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Android running on iPhone

Posted by alex in Android, iPhone on April 22nd, 2010

This is impressive, to say the least. A Canadian hacker has managed to get Android running on the iPhone. The important stuff seems to work - wifi, the browser, playing music, SMS, making calls… oh, and it dual-boots. Wow.

Check out the video, or download the code from the original post.

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40 Android Business Models

Posted by alex in Android on February 9th, 2010

While trying to figure out how to get access to paid apps on the Android Market in Canada (come on, Google… you know you want to, the Canadian dollar is strong nowadays), I stumbled on a blog series listing possible Android business models. There is probably nothing revolutionary, but the ideas are short, sweet, and to the point. The best part is only the first one (”Model #1: Build the App, Sell the App to Individuals”) relies on being in a country with full access to the Android Market, so for the rest of us in less developed countries, the other models are worth a thought.

http://www.androidguys.com/2009/09/14/40bizmodels/
http://www.androidguys.com/2009/09/15/40-android-business-models-part-two/
http://www.androidguys.com/2009/09/16/40-android-business-models-part-three/
http://www.androidguys.com/2009/09/17/40-android-business-models-part-four/
http://www.androidguys.com/2009/09/18/40-android-business-models-part-five/

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Funny thing

Posted by alex in Android, iPhone on September 11th, 2009

Preparing an app for distribution on Android:

1. Click on File/Export
2. Select Export Android Application, click Next
3. Follow the steps in the wizard.
4. Done!

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Android - binding to the Music app service to find currently playing song

Posted by alex in Android on August 31st, 2009

For an Android app I’m working on I need to find out what song, if any, is playing in the background on the device. Turns out there’s no documented way to do this on Android - but it also turns out that using an open source platform is great. After a few hours of poking around I had a working proof of concept, and I’m sure someone more familiar with Android would’ve figured it out much faster.

IMPORTANT: I’m using an undocumented interface. While this works on Android 1.5R3 and T-Mobile G1 (HTC Magic), and likely on other versions/devices, there is no guarantee it’ll keep working in future releases - use at your own risk.

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