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[14 Oct 2010 | Comments Off | ]
FM Radio

The Nexus one, along with some other phones, have the hardware for an FM radio but for some reason they do not have any software. The main problem is that this software is needed at the operating system level before any applications can take advantage of the feature.
Well, there is good news from Cyanogen. The experimental nightly builds now include the required software and application to listen in to FM radio on your Nexus One.
I have tested it out and it works better than expected. The sound is quite clear …

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[8 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Android Commander 0.7.8: a must have for experienced developers and newbies

Android Commander is a fast, lean and intuitive program for your MS Windows PC that lets you manage your Android applications, your ROM .zip files and helps you with flashing new ROM’s. The pre-requisite is that you have the Android SDK installed.

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[30 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Those of you that browse the XDA-developers forum have for sure heard of Brut.All. First time I heard of him was when he modified the Google Maps application so that Navigation was also possible outside of the United States.
I guess modifying apps like that brought him the idea of writing a tool that was able to do this.
Development on this tool seem to have really started in the beginning of March, that’s when it first appeared on XDA-developers forum and he also created a project on Google Code.

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[12 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]

So you want to start developing an Android App, cook an Android ROM or an Android Theme ? (Yes, I do realize that below is a copy/paste from android.com but I am including it for completeness’ sake)

This page describes how to install the latest version of the Android SDK and set up your development environment for the first time.

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[12 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]

So you want to start developing an Android App, cook an Android ROM or an Android Theme ? First check if your computer has the necessary system and software requirements. (Yes, I do realize that below is a copy/paste from android.com but I am including it for completeness’ sake)