digi.tech.qq.com
reference: Daily 2.0 column by Husain Sumra "Microsoft's new smart phone OS proves worthy of consumer interest"
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